Romeo & Juliet Guilty Party Essay We all know the story of Romeo and Juliet written by Shakespeare. Two teenagers who fall in love even though they have two feuding families. However, there is also a tragic ending, both Romeo & Juliet end up killing themselves. But what if there were other factors that may have led to said ending, for example, secrets. The first time there were secrets happening in the book, Romeo and Juliet had just met at the Capulet masquerade ball, Romeo snuck onto the Capulet property and found Juliet's balcony. They also ended up getting married less than a day later by Friar Lawrence who stated, “Till Holy Church incorporate two in one,” (Act 2, scene 6). This secret impacts the end result of the story because if Romeo and Juliet hadn’t decided to keep their relationship a secret, Juliet's father could not have possibly married her off to Paris. And as the book stated, you can’t marry two people in the same church. …show more content…
Mostly about Romeo and Juliet’s relationship. But she also encouraged their relationship by informing Juliet that Romeo wanted to marry her. If the Nurse had told Lady Capulet about this, the Capulets and the Montagues might have tried to work something out and Tybolt never would have been killed. However, because the Nurse didn’t tell anyone, Tybolt was still fuming about Romeo crashing their ball and sent Romeo a letter challenging him. Tybolt finds romeo in the street after he kills Mercutio and tells Romeo, “Thou wretched boy, that didst consort him here shalt be dealt with hence,” (Act 3, scene 2). Romeo grabs his sword, they fight, and Tybolt ends up dead. If the Nurse had spoken up, Tybold wouldn’t have been dead, Romeo would not Have been banished, and both Romeo and Juliet would not have ended up