Lord Capulet To Blame For The Deaths Of Romeo And Juliet

“A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life”. Romeo and Juliet is a classic play by William Shakespeare about two young lovers who take their lives because of their families who have ongoing conflicts and also hate each other to death, which leads them to have lots of problems throughout their romance. Like said before, this ends in the two “star- lovers” taking their lives together forever. Although several characters and conflicts contributed to the tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet, because they want to forever be together, Friar Lawrence and Lord Capulet are most to blame. Friar Lawrence sent a Friar to take the letter to Romeo instead of him taking it personally to him, and Lord Capulet was happy Juliet accepted her faith in marrying

This is relevant because if he wouldn’t have sent that Friar and took the letter himself or sent someone to trust like Balthasar it would have been better because that way he knew that it was delivered and had nothing to worry about if the event was earlier or later or if something unexpected happened. Lord Capulet is also most to blame for the deaths of the protagonist because, as said before, he makes Juliet marry “the noble Paris”. This can be proved with the following quotes “tell her, she’ll be married to this noble earl.”(3.4.21-22) “But fettle your fine joints against Thursday next To go with Paris to Saint Peters Church,Or I will drag thee on a hurdle thither.” (3.5.153-155). This is important because in the first quote Lord Capulet attempts to warn Juliet that she will be forced to marry Paris, a noble earl, and that he would be a better choice for her, suggesting that the marriage is not a love match but rather a union between two people of high social status.In the second quote Lord Capulet is trying to convince Juliet to change her mind and marry the noble Paris, threatening to drag her to church himself if she did not comply, indicating his desire to stay true to the