Who Is To Blame For The Deaths Of Romeo And Juliet Essay

Avery Simmons
Ms. Versaguis
Language Arts 9 Hour 5
May 30th, 2023
The Blame Game In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Friar Laurence, Tybalt, and Romeo are the most to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. The person most at fault for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet is Friar Laurence. Romeo and Juliet meet with Friar Laurence to get married. Friar Laurence says,” Till Holy Church Incorporate two in one”(2.6.37). Friar Laurence officially married Romeo and Juliet. When Romeo and Juliet got married earlier than they should have, they heavily harmed their relationship. If they did not rush into the marriage, they likely would not have been in a life or death situation. Because Friar Laurence signed off on their marriage,

Members of the Capulet and Montague families were fighting in the streets of Verona. Tybalt says,” What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word/As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee”(1.1.65-66). Tybalt has extreme hatred for the Montague family and will want to fight them. Tybalt played a very prominent role in the hatred between the Capuelt and Montague families. If Tybalt doesn’t instigate tensions, the families would feuding as much and Romeo would likely not have been banished and in turn Romeo and Juliet would not have killed themselves. A couple of days later, Tybalt caught Romeo at the Capulet party. Tybalt says,” It fits when such a villain is a guest./I’ll not endure him”(1.5.78-79). Tybalt is furious that Romeo is allowed to stay at the party and will want to kill him. Tybalt and his hate for Romeo and the Monatgues continued to boil over and put everyone at harm. Had Tybalt controlled his anger, Romeo and Juliet would have most likely happily lived and would not have died. A couple of days later, the punishment of Romeo was being discussed. Lord Montague says,” His fault concludes but what the law should end/The life of Tybalt”(3.1.190-191). Romeo did wrong by killing Tybalt but he was just following what the law would have done. If Tybalt does not kill Mercutio, Romeo would not be inclined to kill Tybalt and therefore would not have been