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Romeo And Juliet Who Is To Blame Essay

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Who is to blame? William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet ends with the death of the two lovers because of the miscommunication caused primarily by 3 characters from the play that I believe to be the biggest cause for the events that took place Tybalt, the nurse, and the friar. In the story of Romeo and Juliet, Tybalt is primarily to blame for the conflict that takes place, which ultimately causes the deaths of the two lovers. The nurse is to blame for her support for Juliet's actions, and The friar is responsible for supporting their actions, marrying them, and giving Juliet the potion that made her appear dead. It's clear early in the play Tybalt hates montages as he states, “I hate hell, all Montague and thee’ (1.1) . “What art has thou …show more content…

In Male culture during this time, honor played a big role in fighting, and not avenging his fallen friend is seen as very wrong and dishonorable. So Romeo acts to defend his honor and considers the only way to avenge his fallen friend is to kill Tybalt. During the final duel between Romeo and Tybalt, Tybalt is slain and Romeo understands the Implications of what he's done when he states, “ Oh I am fortune's fool” (3.1). As Romeo realizes what he's done and what will soon occur, he goes into a state of panic but to his surprise instead of being executed, he is to be …show more content…

After Juliet found out about what has happened, her parents see her in sorrow and believe to cheer her up, they will marry her to a man named Paris. Juliet will not let this happen and refuses to be married to Paris as she is already married to Romeo so she goes to the friar and tells him that if is not able to stop this marriage and save her, she will end her life. The friar who feels responsible for her soul creates the plan that she will take the sleep potion and appear dead until she awakens when she will be reunited with Romeo. But this plan is what caused the miscommunication and Romeo thinking she was dead because when he found her in the chamber she was still under the effects, so he takes poison to end his life. The friar also is to blame for the majority of what happened as he was the main supporter and guidance towards Juliet's decision and was the person who married Romeo and Juliet in secret. The secret marriage is what created so much conflict around Paris and if the friar had waited for their marriage, the conflict would not have taken place. Tybalts' actions towards Romeo that lead up to their fight are directly what causes his banishment, leading to the friar's plan. If Tybalt had made different decisions and had been more peaceful with Romeo, their fight would never have happened. The Frair's plan played a

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