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In my mind this gives me every reason to believe the death of Romeo and Juliet is a result of the hatred between their families and the tension of their love to keep it secret. Another main character that I thought played a huge role in the deaths in Romeo and Juliet is Mr. Capulet (Juliet's father). In Document D Mr. Capulet says “But fettle your fine joint’s ‘gainst Thursday next, To go with Paris to Saint Peter’s Church, Or I will drag thee on a hurdle thither” DBQ Project: Romeo and Juliet Who’s to blame Document D. In my opinion Mr. Capulet is the reason Juliet later fakes her death to get out of the marriage between her and Paris.
He went to Juliet's casket, drank the poison and killed himself. After some time, Juliet awoke from her slumber, saw Romeo dead on her chest and killed herself. Friar Laurence tried to help the couple but the delay to deliver the news caused a tragic death between the
After seeing Romeo dead on her chest after awakening in her casket, Juliet then kills herself. Friar Laurence attempted to help the couple, but the delay to deliver the news cause death between the
In Act 2 scene 5, page 148-150 Romeo had came to Friar Laurence and asked him to marry him and Juliet and he agreed to do so ( ()Friar Lawrence- So smile the heavens upon this holy act, that after-hours with sorrow chide us not!) In doing this Lord Capulet found out and a big fight occurred causing Romeo to be banished. This then causes the death of Lady Montague.
Romeo and Juliet’s deaths were caused by their families. This is because the Montagues and Capulets were known rivals in Verona. In Act 1 Scene 1 the Prince says, “By thee, old Capulet, and Montague, have thrice disturbed the quiet of our streets and made Verona’s ancient citizens cast by their grave-beseeming ornaments, To wield old partisans in hands as old, canker'd with peace, to part your canker'd hate. If ever you disturb our
When kids die, people ask questions. Romeo and Juliet were from two different families that hated each other, however, Romeo and Juliet loved each other but such causes happened and interfered their lives and with this, they killed themselves. While the two families and Friar Lawrence are partially responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, Fate is mostly to blame. First of all, both the Montague and Capulet families can be blamed for their children’s deaths. “Fatal loins of these two foes, a pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life (Doc A).”
In the story of “The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet”, their death lies upon three people to blame in the city of Verona. The three are Lady Capulet, Juliet’s mother, second is Friar Lawrence the botanist, and the third one is the feud between the two families of Montague and Capulet. Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is the Capulet. The first person to blame the death of Romeo and Juliet is Lady Capulet, Juliet’s mother. Juliet does not wish or had thought about getting married so quickly.
Also found in the tomb was Paris, the Prince Escalus’s kinsman who was supposed to marry Juliet on Wednesday. Both Lord Montague and Lord Capulet were at the scene and completely baffled by what had happened. Local priest, Friar Laurence was also there, as well as Prince Escalus. Friar Laurence said, “The two had been secretly married in my cell for a few days now. Romeo and Juliet loved each other profoundly.”
At this moment in the play, Romeo gets word that Juliet had passed. He enters Juliet's tomb and encounters Paris. They fight, and Romeo murders Paris. Romeo then follows Juliet and commits suicide by drinking a potion. Friar Laurence rushes to the tomb, only to discover that he is too late.
So when he thought she was dead he went to a Apothecary to get poison so that he could be with his love Juliet but when he got to the churchyard Paris was there and paris thought he was there to rob her grave so they fought and Romeo killed Paris. Friar Lawrence was going to try and be there when Juliet woke up so that he could tell her what happened until he sends Romeo another letter but he was to late because when he showed up he found Paris dead and Romeo dead but when Juliet had waken she asked were her lord was and he told her that they needed to get out of there because the people that guarded the churchyard was coming
Romeo was the cause of several characters death, and his own. Throughout the play, Romeo and the hot-headed Tybalt have been neck and neck, but the tension finally breaks during Act 3, Scene 1 when Mercutio taunts Tybalt, and the two duel. Mercutio falls with the blood on Tybalt, but Romeo loses it. The calm, collected Romeo turns to a “wretched boy”(3.1.135), directly after stating he loved Tybalt, and couldn’t kill his own family. His impulsiveness led him to have Capulet blood stains over his Montague hands, and push him into exile over the Prince’s orders.
In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, there are many characters who are responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet but Friar Lawrence is the character that is most responsible for their death. Juliet is a beautiful 13-year-old Capulet. Romeo is a handsome 16-year-old Montague. Their story takes place in the 14th century in Verona, Italy. The Montague and the Capulet families don’t like each other.
In beautiful Verona, where our story takes place... A longstanding hatred between two families, Montague and Capulet, two unlucky children of their enemy families become lovers...and take their own lives. (prologue page 2) From Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. In Verona lays Juliet, a young lady age of 13, who is daughter of Lord and Lady Capulet. She is secretly married to Romeo, house of Montague and son of Lord and Lady Montague.
Tybalt killed Mercutio, a friend of Romeo, and Romeo was exiled. Then, Lord Capulet, Juliet 's father, decided she was going to marry County Paris, she freaks out and takes a potion which makes her seem dead for forty-two hours. Romeo hears of her “death” and buys a poison from the Apothecary and goes to the Capulet monument. Where he drinks the poison just as Juliet is waking, then
Tara Jahns Ms. Zita Szigeti Language and Literature Advanced 9 9th of March 2015 English Essay Summative Assessment of Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is such an interesting play because even now, five hundred years later we are still talking and learning about this play. It is so relatable till date because people fall in love now as Romeo and Juliet did, families fight, as the Montagues and Capulets did. We can relate to each character in some. Which is what makes this play so compelling and lets it live, five hundred years later. Romeo and Juliet is a tragic tale of two lovers, separated by an epic feud of their two houses (Romeo a Montague and Juliet a Capulet.)
