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Who Is To Blame For Romeo And Juliet's Death

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In the scene where Juliet has been stabbed, Romeo is laying on the ground dead, and Paris has a sword wound, who is responsible for their death? In the play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet face a tragic end. They both died for love, but who is responsible for their actions? There is evidence that makes Romeo a suspect, first his fighting with Tybalt, which lead to his banishment and second, he also took the poison that leads to his death, which caused Juliet to kill herself too. Romeo is to blame because he killed Tybalt for killing Mercutio which led to his banishment. Romeo says, “Now, Tybalt, take the villain back again/ That late thou gavest me, for Mercutio's soul/ Is but a little way above our heads/ Staying for thine to keep him company/ Either thou, or I, or both, must go with him” (III.I.118-122). Romeo was antagonizing the fight. Also he was told false information by Balthasar about Juliet’s death. Balthasar says, “Then she is well, and nothing can be ill/ Her body sleeps in Capulet’s monument,/ And her immortal part with angels live.”(V.I.17-19). In this scene, Romeo bought poison and planned on …show more content…

In act V Romeo buys poison from an apothecary and as he is leaving he says “There is thy gold-worse poison to men’s souls,/ Doing more murder in this loathsome world,/ Than these poor compounds that thou mayst not sell/ I see thee poison; thou hast sold me none/ Farwell. Buy food and get thyself in flesh./ Come, cordial and not poison, go thee, go with me/ To juliet’s grave; for there must I use thee.” (V.I. 80-86). This means that Romeo is going to intentionally poison himself. When Romeo does kill himself, Juliet wakes up and says, “What’s here? A cup, closed in my true love’s hand/? Poison I see, hath been his timeless end.”(V.III.161-162). Romeo did kill himself, which also lead to Juliet’s

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Through it all, who is to blame for the untimely death in Romeo and Juliet? In the story Romeo and Juliet, by playwright William Shakespeare, two kids, Romeo and Juliet, fall in love with each other. They meet at a party and lock eyes, kiss, and get married a day later. Although life seemed to be great, they soon ran into a problem. Mercutio, Romeo’s best friend, falls into an altercation with Tybalt.

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When Juliet drinks the vial given to her by Friar Lawrence, she does not know if it will work and just make her fall asleep, or if it has the possibility to make her never wake up again. Her venturesome behavior is clear when she says “What is it be a poison which the Friar subtly hath ministered to have me dead, lest in this marriage he should be dishonoured,”(4.3). Romeo takes a risk when he goes to the apothecary to get the poison that will end his life. This is dangerous, because both him and the apothecary could get in serious trouble for being in possession of the drug. After the apothecary sells Romeo the poison Romeo says “I sell thee poison, thou hast sold me none farewell, buy food, and get thyself in flesh”(5.1).

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Thus with a kiss I die” (Act 5, Scene 3, Lines 119-120). Romeo knows that the poison will kill him, and yet he still drinks it. His choice to take his own life, although he made it out of grief for his dead love, was still his own rash and poorly made decision.

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In the book and play of " Romeo and Juliet " many are censured for the two's passings. There are three victims. Romeo, from the place of Montague, Juliet and her cousin Tybalt, from the place of Capulet. Romeo is to blame since he goes over the edge, and carries on of feeling. Juliet is basically to blame in light for the way that she executes herself.

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Is Romeo to blame for his and Juliet's deaths? Romeo is the one to blame for his and Juliet's deaths. Romeo is because he is the one who bought a potion and killed himself. By Romeo doing that, when Juliet woke up she killed herself when she saw Romeo dead. There is evidence to support this as well.

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Juliet wakes up seconds after Romeo’s death and when she notices him dead she stabs herself and dies. So the main question is, who is to blame for the death of both Romeo and Juliet? Friar Lawrence is the first to blame. Friar Lawrence was a big role in the death of Romeo and Juliet.

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How fares my Juliet? That I ask again, For nothing can be ill if she be well” (5.1.13-17). Romeo is to blame because when Romeo sends Balthasar to find anything about Juliet. Balthasar sees Juliet dead and tells Romeo. Now Juliet is not dead but she is under the poison.

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He just assumed that Juliet is dead and jumps to conclusions that he is killing himself to be dead with the love of his life. Romeo heads out to buy poison and says, “A dram of poison, such soon-speeding gear/ as will disperse itself through all the veins/ that the life-weary taker may fall dead”(V-ii-60-63). After Romeo buys the poison, he decides to go to Juliet's tomb and kill himself next to Juliet’s body. When he reaches the tomb he kills Paris, because they get into a fight. He then reaches Juliet’s body and kills himself right before Juliet wakes up.

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Immediately after hearing of Juliet’s death he doesn’t know what to do other than run off to buy poison from the Apothecary “Come hither, man. I see that thou art poor... Let me have a dram of poison” (5.1.60-62). Romeo doesn't care to question how Juliet died or how she didn't even tell him prior, Romeo goes to a huge extent to prove that he will do anything for his love, even though it’s extremely reckless. Even though it’s illegal for the Apothecary to provide Romeo with poison, he does it anyways “Then be not poor, but break it (the law), and take this” (5.1.76). And as a sign that he shouldn’t kill himself, Juliet starts looking alive, but Romeo ignores it because nothing can redirect his original plan and ends up drinking the poison “Death, that hath sucked the honey of thy breath, Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty”

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Even though he believed Juliet was dead he could have still asked around and investigated the situation before immediately buying the poison and killing himself. ” The most obvious example of impulsive behavior on Romeo's part occurs when, upon hearing from Balthasar that Juliet is dead, he goes immediately to the Apothecary’s to buy poison with which to kill himself at her side, instead of first investigating the circumstances of her ‘death’, ” Cardullo acknowledges (61-62). When Romeo first receives the poison his initial thought is, ”Come, cordial and not poison, go with

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Romeo and Juliet Essay Romeo could have been considered a mass murderer in today's setting. In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Romeo was at fault for almost all of the deaths that occurred. Romeo was to blame for the death of Mercutio, Tybalt, Paris, and his wife Juliet because he was too foolish and self absorbed to recognize his own misjudgment. In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Romeo indirectly kills his friend Mercutio, and murders Tybalt. After a bloody duel, Romeo was outraged at Mercutio’s death and fought Tybalt to the death.

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when he finds out that Juliet is dead, but doesn’t know she faked her death. Then Romeo sets out in his sorrow to an apothecary and says, “Come hither, man. I see that thou art poor: hold, there is forty ducats: let me have a dram of poison, such soon-speeding gear as will disperse itself through all the veins that the life-weary taker may fall dead and that the trunk may be discharged of breath as violently as hasty powder fired doth hurry from the fatal cannon 's womb.” These quotes show you that Romeo is planning to kill himself because of Juliet faking her death, which Romeo doesn’t know about. In the end, Romeo kills himself by poison and dies by Juliet and then Juliet stabs herself and dies when she finds Romeo dead.

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Romeo decides to go to a Capulet party with Mercutio and Benvolio in masks in order to distract himself from thoughts of Rosaline (Shakespeare I.ii.84-103). This choice leads him to meet Juliet, the daughter of his family’s greatest enemy- the Capulets. They fall in love while dancing (Shakespeare I.v.93-110), but Romeo soon learns she is a Capulet (I.v.112-118). While fate may have caused Mercutio and Tybalt to duel (Shakespeare III.i.85-89), Romeo made a conscious choice to come back and avenge Mercutio by killing Tybalt. His actions get him exiled from Verona rather than killed, the only reason being that he was defending the honor of a blood relative of the prince (Shakespeare III.i.181-189).

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O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die” ( Shakespeare 473). He chose to drink the vial because Juliet faked her death. With this, Juliet killed herself after she woke up and found Romeo dead on the floor next to her.

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When the message didn’t reach Romeo in time, he had no other option but to seal the deal and be with Juliet forever. Romeo couldn’t bear life any other way but to be with her. “A dram of poison, such soon speeding gear, as will disperse itself through all the veins, that the life weary taker may fall dead,...” (Act 5, Sc. 1, lines 60-62). Romeo drank a poison to get the job done quick and easy.

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