My prince, I wish to inform you of who is to be held accountable for the recent deaths that have taken place in Verona. There are several suspects in which you might deem worthy to be charged with punishment, but there is only one who should be deemed guilty. Romeo from the house of Montagues!
Romeo started this catastrophe and he also ended it. This all started with a simple kiss, a romantic gesture(1.5.102). Romeo is the one to tempt her to kiss him, making him the one to blame for starting to open the door to path filled with only violence. He goes on to seek her out in her backyard. Not only do her parents not know that he kissed Juliet, the Capulet 's daughter; they also don’t know that he is seeking Juliet after hours. Alone(again her
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There is no doubt that Romeo felt deep romantic feelings for Juliet. But were those feelings motivated by love or hate? If he were to truly love her he would out of respect for himself not kill himself. That action was motivated by hatred. Seeking revenge by killing on behalf of Mercutio was an action motivated by Juliet. Killing Count Paris was yet another action that was motivated by hate. As it may seem that sleeping with Juliet and marrying her was an act of love, it was not. Love is patient. Patience is not waiting a couple days before sleeping with someone that he doesn’t even …show more content…
All of these subjects lack a deadly perspective of attitude that Romeo obtains. Romeo starts a relationship and intends to finish it. Every other character in this tale comes to accept defeat at the loss of Juliet’s death, Romeo on the other hand can not. Romeo can not “man up” and choose to ask for help in grieving. Instead in his grieving process he manages to commit suicide, which in turn causes others extreme grief. As Punishment I say you decree that any who have killed shall be