Firstly, Romeo was at fault for loving so quickly and thinking it was true over that would last forever. Even through the Montague’s and the Capulet’s were enemies Romeo still went forth with everything he did, such as sneaking into Juliet’s house and professing his love to her ‘Th’exchange of they love’s faithful vow for mine’ (II.ii.125). As Romeo asked Juliet to marry him the day they first met, he was certainly rushing things very quickly. Missing the letter, telling him that Juliet was going to take a potion, Romeo finding Juliet in her fake death, he went to drastic measures and killed himself, leaving Juliet to find him death. All these things show that Romeo is partly to blame for the deaths of himself and Juliet.
Secondly, Juliet is to blame for her own and Romeo’s deaths, for similar reasons as Romeo, she was at fault for falling in love with the enemy and proceeding things so quickly. She was meant to marry Paris but she was determined to marry Romeo. She did not consider the fact that she was only 13 years old and still had so much ahead of her. Juliet made a poor decision taking the potion that would make her appear dead; she obviously did not think many things through, like how she was going to get away with faking her own death, how two kids so young were going to look after themselves. Then finding Romeo dead she made an even poorer decision in killing herself as well for what she so called love, ‘there rust, and let me die’ (V.ii.165). All this shows that Juliet also played a big part in herself and Romeo’s death.
Finally, Friar Lawrence played the biggest role in the deaths, thought he said they were too young and it was not really love. ‘So soon forsaken? Young men’s love then lies’ (II.ii.65). He still agreed to marry the pair and kept it a secret. Friar Lawrence played a big part because he was the person to give Juliet the potion to do the ridiculous act of faking her death and not delivering the letter to Romeo himself, letting Romeo miss the letter which lead to drastic measures. Friar Lawrence had the biggest involvement too, if the death because he agreed to everything that was asked of him, knowing it wasn’t the right thing to do.
Therefore, this essay shows the death of Romeo and Juliet was not fate, but it was the consequence of careless action of the three of them. Romeo and Juliet were both at fault for similar reasons such as falling in love with the enemy. Friar Lawrence having the biggest role in their deaths for many reasons, one being that he went along with everything the young kids asked of him. Though their deaths were a shame, good come from it, the Montague’s and the Capulet’s family war ended.