Imagine making a plan to fulfill an impulsive teenager’s wishes, and that a little mistake you made had their lives taken. This is exactly what happened to Friar Lawrence while trying to help two impulsive teenagers escape from their families. The author of Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare, portrays this story by showing how they were pressured to end their lives just to be together. However, what series of events led to their suicide? Who is at fault for their death? Friar Lawrence and both families are at fault because their families “hate” each other, pressured them, and Friar Lawrence forgot to send the letter. First and foremost, the Capulets and the Montagues have always been rivals. Their hate for each other always caused disasters in Verona, provoking Escalus, the prince of Verona, to threaten them if they kept with such nonsense. “If you ever disturb the peace again, your lives will pay the prize.”(Act 1/ scene 1/line 76) Furthermore, their hate for each other left their descendants with no other choice than to kill themselves since they couldn’t be together. Here is to my love! He drinks the poison. “Oh, honest apothecary! Your …show more content…
Juliet hated the idea of the arranged marriage with count Paris. “Rather than marry Paris, ask me to leap from the battlements of any tower, or walk where there are thieves, or loiter where snakes are.” (Act 4/ scene 1/ line 79) Juliet was already deeply in love with Romeo, and just the thought of marrying someone else was too much for her. “Therefore, from your long years of experience, give me some advice. Otherwise, take note of it! This lethal knife will arbitrate between my desperate situation and myself” (Act 4/ scene 1/ line 61) In this quote Juliet says to Friar Lawrence that she is able to do anything except marrying Paris. Even if it takes killing herself. Even though Juliet’s parents were pushing her to marry Paris, what actually killed her? Or may I say,