A tragedy most full of woe, the deaths of poor Juliet and Romeo. But who should be punished and who should be spared from the blame of this most unruly affair? This question was raised by Prince Escalus in the last line of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, “Some shall be pardon’d, and some punished: For never was a story of more woe Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.” In this story Romeo and Juliet are two doomed lovers coming from two feuding families and in an effort to stay loyal to one another they end up committing suicide for eachother. The question of who’s to blame for their deaths is puzzling as there are a multitude of reasons that lead to their end. While both Lord Capulet and Friar Lawrence are to blame, their families' feud is mostly to blame. …show more content…
This is because after Juliet states that she doesn’t wish to marry Paris he exclaims, “Hang thee, young baggage! Disobedient wretch! I tell thee what: get to church o’ Thursday, or never after look me in the face.”(Doc D). Now despite his vulgar language and harsh punishment he didn’t do much to contribute to this story’s brutal end. He merely sped up the process as Juliet could have simply ran away with Romeo and taken the option of never looking her father in the face again, and we know that she would’ve done such a thing without hesitation seeing as she gave up her life without