Who Is To Blame For Romeo And Juliet's Death

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

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