Romeo And Juliet Deception

Romeo and Juliet is a play written by William Shakespeare in the year of 1594. Two ‘star-crossed lovers’, Romeo and Juliet, have to be deceitful and lie to make their love last, but this eventually leads to their unfortunate deaths. Though Romeo and Juliet having to deceive, this is not the only cause of their deaths. Through one another’s social situations, the poor guidance and advice from their loved ones and the ill fate and misfortune that follows them throughout the play results in their fatal ends.
It is true that Romeo and Juliet deceived others, and this contributes to their deaths. Both of the two lovers hid a considerable amount of critical information from people surrounding them. They concealed their love from their parents, family

The lover’s families have had an on-going feud between them, the Montagues hating the Capulets and the Capulets hating the Montagues. On the night of the Capulets party Romeo and Juliet met. Romeo fell in love with Juliet instantly, ‘for [he’d] never saw true beauty till [that] night’. They were forced into hiding and deceiving people about their love for each other due to the families’ hatred. ‘If they do see thee, they will murder thee’ Juliet once said to Romeo talking about her family. The feud was only ended by their children’s death, ‘everyone is punished’, as the Prince said. This hiding of their love provoked the suicidal actions of Romeo and Juliet. In the play there were social etiquettes that were expected of Juliet. She was expected and forced into an arranged marriage with Paris by her father: ‘If you be mine, I’II give you to my friend.’ This sudden and unexpected arrangement was one of the causes of the desperate plan of Fr. Lawrence, which does not go to the plan. This social situation regarding how Romeo and Juliet were expected to behave triggered their deceiving actions about their

Juliet’s mother and father, are distant towards their daughter. The nurse raised Juliet during her childhood, so as a result Juliet confides in her. The nurse gives advice, due to the forced marriage, such as ‘I think its best you married with the county (Paris).’ Nearing the plays end Juliet lost an adult friend to communicate with about her love situation with Romeo. Juliet’s father’s guidance of her is poor. He lashes out at Juliet, he says, ‘you [can] hang, beg, starve, die in the streets’, which leaves her no options in her state. Juliet has no adult guidance or advice to be given about Romeo and her love. Romeo and Juliet both trust and confide in Fr. Lawrence. He often gave, trying to help, faulty advice. He had good intentions to guide them of their love and ‘turn [Romeo and Juliet’s] households rancour to pure love.’ Without meaning any harm Fr. Lawrence ultimately played a crucial role in Romeo and Juliet’s deaths. Different advice and guidance from others contributed to the deceiving of the two