Who Was Responsible For The Deaths Of Romeo And Juliet

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The dreadful story of Romeo and Juliet was written by William Shakespeare. The story is about Romeo Monatgue and Juliet Capulet, two lovers who end up killing themselves due to a fued between the Capulet and Montague families. Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet meet at a Masquerade party hosted by the Capulet familys party where they fall in love immediately. Since their families are rivals they are not allowed to be with each other. Juliet Capulet is arranged to marry Count Paris by the Capulet family, and her father speeds the wedding along after her cousin dies because he thinks it will make her feel better. Because of this, Juliet rushes to marry Romeo without their parents’ knowledge. These complications lead to the death of Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet. Romeo and Juliet's parents are to blame due to their selfish feud, selfishness, and abuse of power . …show more content…

When frier lawerence finds out that Romeo has moved on from Rosaline and is now in love with Juliet he believes that he can end the selfish feud. Fryer lawrence tells Romeo “In one respect I’ll thy assistant be; For this alliance may so happy prove To turn your households’ rancor to pure love”(Shakespeare 2.3 90-92). This shows that the only reason friar lawrence agreed to marry Romeo and Juliet is so that the feud between the Capulets and Montague could finally end so that there can finally be peace in