one who started this all as he is the one who got them married it was the marriage that killed them both. If friar Laurence had not married them before Tybalt came and challenged him then Mercutio and Tybalt would not have died and then this would not lead to the exiling of Romeo, because Romeo was exiled from Verona he could not hear of the plan and this is what lead to his and Juliet’s death. Friar Laurence knew that he had made mistakes so he had to come up with the last plan .It was his poorly thought out plans and desperate measures. This whole tragedy could have been prevented if they were not married in the first place.
When they were married a strong bond was created,’ for, by your leaves, you shall not stay alone till holy church incorporate two in one.’
The nurse also was to blame as she also agreed with the marriage, as she wanted Juliet to be very happy. Although her happiness, also was to blame for this tragic end to their lives. The mistakes that she made was that she kept visiting Romeo and sending him messages from Juliet. The nurse also got too excited at times as she was very close to Juliet and felt as if she was marrying her own daughter.
She also encourages Juliet to marry him as she also says that she wants to see her married and happy in her lifetime. It would of also been better if Juliet and Friar Laurence told the nurse as she could of tried to stop friar Laurence’s plan or even given some advise to them.
The main reason for Friar Laurence and the nurses contribution and ways was to see Romeo and Juliet happy but they did not think of their actions and what would happen if they did this in advance they just went straight into it thinking that it would solve the fighting between the two families eventually it did but unfortunately the two death doomed did not live to see that day.
Romeo and Juliet also rushed into things they also did not think about things, they were selfish and just cared about themselves they barely knew each other a few day when they got married they did not have patience, and persuaded the nurse and friar Laurence into it. Friar Laurence and the nurse did not say no at any point in the play and this shows their love for Romeo and Juliet they did not want them to get hurt. This is also shown with the nurse when old Capulet is very angry with his daughter as she does not want to marry Paris and so he tries to hit her but the nurse comes in the way and saves Juliet she also tells old Capulet that it is not Juliet’s fault but his and that he should listen to her, Juliet hides behind the nurse seeking protection from her father and she does not hide behind her mother which shows that she feels more safe with the nurse and not her mother and this also gives us an idea of how strong the relationship between the nurse and Juliet are. Juliet even tries to talk to her mother about the marriage between her and Paris but her mother’s ears are shut and she does not want to listen, the only person who want to listen is the nurse, the nurse is the only one Juliet can tell her secrets to.
There are many things they could have had done differently the main one was to be patient and just think about the marriage at least overnight so that they were sure that they knew what they were doing and also to think of the after affects of their marriage. Friar Laurence could have also tried to talk them out of marriage but instead they gave into them and arranged the marriage. Friar Laurence also did what he did because he hoped that it would halt the bloody feud between the two families of montages and Capulet, but he was wrong. Capulet and montages were both of the same nobility and standard.
They had many options but they did not open their eyes and think about them even once. If Juliet’s parent had just made the wedding arrangement few weeks earlier than everything would have been fine Juliet and Romeo would be alive and Juliet would be happily married to Paris as she would of not know Romeo.
Like I said earlier on in the essay it is not just friar Laurence and the nurse fault for the death of these two ‘star-crossed’ lovers it was also partly the prince fault for not introducing a strict ban against the two families fighting each other but he did not do this and this lead to many death. If the prince had introduced this ban then it would benefit everyone Mercutio and Tybalt would not of died Romeo would not of been exiled from Verona leading to both his and Juliet’s death. They would all be alive and happy within their houses.
So basically what has happened is that because of friar Laurence’s and the nurses poor thinking the two young lovers came to an end and did not live to enjoy and their lives together as a married couple because of the mistake that friar Laurence and the nurse had made. This all would not of had happened if the montages and Capulet were not enemies, they could of even maybes got married maybe their families would not of minded but now because they are enemies they do mind. This was one decision that was rushed into to fast and not thought about by friar Laurence. If only they had sat down and talked about it for once they would not be in a situation as they are now.
So who is to blame for this tragic death of two indeed ‘star-crossed’ lovers? There are many people who could be blamed for this tragedy. The first ones are the two families, Capulet and montages. Yes it could be the fault of both the families for having an ancient feud between each other therefore making the life for the two lovers very difficult as they could not express what they though in public they had to say it in secret, it was this feud that had actually killed them if there was no fighting between the two families maybe they could of got married happily, but not all things are happy. Also if the two families where happy together and friends then Tybalt would not of had asked to duel with Romeo and he nor Mercutio would have been killed and he would not of been banished from fair Verona and nobody throughout the play would of died. Or is it the fault of the prince of Verona who could of stopped the blood bath between the two families long before this had happened by introducing a ban to stop duelling between the two families. If this were to be introduced then still nobody would of died, Tybalt would not want to fight and therefore Romeo would not kill him and be banished and still everybody would have been happy and nobody killed. Also it could be the fault of Romeos friend as they were the ones who came up with the Idea of going to the Capulet ball in the first place, if they had not gone to the ball would Tybalt of still asked to duel maybe not because the reason he really asked to battle with Romeo was because they came to the ball in the first place, so Tybalt would not of fought Mercutio and killed him which made Romeo kill Tybalt which then led to Romeo’s exile. If he had not gone to the ball he would not be exiled, which meant friar Laurence plan would work out fine and Romeo and Juliet would be happily married. But then again you think well it could have been the nurse as she was the one sending round all the messages and if she had talked Juliet out of marrying Romeo everything would be fine, the nurse needed to think of it in another way, she though of it as Juliet was her own daughter and she was doing it for her own happiness, but really it did not do her happiness but sadness and that means the death of both of them Romeo and Juliet, if the nurse had not shown her love to Juliet in this way and said no for once everything would have been fine. Yet finally there is still one person who could take all the blame for this unfortunate tragedy, and that person is Friar Laurence. Friar Laurence plays a big role in this play he was the one who got the two lovers
married although he did not want to, he did. This was the first big mistake he did not even think about it, and then once they were married that was when everything started to go wrong, firstly Tybalt challenged Romeo and because Romeo refused, he fought Mercutio and because Mercutio died Romeo went after Tybalt and killed him which was also anther big mistake and now because of this Romeo was exiled from Verona to Mantua where he stayed this was a big problem for friar Laurence as he did not know what to do know. None of this would have affected anyone if they were not to be married yet, but unfortunately they were so friar Laurence panicked and thought of a plan but he did not think of the consequences. He though wrong and the message that was supposed to reach Romeo about his plan did not reach him and that is what leads to the terrible death of Rome but there was still time to save Juliet. When Friar got to the Capulet burial ground he saw Romeo dead but Juliet had not awoken but now she started to awake and when she saw Romeo dead on the floor she too panicked, friar Laurence heard the guard watch coming and so through his panicking he ran away, leaving vulnerable Juliet beside dead Romeo and as she could not live without Romeo she too her life with Romeos own dagger.
So we have got 4 people with four stories of how this tragic tail could be prevented. If Romeos friends did not take him to the ball they all would of lived, if the prince introduced a ban on duelling everybody would of lived, if the nurse persuaded Juliet to think about it and had not though about her happiness for once and the consequence they all would of lived and finally if friar Laurence had gone through his plans and thought carefully and also not panicked they all would of lived. So whose fault is it, everybody could of prevented this if only they had thought about the consequences, I believe that they are all partly to blame for the fate that had befallen them. But there is one character I believe strongly that was to blame for everybody death in this tale of wretchedness and death. That person is Friar Laurence. He is the person who could of just by saying no made everything not tragic, the reason for this is because he was the only one who could get them married with out anybody realising. If he had just said no, none of this would of happened. It was friar Laurence who could stop it then and there but instead he decided not to which ended in the lover’s deaths. He was the one who made all the plans and ideas he was the one who had all the bright ideas but they were not as bright as they thought. Because of these actions that he made he has turned two family’s lives upside down. So this makes him the person to blame for the deaths of the two lovers. If only Friar Laurence had though about his actions and not been thinking just about Romeo and Juliet’s feelings. If friar Laurence did not marry them thinking that it would bury the furious feud between the two families then everything would not be as it is now.