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Romeo And Juliet Deaths

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In the drama, Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet die at the end, there were many people that could 've been held responsible for the deaths. The person that was the most responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet is Friar Laurence. He was responsible for their deaths because, he never gave Balthasar the letter to give to Romeo, he didn 't go into the Capulets to to see if Romeo was okay, he left Juliet there by herself, he left Juliet there with weapons and things that she could use to kill her self. One of the first time that shows Friar Laurence is the person who is responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet is when, Friar Laurence asked Juliet, "If, rather than to marry County Paris, Thou hast the strength of will to slay thyself, Then is it likely thou wilt undertake A thing like death to chide away this shame, That copest with death himself to 'scape from it. And, if thou darest, I 'll give thee remedy" (4. 1. 76). This shows it 's Friar Laurence 's fault because if he hadn 't made the plan need the exact number of days they had, then Romeo and Juliet would both have even lived and lived happy lives together, instead of both of them laying, cold and dead on the Capulet tomb floor. A second quote from the book that shows it was Friar Laurence 's fault that Romeo and Juliet are dead was when Romeo asked, "Hast thou no letters from the Friar?", and Balthasar responded with, "No, my good lord" (5. 1. 31). After this conversation Romeo thought Juliet was truly
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