Romeo and Juliet, a play written by the infamous Shakespeare during the Elizabethan era, is a tragic love story following two young people, Romeo and Juliet, who fall in love, but can’t be together. When they meet, it's love at first sight, but they soon find out that they can't be together because their families have hated each other for centuries. But of course, they rebel against their families because they are just so deeply in love, and get secretly married. This didn't pan out well because Juliet was set to marry another man named Paris, and Romeo was exiled to some death that followed their families feud. Juliet couldn't stand the idea of betraying Romeo, so she and the friar planned out a “fake death” so she and Romeo could leave Verona …show more content…
When Juliet woke up and found Romeo dead, she killed herself because she didn't want to live in a world without him, which was the end of their tragic love story. You might be thinking, who’s fault really is it? Can you really blame Romeo or Juliet? And to that I answer yes, yes you can. Some people may argue Romeo and Juliet are both at fault for their tragic deaths, however I believe Romeo should be blamed for most of it, if not all of it because he made a lot of impulsive decisions, and had the option to leave her and the Capulet’s alone at any moment Romeo is at fault for both his and Juliet's deaths because he could have just left Juliet and the Capulet’s alone. After meeting Juliet, Romeo thinks he is in love but quickly finds out that she is a capsule and says, “Is she a capsule? O dear account! My life is my foe’s debt” (1.514). At this point Romeo knew that Juliet was a Capulet, he could have turned his back because he knew she was the enemy’s daughter and that loving her would come with guaranteed punishment, but he didn’t. After the Capulet party, Romeo is running away from Mercutio and Benvolio because he wants to avoid their teasing, but that is not the real