Nobody Is To Blame For Romeo And Juliet's Death

Romeo and Juliet is a Shakespearean classic that is known for its themes of love, tragedy, and death. To understand the question I'm about to ask, you would need to be aware of what major events occur in William Shakespheres Romeo and Juliet, so allow me to summarize. Romeo and Juliet is a story about two young star crossed lovers whose families (Capulets and Montagues) have a generational feud. Romeo and Juliet meet and it's love at first sight. They marry in private and are eventually met with a conflict. To this conflict they respond with a solution gone wrong and they both die. Now that you understand what events have occurred, have you wondered, why would Romeo and Juliet commit suicide; or moreso, who is to blame for their deaths? In

While it may sound idiotic at first, let me explain to you why age is one of the reasons nobody is to blame for their deaths. In Romeo and Juliet, we are made aware of the fact that Romeo is 16 and Juliet is 13. So why does this matter? Romeo and Juliet are teenagers, we all know teenagers make rash decisions and that is what I am focusing on. In act 2 scene 2 of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet talk for a while and make the haste decision of marriage, though they had only known each other for a few hours. Later in the story, they act on this proposition in Act 2 scene 6. (Shakespeare). These scenes in the play support my suggestion that their age has a large influence on who's to blame because these actions are clearly irrational and are made with little thought put into it. While they may be to blame for these actions, we know from our teenage behavior unit (and our personal experience) that teenagers tend to make dumb

I understand why people can view it as such because of many reasons such as their families generation-long feud, and Romeo and Juliet committing suicide. In act 1 scene 1, we are introduced with the Capulet and Montagues feud, which is also one of the main conflicts of the story. (Shakespeare). People can view this as their parents being to blame for their deaths because if their parents had simply gotten over their dispute, all the events leading to Romeo and Juliet's deaths, may not have happened. People can also view Romeo and Juliets death scene in act 5 scene 3 as Romeo and Juliet themselves being to blame. I can also understand this conception as they are the ones who did it to themselves, nobody told them to do it. Though I can understand and acknowledge others' arguments of there being somebody to blame for Romeo and Juliets deaths, I choose to continue persuading others to believe my argument of there being nobody to