Examples Of Who's To Blame For The Death Of Romeo And Juliet

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Who’s to Blame for the Death of Romeo and Juliet? In the play Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare, it’s Romeo’s fault that him and Juliet killed themselves. If he hadn’t killed himself simply because he thought she was dead, then she would have awakened and they could both could have lived happily ever after together. But instead she woke up to the news of Romeo’s death and she couldn't live her life without him, so she killed herself with his dagger. If he had simply grieved her death like most people do, then they both could have lived. It’s understandable that Romeo didn't want to live without the love of his life but killing himself took it to an extreme. The whole reason Juliet took the sleeping elixir was to get out of her