Who Is Responsible For Romeo And Juliet's Death

A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life.”. This is a quote from William Shakespeare’s drama, “The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet”. Although this quote has very few words, it explains the catastrophe of the two lovers in the play. Throughout the tragedy, Romeo and Juliet face many hardships that challenge their relationship. Some may say Friar Laurence is responsible for their death, but I think otherwise. Thus, Friar Laurence is not responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s death because the Capulets and Montagues are enemies, Romeo and Juliet are young and reckless, and Juliet’s caretaker knew about the couple knowing it was a bad decision. My first reasoning is that the Capulets and Montagues are sworn enemies. For instance, in Act I the Capulet

As a result, Mercutio is killed, causing more family feuding. Lastly, because the two families are rivals, the marriage is kept a secret from most characters in the drama. To further explain my reasoning, Romeo and Juliet are young and reckless. To prove my point, Romeo attends the Capulet’s party knowing he was not invited because he is a Montague. Furthermore, Romeo sneaks into the Capulet garden to see Juliet; if Romeo got caught he would be a dead man. Also, when Balthasar delivered the message to Romeo about Juliet’s death, Romeo immaturely bought poison from the apothecary to kill himself in Juliet’s tomb. My final point is Juliet’s caretaker, the nurse, knew about the secret couple, knowing it was a bad idea. For example, when Juliet first met Romeo at the party the nurse asked Romeo his name, and she knew he was a Montague. In addition, Juliet asked the nurse to find Romeo to give him a message about their wedding, and she did. Finally, the nurse tells Juliet to marry Paris after Lord Capulet promised her to him. The nurse knew this was a bad idea because Juliet was already married to Romeo, so this caused Juliet to rebel against her caretaker and go through with Friar Laurence’s