External Forces In The Tragedy Of Romeo And Juliet

In Shakespeare's tragic play, Romeo and Juliet, the two star-crossed lovers end up dying. The Tragedy of the two lovers is caused not so much by their own flaws but by external forces beyond their control. Due to these external forces Romeo and Juliet died, the three main forces that contributed to their death is Friar Lawrence, the fight between the two families and coincidence.

Friar Lawrence is trusted by many in the play, he is seen as a wise, reliable and a trustworthy person. Near the end of the play though he turns greedy and selfish, only caring about how things will turn out for him. In this scene Juliet awakens to find Romeo dead, Friar Lawrence enters and begs Juliet to leave, but Juliet refuses, when they both hear the watch

When the Capulets were holding a party at their house, Romeo and Juliet meet there and realize that they are both from different families that hate each other. Juliet says “O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name, Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I'll no longer be a Capulet.” (2.2.33-36), Juliet acknowledges the fact that there relationship cannot exist with their families fighting each other, so she tries to look at Romeo as being not a part of the Montagues; if their parents know about the relationship they would have been very bad consequences for Romeo and Juliet, and maybe even for the two families . Their relationship went on and they kept it a secret, just so the parents would not find out, this causes them to go to desperate measures just to meet each other. If there was no fight going on between the two families they would not have to be so secretive and desperate, the problem would never have started. The fight between the two families was the leading cause of Romeo and Juliet’s

In the beginning of the play the Nurse does her job the way she is supposed to, but later on, she does her job wrong. The Nurse is very close to Juliet, she raised her, and the Nurse was more of a mother to Juliet than Juliet’s mother. The Nurse fails to do her job correctly when she approves for Juliet to meet up with Romeo, The nurse is aware that their two families dislike each other but she still allows them to meet anyway. The Nurse even went as far as arranging for the two to get married. Being a servant to Juliet she arranges the wedding because she thinks it will make Juliet happy; the nurse did not think about what this might cause in the future. When Juliet is forced to marry Paris, she opposes both her parents’ idea. They hate her for not appreciating their ‘catch’, the last person Juliet has to turns to is the Nurse, she disregards Juliet’s love for Romeo and takes the easy route, and tells her that she should marry Paris, “I think you are happy in this second match, for it excels your first” (3.5.224-225) The Nurse losses Juliet’s trust. The Nurse could have saved the two lovers if she comforted Juliet and did not force Juliet to turn to Friar Lawrence for a sleeping potion. The Nurse could