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Who Is To Blame For Romeo And Juliet's Death

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It all began at a party where Romeo and Juliet fell in love, they later found out their families were enemies. Friar Laurence married them in secret right after getting married Romeo got into a duel with Juliet's cousin, Tybalt. Romeo killed Tybalt and he was banished from Verona if he ever went back to Verona they will kill Romeo. Juliet's parents tell Juliet she has to marry Paris, her parents do not know about her being married already to Romeo. Juliet refuses at first, but later she talks to Friar about her problem. Friar tells her a plan which is very risky however, Juliet still goes with the plan because she would do anything for Romeo. On the other hand, Romeo wasn't aware of her death being fake, so he visits her at her tomb and drinks poison. Juliet then wakes up and sees Romeo dead, soon after she grabs a sword that is Romeos and kills herself. Six people die in Shakespeare's play Friar Laurence is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because he married Juliet and Romeo, he gave a potion to Juliet, and he left Juliet in a very tragic situation. …show more content…

Friar says, "Young men's love, then lies not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes." here establishes his opinion on how Romeo sees Juliet. In translation men, in general, go for the women for their looks, not for the heart. That quote is just one of them that Friar believes this marriage will never last because they have a very toxic relationship. Romeo and Juliet are so toxic that Friar also has compared their relationship to fire and gunpowder because they will destroy themselves. Laurence agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet in secret because he thinks that it will end the rivalry between the two families. If the wedding is a secret how will the rivalry end? This reason is why Friar Laurence should have never married Romeo and

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