Who Is Lord Capulet Responsible For The Deaths Of Romeo And Juliet

Lord Capulet and Friar Lawrence are ultimately responsible for the untimely deaths of Romeo and Juliet.

Lord Capulet is ultimately to blame for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Lord Capulet is the head of the Capulet household and the father of Juliet, he is portrayed as extremely emotionally abusive, authoritative, and protective toward Juliet. We first meet him in Act 1 scene 1 where he is yelling for his sword to fight Lord Montague showing us his aggression. In act 1 scene 2 Paris is discussing Juliet's hand in marriage to Lord Capulet where at first he disagrees saying she's too young, but is convinced by Paris and agrees without really consoling Juliet. In act 3 when Juliet is informed she's forced to marry Paris she refuses and Lord

“I tell thee what. Get to thee church a Thursday, Or never after look me in the face.” (III.v. 161-162). Essentially telling her to marry Paris or to live in the streets, leaving her no other choice but to lie to her father and look at him in fear instead of as a confidant. Over the course of the play we can infer Lord Capulet is not exactly a great parent raising her to be afraid of him and teaching her to lie rather than speak up for herself and her own opinions to avoid punishment from her

The Friar keeps coming up with more elaborate lies than the last, throwing Romeo and Juliet into a spiral of dishonesty. For example when Romeo is banished from Verona and Juliet is forced to marry Paris she goes and looks for comfort in the Friar, instead of owning up, advising her to marry Paris, or helping her leave Verona, he comes up with the genius plan to fake her death. Juliet; young and naive, believes this is a good plan, despite her worries she goes through with it. Then when the Friar is meant to hold up his side of the plan with a quick messenger to Romeo he messes up and the messenger is too slow and instead Romeo believes Juliet has