Blame In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

Blame is the responsibility for a fault or wrong. In the book, It's Not My Fault: The No-Excuse Plan for Overcoming Life's Obstacles by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend, there is a quote that says, "We live in a culture of blame. People will blame anyone or anything for their misery sooner than take the responsibility to own it and make it better”, it essentially explains how society has resorted to blaming others rather than receiving the blame and fixing the problem. Many people resort to blame because humans do not receive failure well and try to point their wrongs toward someone or something else. For example, in the play Romeo & Juliet, blame causes several events that, in turn, create a rippling effect. Romeo’s impulsive choices and Friar Laurence’s poor decisions are factors to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s death.

In turn, his decisions caused him to kill Tybalt. This is a significant moment in the play because it causes Romeo banishment. When Romeo kills Tybalt he is banished and is later told that Juliet is “dead” when she is actually in a deep slumber. Romeo comes to Juliet’s tomb to say his last words to her and kill himself. This causes Juliet to kill herself once she wakes up and finds that Romeo is dead. If he did not kill Tybalt out of revenge and simply accept Mercutio’s death Romeo would not have been banished. Romeo’s impulsive choices also caused Mercutio’s death. This is shown when Tybalt and Mercutio are having a “play” fight in the street. If Romeo attempted to split the quarrel Tybalt and Mercutio would not have died. This fight causes a rippling effect that leads to Romeo’s