Who Was To Blame For The Deaths O fRomeo And Juliet

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English Coursework                                                                                                                     Tahir Ahmad 11E                        

Who Was To Blame For The Deaths Of

Romeo And Juliet

One of the major reasons Romeo and Juliet die in the play is because of the ancient feud going on between the two families for centuries.

Tybalt is one of the most wanted person who I think is most to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, because he doesn’t want the to families to up the feud and he hates all Motagues like he hates hell. We know this when he says in Act 1 Scene 1 lines 65-66: “What drawn and talk of peace? I hate the word as I hate hell and all Motagues, and thee.” At the Capulets party Tybalt sees Romeo and wants to kill him on the spot, he says this in Act 1 Scene 5, lines 57-58: “Now by the stock of honor of my kin. To strike him dead I hold it not a sin.” He means that he will kill Romeo to defend his family honour, and he says he will find it not a sin.  

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Tybalt thinks that he is the boss of Verona. He is always ready for a fight. After the party he wants to kill Romeo for gate crashing into the party. He wold kill any one to protect his family honor, in this case Romeo, but instead of killing Romeo he kills Mercutio, again to protect the honor when Romeo wants to kill Tybalt, Tybalt is obviously ready to fight once again to protect his family honor. Half of this blame goes to the Capulets because they think Tybalt is great despite all his faults. The nurse also thinks that Tybalt ...

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