Comparing The Capulet's Guilty For The Death Of Romeo And Juliet

What would you do if your parents wouldn’t let you marry the person you love because they didn’t like their family? In the play “Romeo and Juliet” written by William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet love each other but their parents didn’t want them to be together. There are many characters that people believe are guilty for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, but it is the Capulet's fault that Juliet and Romeo are dead. It is their fault because they carried on a feud with the Montegue family, helped the prince decide that Romeo should be banished from Verona, and forced Juliet to marry Paris. To know that it is the Capulet's fault we have to go back to the reason the Montegue’s and Capulets keep away from each other. The Montegue’s and Capulets

Lady Capulet was outraged that Romeo killed Tybalt and wanted to put him to death. “He is a kindman to the Montegue; Affection makes him false, he speaks not true. Some twenty of them fought in this black strife, And all those twenty could but kill one life. I beg for justice, which thou, Prince, must give. Romeo slew Tybalt; Romeo must not live.” (Shakespeare Act 3.1). As a result of this statement the prince decided to banish Romeo from Verona. This separated Romeo from Juliet, first implanting the idea that death would be better than being separated like that. Romeo states in the play “Ha, banishment? Be merciful, say “death”; For exile hath more terror in his look, Much more than death. Do not say “banishment.”” (Shakespeare Act 3.3). He loves Juliet so deeply he would hate to be banished and would rather die. The two forbidden lovers were so greatly in love that they would rather be dead than away from each other. The Capulet’s separated them even though they loved each other more than

“Hang thee, young baggage, disobedient wretch! I tell thee what: get thee to church o’ Thursday, Or never after look me in the face...”(Shakespeare Act 3.5). If Sir Capulet didn’t intervene with Juliet's love life and force his daughter to marry a man she didn’t love, Juliet may have not acted so rashly. “...Unless thou tell me how I may prevent it. If in thy wisdom thou canst give no help, Do thou but call my resolution wise, And with this knife I’ll help it presently.”(Shakespeare Act 4.1). If it wasn’t for the Capulets forcing Juliet into a marriage she didn’t want, she might’ve not have thought to take her life. The first thought of even taking her life was because of the Capulets not letting Romeo and Juliet be