William Shakespeare, renowned author and poet, whose work has remained a prime example of quality material for centuries, began writing in the 1500s. His arguably most famous and renowned work, Romeo and Juliet, detested at its time, due to the tragic deaths of the main characters. Two young teenagers, star crossed lovers who are hopelessly lusting for one another. Their deaths were of their own accord, and yet there were many factors that played a role in influencing the rash decision that both teenagers decided to make. For centuries, people have argued which factor is most to blame, and yet there is still no definite answer. The factor that is most responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, in the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, …show more content…
We see in action, when Romeo is sneaking through the Capulet garden, to hopefully catch even a glance at the woman he loves, he overhears her speaking of him. In document C, she exclaims, “O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name; / Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn by love, / And I’ll no longer be a Capulet” (ll.ii.33-36). Here we see that Juliet, while simply thinking her thoughts aloud, is not thinking about any of the possible lovely lives her and Romeo could live, or even non romantic things, as most young girls do, yet she is wishing that he was not a Montague. She is doing so because she has been taught her whole life that being a Montague was evil, and also that she should not associate with them, yet she is falling in love with one. She is pondering what makes him such a lovely person, despite having the name Montague, and how that can even be. She even goes so far as to compare him to a rose, saying that even if a rose was called something else, it would still be a sweet, beautiful