Is The Capulet To Blame For The Tragedies Of Romeo And Juliet?

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In the story ‘Romeo and Juliet’, multiple tragedies occurred, with the main one being the deaths of several characters. The Capulets and the Montagues families, who are rivals, have ongoing disputes that further lead to deaths. The Capulet's arrogance was responsible for raising their daughter wrongly and Romeo’s inconsideration is to blame for falling in “love” with a rival. Additionally, Friar Lawerence’s incompetence was to blame for being the priest who thought a marriage between the two quarrelling families would help. The Capulets were mostly to blame for the tragedies. They caused a wide variety of problems, from mistreating Juliet to having little presence in Juliet's life. They did not try to solve the conflicts between the two families, …show more content…

Romeo couldn’t do simple things to hold in his anger and hatred. Romeo killed Tybalt recklessly, knowing that he was the relative of the person he loved. Tybalt may have killed Romeo's best friend Mecrutio, but that was not an excuse for himself to kill out of anger. Romeo absolutely hated the fact of his friend being killed but then he ridiculously commits murder himself. Not only did he kill someone but he fell in ‘love’ with a 13 year old after sneaking into her house and that 13 year old (Juliet) was a part of his rival's family. Do not forget the fact that he had just been dreading his last love Rosaline before entering that party, the serial monogamist of Romeo is shown. To summarise, Romeo killed Tybalt, fell in love with someone much younger than himself also, got over someone fairly quickly. Furthermore, before killing himself he could not take such obvious notes that Juliet his ‘love’ was not dead. "There is still red in your lips and in your cheeks” (Act 5, Scene 3) Romeo states, then further quotes that he can still feel Juliet's warmth. Romeo can not take hints. The fact that he killed himself for someone who he had only met a few days ago is extremely bizarre. Provided that Romeo does not rethink his decisions and acts impulsively, Romeo is to blame for the