Who Is To Blame For The Deaths Of Romeo And Juliet

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The lovers' heartbreaking deaths should be rightfully blamed on the ongoing feud between the Montagues and the Capulets. There were once two very affluent and powerful families: the Montagues and the Capulets. These families have had a lingering feud for countless years. The feud has existed between the two families for so long that they are unsure of why it even began. The family feud is to blame because their families were wrongfully keeping Romeo and Juliet from each other by trying to make Juliet marry Paris, the prince of Verona, their undying love for each other was impeded and they both thought they would prefer to be deceased than eternally separated from one another if the families were not fighting than Romeo and Juliet would have not had to keep their precious love a secret. The first sense as to why …show more content…

In the book, when Romeo gets exiled by Prince Escalus because of Tybalt's death, though Romeo did not actually kill Tybalt. The feud caused this issue because the Capulets lied about what happened with Romeo just to get him exiled and to make Juliet think that Romeo was a killer. The nurse also lied to Juliet in saying that Romeo is dead when she quotes, “he’s dead, he’s dead, he’s dead, oh Romeo” (Shakespeare 92). If they would have at the least just let Romeo stay in Verona things would have played out very differently when it comes to the lovers deaths. In the book the nurse comes to Juliet to give her the news about Romeo and Tybalt, she explains how Romeo is a “killer” when she says, “Tybalt is dead and Romeo is vanished, Romeo killed Tybalt and for that he is banished.” (Shakespeare 93). The third reason for the blame for the feud between the families is that if the families had not been fighting, then Romeo and Juliet wouldn't have had to keep their love a