It was love at first sight for the star-crossed lovers who end up taking their lives, but who is really to blame for the death? Romeo and Juliet, a play by William Shakespeare that became infamous and well-known, was first produced in 1594. Romeo and Juliet meet at a party and fall in love. However, their families are hostile toward one another. They are sure that getting married to each other will be forbidden. But with Friar Laurence's assistance, they chose a covert wedding. Romeo regrettably kills Juliet's cousin Tybalt in a duel after being angered by Tybalt killing Mercutio, and the prince bans him from coming back to Verona as a punishment. Juliet's parents mandated that she marry Paris. Juliet’s parents do not know about Juliet's secret marriage with Romeo. She initially declines, but ultimately …show more content…
Friar Laurence develops a plan in which he gives a potion to Juliet. She was placed in a tomb and appeared to be deceased. Romeo, who was unaware of the plan, went to her grave, assumed she had died, and then committed suicide with poison. When Juliet finally awakens, she finds Romeo dead and then commits suicide with Romeo’s dagger. In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo is to blame for the lovers' deaths because his feelings and unwise decisions caused him to get into bad situations that led to the downfall of the relationship.
Romeo's impulsivity and lack of self-control are primarily to blame for Romeo and Juliet's unfortunate ending. Romeo makes impulsive decisions throughout the play without considering the impacts. “My reputation is stained with Tybalt’s slander—Tybalt, that an hour Hath been my cousin! O sweet Juliet, Thy beauty hath made me effeminate And in my temper softened valor’s steel” (Act III, Scene I, 116–120) What Romeo means