Who Is To Blame For Romeo And Juliet's Death

1. In Romeo's soliloquy he speaks of love being death;y and he pretty much just talks to himself about events that have happened throughout the play. He makes a long speech on how he will kill himself because his love is so strong for Juliet. He says “Often when men are at the point of death, they have been happy. Their nurses call this a revival before death. Oh, how many I call this this a revival?” He is basically saying he is going to kill himself. Throughout his soliloquy he often mentions Juliet’s life like qualities. He says “Beauty’s flag is still crimson in your lips and cheeks, and death’s pale flag has not advanced there.” This is ironic because Romeo is describing how beautiful in her death and how she almost still seems alive, when in reality she still is.
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I believe that the characters themselves our more to blame for the outcome of the play. First to blame are the characters themselves. They rush into things too quickly and never thought anything through. They didn’t even get their parents’ opinions on their love. Juliet even says “If your love is honorable. And you want to marry me, send me word tomorrow.” This really shows how Juliet rushed things. Two other people that are almost as much to blame as Romeo and Juliet is the Friar and the Nurse. Both characters said they wanted the best for them but yet they did not steer them in the right direction but let the teenagers do whatever they want.
3. When Romeo goes in the vault he threats Balthasar and says “But if you do become curious and return to pry into what I intend to do by heaven, I’ll tear you limb for limb.” Balthasar ignores Romeos threats and stays nearby anyways. I believe that Balthasar does this because he knows Romeo is up to no good and he wants to be a friend even if Romeo doesn’t want him to. Balthasar knows this is the right thing to