Which character from “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” had the most responsibility to deal with Romeo and Juliet’s death? Lord Capulet held the responsibility by threatening his daughter with marriage or exile from the household. Capulet abuses his power which ends up causing Juliet’s death and her lover Romeo to come to death. Juliet’s life could have been happier if Capulet decided to end the feud and let his daughter be happy in life instead of being happy in his dream world for her. Capulet's first example of him causing Juliet’s death is by him being selfish and using his power to cause Juliet and Paris wedding. Capulet wanted this so badly that he caused his daughter to have to think of options of getting out of the wedding. Even when Juliet goes to friar Lawrence for the poison you could tell that friar knew her more than Capulet by knowing that what he was about to do for her was the best idea. “...Thank me no thanking's, nor proud me no Proud...” (Shakespeare 3-5). This proves that Capulet shows he is not proud of his daughter bringing Juliet down enough to cause her own fate to die. Capulet says later after her fake death that she was his heart but if that were true Capulet would not plan her fate she did not want. …show more content…
“We will speed it up. I will have this knot tied up by tomorrow morning.” (Shakespeare 4-2-). This shows how Lord Capulet was eager to get Juliet married. Capulet not changing the date she would still be alive because Romeo would have gotten the note and met her in time to save