Juliet who is the daughter of Capulet could be blamed because of how she disobeyed and deceived her parents, he she had just been straight with her parents then the deaths would not have happened. Also like Romeo she has cleared rushed into the marriage with not much thought, just as Romeo she is clearly in love and that is probably the reason for her lack of thought in the matter.
The nurse could be blamed because of who involves she was in getting the two together. She encouraged Juliet in her romantic ideas. She carried messages and other information between the two star crosses lovers, it was also her doing that the two got married in private. This could have all been stooped if she had just told Juliet’s parents. She also told Juliet to marry Paris even with the knowledge that Juliet was married to Romeo.
Lord and lady Capulet. The two people which are partly responsible for the ongoing feud. If they had stooped the feud then the deaths could certainly have been avoided. With there amount of power they could have defiantly have stooped the quarrelling. They could have alp listened to Juliet’s wishes meaning she could have been more open about her marriage are then the engagement to Paris would have never happened thus stopping the deaths. Them being so hard on Juliet for her reaction after the engagement to Paris may have also caused her to be more willing to risk her life
The Prince. The prince could be blamed for this atrocity because he could have acted earlier to stop the feud from continuing to a catastrophic ending. If he was more competent and was willing to produce sanctions then the deaths could have been stopped. You could also say that he was unjust of him to send Romeo away from Verona, if Romeo was still in Verona then the deaths could have also been stopped
Friar Lawrence’s actions could make him be blamed for the deaths. He assisted the two lovers into marriage which started the road to death in the first place. Friar Lawrence at this point thinks that he is doing good, he feel that this marriage may end the feud. “In one respect I’ll thy assistant be. For this alliance may so happy prove,
To turn your households’ rancour to pure love”. he feels that the feud will end dew to the marriage because it will bring the two houses together via love. He felt he was doing something positive. Also dew to the marriage that he performed the two lovers would had a lot of passion for each other, this passion making them want to be together, if this passion was not here then they would have not have killed themselves because there spouse is dead. Another reason for why the deaths could have been caused by Romeo and Juliet is that it was he who gave to potion to fake death to Juliet. Friar Lawrence tells Juliet; Take thou this vial, being then in bed, And this distilled liquor drink thou off; When presently through all thy veins shall run A cold and drowsy humour, for no pulse Shall keep his native progress, but surcease. This basically meaning that it will give the illusion of death. his idea of using the potion was clearly risky and had a high chance of going wrong. It could be the friars fault due mainly to the actions he made and the plans that he put into force
Tybalt could be blamed for the death because it was is murder of Mercutio that stared the run up to the deaths of the two lovers. That murder caused Romeo to kill Tybalt subsequently getting Romeo banished from Verona. He was one of the main forces that kept the two families feuding, he shows great hatred of the Montagues in the play.” I hate the word as I hate hell, all Montagues”. If he help to stop the feud then the deaths could have been avoided.
Lord and Lady Montague. Just as they Capulets this family can also be held responsible for the deaths because of their lack of attempt to end the feud. I find it extraordinary that the feud ended right at the end of the play (clearly to late). They could have been more understanding towards Romeo, if he felt that he had a closer relation ship with his parents then he would not need to keep any secrets from his parents. If he felt that his parents, then the whole situation could have defiantly been avoided.
Fate. You could say that the death could be blamed on no person at all and that it just happened because of bad luck.. It was fate that Romeo and Juliet fell in love. It was fate that Romeo and Juliet were born into separate feuding families. It was also bad luck that the letter did not reach Romeo. It may sound like a bit of A cop-out but fate being a cause is a distinct possibly, because of how unlucky the deaths seem to be.
You may also say that Mercutio is to blame. Even though he is not actually a part of the two feuding families. His attitude to the feud may have made the situation worse, he saw the feud as a game and that attitude to the feud led Romeo to get banished and subsequently led to the death of Romeo and Juliet.
Overall after looking at the Character of the book it is clear to see that they all have a part to play in the death of Romeo and Juliet, some more to blame and some less to blame. Looking the amount of different people who may have a part in the death I find it hard to blame it on one single person, so my conclusion is that it is due to absolutely every one that I have mentioned. The road to the deaths is a very windy own so I feel it hard to believe that you can single one person or thing to blame for the death of the two star crossed lovers
