The play Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare is one of the most well known love stories in American history. This tragedy was written between 1591-1596 and was made to enlighten humanity of events that happen in the real world. Responsibility is important in this play because the way the events were played out could have ended differently if they were put in different circumstances. The family feud between the Capulets and Montagues are to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because the feud is what restricted their love and caused them to go through extreme measures to be together. The family feud was responsible for the lover’s deaths because their names labeled them and separated the lovers. In the play it states, “Romeo,