Essay Who Is To Blame In Romeo And Juliet

The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is a well-known play about two young lovers who take their lives so that they can be together, but were there people who drove them to their ends? Surely there had to be, and characters such as The Nurse, Lord Capulet, and Paris should be blamed for their dramatic deaths, but the characters of Friar Lawrence, Friar John, and The Prince should be pardoned. Being one of the characters that had a substantial part in Romeo and Juliet's marriage, The Nurse made a big mistake and let Juliet down. When Juliet asked for comfort from The Nurse after her father told her she had to marry Paris on Thursday, The Nurse responded by saying, “I think you are happy in this second match, for it excels your first; or if it did not, your first is dead-or ‘twere as good he were as living here and you no use of him.” (3.4.224-227) Because The Nurse told Juliet she should marry Paris since Romeo is banished, she pushed Juliet to think more about taking extreme measures.

Disobedient wretch! I tell thee what-get thee to church a Thursday or never look at me in the face. Speak not, reply not, do not answer me!” (3.4.161-164) By threatening to disown her, Capulet really made Juliet more upset. Then, Paris also made things worse because he was the reason Juliet was in that situation. He was completely oblivious to the fact that Juliet did not want to be married and narrowly thought that she was only still sad about Tybalt’s death when he explained to Friar Lawrence, “Immoderately he weeps for Tybalt’s death, and therefore I have little talked of love; for Venus smiles not in a house of tears.”