“A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life” (DBQ: Project, 2013), which puts an end to an ancient feud between their families. William Shakespeare is the writer of Romeo and Juliet, a play about Juliet, who was born a capulet, Romeo, who was born a Montague, and their feuding families. Romeo and Juliet met, fell in love, and were secretly married, despite Juliet being betrothed to another man, Paris. As a ruse, Juliet fakes her death, which eventually leads Romeo to take his own life. Juliet sees Romeo dead, and stabs herself with Romeo’s dagger. Their deaths can not be put to blame by any one person. The blame should be shared between the Capulets, For insisting Juliet marry Paris, Friar Lawrence, for giving Juliet the potion that would put her to sleep, and Fate, who is easy to blame when there is no other obvious choice. …show more content…
Absolutely! The Capulets, a royal family, were going to force Juliet to marry Paris, as they had already promised her to him, however, Juliet did not want to marry Paris. When Juliet tried to tell her father, he said “I tell thee what: get thee to church o’ Thursday, or never after look me in the face: speak not, reply not, do not answer me” (DBQ: Project, 2013). Juliet then made a plea to her mother who said “Talk not to me, for I’ll not speak a word: do as you wilt, for I have done with thee” (DBQ: Project, 2013). Thus, with her parents demanding, and their threat of disowning her, Juliet felt like she had no other choice but to fake her death, so she would not have to marry