Who do you think is responsible for Romeo and Juliet's death?

Who do you think is responsible for

Romeo and Juliet's death?

Romeo and Juliet is romantic tragedy which adventures through almost each and every emotion you have. The end of this contains three deaths that caused two families, who have been feuding since the days of their ancestors, to bring peace upon the city of fair Verona. The two families are the Montagues and Capulets. Romeo fell in love with Rosaline but his love was unrequainted. This must have depressed Romeo making himself feel ugly and unwanted. Mercutio and the rest of Romeo's friends made him come to the party with them to make him feel better. This is where he fell in love with Juliet, and, this time the love was requainted. It could be said that the reason they fell in love was fate. The idea that it was their destiny for them to meet, fall in love, marry, die and bring the Montagues and Capulets together is pretty unbelievable though. There were many instigators in the deaths of Romeo and Juliet including the feud between their ancestors.

The feud began in ancient times between the ancestors of the Capulets and Montagues. This feud has caused suffering and death in Verona. It is not just members of these two families that are suffering but everyone in the whole of Verona. It is making the city a bad place for children. In the third civil brawl the citizens of Verona tried to stop intervene which means the whole city began to generate an air of violence.

The person who I feel is largely responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet is the Apothecary. The Apothecary knows ...

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The person who I feel is largely responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet is the Apothecary. The Apothecary knows that if he sells the potion he will get a life sentence if the encounter is found out and that the potion is going to kill somebody. He could easily have just said no but instead he just gives Romeo the murderous potion. If he would not have given Romeo the potion I do not think that Romeo could have pulled himself round committing suicide any other way.

I also think that the Friar plays in a big role with the deaths in that if he had not agreed to marry Romeo and Juliet they would not be dead. Friar Lawrence thought he could stop violence once and for all in Verona. Of course his ego over took him and after marrying them he was the one who decided to give Juliet the potion. This made everyone including Romeo think that she was dead. His decision for her to take the potion

instead of telling the families that Romeo and Juliet were married. If he had told the two families that they were married maybe the teenage couple would still be alive. As well as this the Friar sent a telegram to Romeo telling him about the potion. This telegram never reached him and caused Romeo to believe that Juliet was really dead. His intentions were very good but there is an old saying that states 'the road to hell is paved with good intentions'.

I feel that Tybalt played a major role in the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. He was the one who filled Romeo's heart with hatred by killing Mercutio. Tybalt seemed to try and start brawls instead of compromising with Montagues. He had hate for Montagues but there is no reason why he should apart from the falling out of the families' ancestors. In the Capulet party Tybalt spots Romeo and seeks Lord Capulet out and asked permission to start a brawl. I think this shows how much he hates Montagues. The following day Tybalt went out and tried to start a fight with Romeo for gate crashing the party. Mercutio stepped in and then Tybalt kills him. This filled Romeo up with so much hatred that Romeo went out to seek, and kill, Tybalt. After Romeo went out and killed Tybalt Prince Escalus decided to exile Romeo. If Romeo was not exiled Friar John would not have had to send a telegram. It was the failure of the telegram that caused the deaths. This means it all boils down to Tybalt killing Mercutio and filling Romeo's heart up with hatred.

I think it is Tybalt that played a major role in the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because all the reasons Romeo killed himself was because of Tybalt's actions on Mercutio. Juliet died because she found Romeo dead. This concludes my essay and I have discussed my point of view on whose fault were the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.

Tom Rothery