Who is to blame for the tragedy of 'Romeo and Juliet'?

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Who is to blame for the tragedy of 'Romeo and Juliet'?

The deaths of Romeo and Juliet appear needless, as it was mainly the people around them who were fighting and disagreeing about the relationship. Romeo and Juliet mainly kept out of the fighting but the people around them who were interfering made their lives miserable and unhappy. The effect it has is that because they were so deeply in love with each other, they refused to be split up and therefore took risks to stay together, which eventually led to their deaths.

The Prologue at the beginning of the play suggests it was mainly fate that was to blame, "star-cross'd lovers and "death-mark'd love" are examples of this.

Romeo is a young teenager, a member of the Montague household, who unfortunately falls in love with Juliet, a Capulet whose family are bitter enemies of the Montagues. He blames Fate or misfortune for nearly everything that goes wrong; after he kills Tybalt, he then realises the seriousness of his action but prefers to blame the stars rather than himself.

"O, I am fortune's fool".

I think killing Tybalt was the biggest mistake Romeo