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Who Was Responsible For The Deaths Of Romeo And Juliet

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“These violent delights have violent ends” (2.6.9) The Friar Lawrence knew it all along. This line near the beginning of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet foreshadows this tragic love story. In Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare tells us a story about the two title characters, in which they loved each other although Romeo and Juliet were from feuding families. This ultimately ends in Romeo and Juliet taking their own lives. Although several characters contributed to the tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence and Tybalt are the most culpable, reasons being that Friar Lawrence married the young lovers and set up the plan while Tybalt killed and got killed. To kick things off, Friar Lawrence is the most culpable for Romeo and …show more content…

They were married, so they had a commitment to each other. Another reason that Friar Lawrence is the most culpable is that he came up with “The Plan”. Friar gave Juliet a potion that, “Shall keep his native progress but surcease; No warmth, no breath, shall testify thou livest” (4.1.107-108) This shows that Friar Lawrence knew his plan could go wrong and went along with it just because Juliet said she was willing to die. His plan caused their deaths because it didn’t go as planned. He couldn’t control it. Along with the Friar, Tybalt is also most culpable because he killed Mercutio, Romeo’s best friend. Tybalt stabs Mercutio under Romeo’s arm after Mercutio fights Tybalt. This is due to the fact that Romeo declined the challenge from Tybalt to duel. After Mercutio dies Romeo expresses himself saying, “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.” (3.1.125-128) This shows that Tybalt killing Mercutio led to Romeo killing Tybalt. This caused the Prince to banish Romeo from

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