Romeo And Juliet Dbq

When kids die, people ask questions. Romeo and Juliet were from two different families that hated each other, however, Romeo and Juliet loved each other but such causes happened and interfered their lives and with this, they killed themselves. While the two families and Friar Lawrence are partially responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, Fate is mostly to blame. First of all, both the Montague and Capulet families can be blamed for their children’s deaths. “Fatal loins of these two foes, a pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life (Doc A).” With that term fatal loins suggests that the families’ feud causes the children’s deaths. Another evidence to point out is when Lady Capulet, Juliet’s mother is pressuring her to marry Paris

Evidence to prove how Friar Lawrence is in blame is when he makes Romeo and Juliet get married without letting the two families know: “In one respect I’ll thy assistant be; For this alliance may so happy prove, To turn your households’ rancour to pure love (Doc C).” Although Friar Lawrence made Romeo and Juliet get married, he knows that marriages end badly: “So smile the heavens upon this holy act…. These violent delights have violent ends. And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, Which as they kiss consume…. (Doc C).” Then Juliet asks Friar Lawrence to help her avoid marrying Paris and with that help or remedy, he plans on letting Juliet to fake her own death: “...And, if thou darest, I’ll give thee remedy (Doc C).” Friar Lawrence uses Romeo and Juliet to end the feud between the Montagues and Capulets even though he predicts “violent ends.” His later plans backfire and they do end up

Evidence to prove how Fate played a huge role in the lives of Romeo and Juliet is given thoroughly in the Prologue: “A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life (Doc A).” With that term star-cross’d means either doom or unluckiness. Another would be when Friar John was supposed to deliver the letter informing Romeo that Juliet is not actually dead, but he was unable to deliver due to a plague and was held quarantined: “I could not send it, ---here it is again,---... Unhappy fortune! (Doc E).” Then Fate blamed when things go and went wrong, such as when Romeo received news of Juliet from his servant, Balthasar saying that Juliet’s body sleeps in the Capulet’s monument and Romeo replies, “Is it even so? Then I defy you, stars! (Doc E).” In the Prologue, we learn that Romeo and Juliet are doomed, and this is reinforced throughout the play both by unlucky events and where blame is placed by other