Was Paris To Blame For Romeo And Juliet's Death Essay

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Regarding the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, I blame Count Paris and Friar Laurence for Romeo and Juliet’s deaths. From their actions, it can be inferred that they influenced Juliet to kill herself which led Romeo to do the same. In addition to their actions, it can be known that their words also influenced their deaths. In “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet,” Paris should be blamed for their deaths for a few reasons. The first reason that Paris should be blamed for their deaths, specifically Juliet’s death, is because he caused her to take the poison from disinterest in marrying him. In “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” it says, “Shall I be married then tomorrow morning? No,no! This shall forbid it. Lie thou here… Romeo I come! This do I drink to thee” (Shakespeare, 258-259). From this evidence, it can inferred that if Paris never wanted to marry her in the first place, she would have never thought so seriously about “killing herself” with the poison. A following reason Paris should be blamed for their deaths,mostly Romeo’s death, is because he caused Romeo to feel sympathy and guilt for murdering Tybalt, causing him to further agree to killing himself. In “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet”, “That murdered my love’s cousin—with which grief…must die” (Shakespeare,271). In this piece of text evidence, it is subtly revealed that Paris’ anger toward Romeo caused Romeo to feel more guilt and want to kill himself more than before. …show more content…

One major reason is because he gave her the sleeping poison and caused all the havoc to occur.. In “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet,” “Take thou this vial, being then in bed, And this distilled liquor drink thou off” (Shakespeare,255). Also, the text states, “Give me, give me!” (Shakespeare,256). In this piece of evidence, I can infer that Friar Laurence’s appealing explanation and luring of the sleeping potion could have caused Juliet to want to do it even