Compare Lord Capulet Responsible For Romeo And Juliet's Death

Romeo and Juliet is a play written by William Shakespeares. Romeo and Juliet is set in Verona. They are two star crossed lovers from two different families who have been feuding for generations. Their lives unfortunately end in tragedy. But, who's responsible for their death? There are multiple characters who could carry the guilt. However, the ones that stand out the most would be the the Capulets and Friar Lawrence.

The capulets are the one to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s death Lord and Lady Capulet. Lord capulet is Juliet’s father. At the start, he seems like a good father, until when Paris asks to marry Juliet. Capulet puts him off, citing Juliet's young age and even suggesting that he'd like his daughter to marry. But Lord Capulet

He says to her, “Hang thee, young baggage! Disobedient wretch! I tell thee what-get thee to church a’ Thursday Or never after look me in the face. Speak not, reply not, do not answer me! My fingers itch. Wife, we scarce thought us blest That god had lent us but this only child. But now I see this one is one too much, And that we have a curse in having her. Out on her, hilding!” Lord Capulet is quite unsupportive and aggressive towards her daughter. Although Juliet is his only daughter, he wants to neglect her if the marriage didn’t happen on thursday. Lady capulet also played a role in the death of Juliet. Just when Juliet needs her mom's support, Lady Capulet coldly ignore her daughter's pleas to help her avoid marrying Paris. After Lord Capulet storms out, Juliet turns to her mother to soften her father's punishment. Juliet begs her even to delay the marriage. Lady Capulet responds, "Talk not to me, for I'll not say a word / Do as thou wilt, for I have done with thee." Lady Capulet ignores Juliet and says that she has had enough. The nurse is another character who caused Juliet to kill herself.

When Juliet threatens to kill herself rather than marry paris, Friar proposes a plan. “ take thou this vial, being then in bed, and this distilling liquor drink thou off… shall Romeo by my letters know our drift. And hither shall he come.” Friar tells Juliet to drink a herbal essence that will cause her to seem dead. THinking that she is really dead, her sorrowing family will take her to the Capulet tomb, where Friar and Romeo will wait secretly for her to regain consciousness. Then the star crossed lover flee to Mantua. It was quite naive for Juliet to accept the plan, as it goes horribly wrong when Romeo hears the news that Juliet is dead. Not knowing Friar’s plan, Romeo quickly rushes back, to find Juliet “dead”. Romeo kills himself by drinking the poison, “ Here’s to my love! O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss i die.” Romeo’s death could’ve been prevented if Friar Lawrence stayed with Juliet in the tomb. The death of Juliet could’ve also been prevented if Friar didn’t leave the tomb in such a hurry. He could’ve snatched the knife a poison in an attempt to save Juliet. The optimistic Friar Lawrence had a big impact in the death of Romeo and