Capulets Responsible For Romeo And Juliet's Death

Hayden Bullard Ms. Bryant English 9 Period 3 14 May 2024 Everyone who has read the play Romeo and Juliet, would know how Romeo and Juliet died at the end of the play. Many different people have various opinions on whose fault it was on how the two star crossed lovers died, there can be many different reasons, and for people that they may have had something to do with Romeo and Juliet's death. In my opinion, I believe that there is more than one person that had something to do with Romeo and Juliet's death, but the main people I believe that had a lot to do with it are the Capulets and the Montagues. One of the reasons I think that the Capulets and Montagues are responsible for Romeo and Juliets death, is the feud between the Capulets and the

This shows that Juliet's family, the Capulets, do not like the Montague family. The Capulets refused to talk to the Montagues, of course, except for Juliet, and it was not just her immediate family, it was the two whole families that refused to talk to each other. The Montague family was not a very good family, even though we didn’t hear much about them in this play, they still were not a very good family, much like the Capulet family. One way that they were not a very good family, is not only that they did not try and forget about the feud, they made it worse. They had made the feud worse by Romeo killing Juliet's cousin, Mercutio, as it says in the play, “O Romeo, Romeo, brave Mercutio's dead!” (3.1.115). Mercutio had died and it was the fault of Romeos, Tybalt had stabbed Mercutio under Romeo's arm and

Their feuding families became the architects of Romeo and Juliet's heartbreaking downfall. In my opinion, another big part of Romeo and Juliet's death was the blame that lies under just Juliet's family, the Capulets. The long standing rivalry and inability to put aside their differences did create a tense environment that Romeo and Juliet found themselves in, but Juliet's parents did not want her to be anywhere near the Montagues, making it even worse now that Romeo was responsible for her cousin's death. Juliet's parents, the Capulets, were determined to have her marry Paris, completely disregarding her feelings for Romeo. This forced Juliet to take drastic measures, like faking her own death, “On this fair corpse; and, as the custom is,/ In all her best array bear her to church.” (4.5.80-81), which ultimately spiraled out of control. Not only was Juliet just in on this plan, but also was Friar Lawrence, who prepared a poison for her that would help her fake her death in front of everyone. 4.1. “Take thou this vial, being then in bed, and this distilling liquor drink thou off.”