Comparing The First Person To Blame For The Deaths Of Romeo And Juliet

Romeo and Juliet are from two different families, the Montagues and the Capulets, the two families have been fighting for years. Romeo and Juliet are in love. They can not tell anyone that they are in love or they will not be able to see each other at all. So, they kept their love a secret from everyone except for the nurse and Friar Lawrence. Juliet asks Romeo to marry her, he tells her to wait until the next day and send the nurse. The nurse comes back and tells Juliet that Friar Lawrence is going to marry them. When Juliet comes home from getting married, her mother brings her news that she will be getting married to a rich man named Paris. When she refuses her father, Lord Capulet threatens to throw her out if she didn't marry Paris. Later on in the story six people die including Romeo and Juliet. Whos the blame for Romeo and Juliet's deaths? The first person to blame is Friar Lawrence, because he gave Juliet and a potion that mimics death. “And if thou darest, I’ll thee remedy.”(DBQ:Whos to Blame; Document C). Friar Lawrence, instead of giving Juliet a potion that made everyone think she was dead, could have hid her in his cell until he could find a way to get her to Romeo. But he gave her that potion and it made Romeo think that his wife was dead. So, he killed himself. After Juliet

“Disobedient wretch!”(DBQ:Who’s to Blame?;Document D). Juliet's father, Lord Capulet, wants her to marry a very rich man who is related to the Prince, Paris. Juliet refused to marry Paris, so her father told her she could not live there if she didn’t marry Paris. That caused Juliet to fake her death. The nurse found her dead the next morning and the Capulets held a funeral for Juliet that morning. And Romeo's servant ,Balthasar, delivered the news to Romeo that his wife was