Who Is To Blame For The Deaths Of Romeo And Juliet

Kevin Hart once said, “When you’re in love, love makes you do crazy things, and can take you down a whirlwind of a road.” This idea is demonstrated in William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, because Romeo and Juliet, two forsaken lovers, whose family feud has gone back years, search for a way that they can be together. Romeo, heartbroken over his previous lover, meets Juliet at a party at her house. They fall in love and get married, but after that, things go haywire. Romeo kills Juliet’s cousin, her supposed-to-be husband, and, after that, himself. Juliet wakes up and sees everyone dead, and then kills herself. Because of this, Romeo is at fault for the unfortunate ending of the play because he sneaks into the Capulet party

First, Benvolio tries to convince Romeo to go to the Capulet party because Romeo is sad that Rosaline doesn’t like him back, and when Romeo finds out she will be at the party, he says “I’ll go along, no such sight to be shown, / But to rejoice in splendor of mine own.” (1.2.100-101). Romeo wants to make sure that he and Benvolio are not seen at the Capulet party because of the feud between the Capulets and Montagues. Knowing that going to the party is wrong, Romeo chooses to go anyway. The only reason that Romeo is going to the party is to see Rosaline because he is going to try to win her over one more time. She is so beautiful in Romeo’s eyes and he wants to marry her, but she doesn’t want to marry him, or anyone. Rosaline doesn’t love him back, and, because of this, Romeo has no intention of meeting anyone else. Moreover, Romeo meets Juliet at the party but again, she’s a Capulet and Romeo is a Montague + Romeo says to a servant “Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, a sight! For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night.” (1.5.56-57). When Romeo snuck into the Capulet party, he saw Juliet. Forgetting all about Rosaline, Romeo immediately fell in love with her. He didn’t know that she was a Capulet, but then again, it was a Capulet party. Impulse made Romeo go over and talk to Juliet. He kissed her first, and not even a day later, they were getting married. Knowing that it is risky

Correspondingly, Tybalt has just killed Mercutio and Romeo proclaims “Staying for thine to keep him company”. either thou or I, or both, must go with him.” (3.1.121-122). There are only two ways this can go, according to Romeo. Either he kills Tybalt, or Tybalt kills him, but either way, one of them is dying. Romeo kills Tybalt to honor Mercutio, but Tybalt is now part of his family and he is extremely close to Juliet. Even though Tybalt was going to be killed anyway, it didn’t have to be Romeo’s hand. Now Tybalt’s death is on Romeo’s shoulders and Juliet will know about it. Not only does he kill Tybalt, but also, when Romeo is in Juliet’s tomb, he kills Paris, and Paris utters “O, I am slain! [falls] If thou be merciful, / Open the tomb, lay me with Juliet.” (5.3.72-73). Romeo doesn’t want to kill Paris, but he does. Paris was just trying to be respectful to Juliet, who was supposed to be his wife, and then he gets killed. Because Romeo respects Paris, he lays him next to Juliet's tomb. Now Romeo is responsible for two deaths. So even though Romeo doesn’t want to kill either Tybalt or Paris, he still does. Their blood is on his hands, and there’s nothing he can do about it. Because Romeo killed multiple people, he is to blame for how the play