In a few short days a pair of young teenagers quickly fall in ‘love’ and find out that they are kin of two feuding families. In a short time period they will succumb to their deaths and end the everlasting feud. In the first act of Romeo and Juliet, fate brought the two “star-crossed lovers” together at the Capulet party. Less than four days later they are pronounced dead. Friar John was quarantined before he was able to deliver the crucial message from Friar Lawrence to Romeo explaining the plan for them to run off and leave Verona. Fate brought Romeo to the Capulets’ party that night, caused Friar John to not deliver the letter, and ultimately the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Fate is responsible for all six deaths in Romeo and Juliet. Fate, …show more content…
The Friar arrived too late to stop Romeo from killing himself and tries to save Juliet from the same fate. Juliet sees Romeo laying next to her and comments “O churl! Drunk all, and left no friendly drop To help me after? I will kiss thy lips. Haply some poison yet doth hang on them…” Juliet sees that there is no poison left and grabs Romeo's dagger and stabs herself and immediately dies. Paris’ page brings the watchmen who spot the blood from Paris and Romeo’s duel and see the bloody swords. They notice Friar Lawrence and Balthasar near the tomb and call them over. The prince arrives and has Friar Lawrence explain the secret marriage and what happened to Romeo and Juliet a few moments earlier. Lord Capulet and Lord Montague shake hands and agree to put the feud far behind them. Both families agree to build statues of the two “star-crossed lovers” out of gold and then the prince takes them away to discuss the plans and preparations for this. “A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun, for sorrow, will not show his head. Go hence, to have more talk of these sad things. Some shall be pardoned, and some punishèd. For never was a story of more woe Than this of Juliet and her Romeo” ( V iii 305-310). The Prince acknowledges the difficult peace that comes from all the deaths in the play. The Capulet and Montague feud is over, but Lord Montague points out the horrible costs of that peace. Many lives were taken in this play such as Paris, Lady Montague, Tybalt, Mercutio, Romeo, and