Who Was Responsible For The Deaths Of Romeo And Juliet

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Romeo and Juliet is a tragic story between two lovers, part of rival families, so the love is forbidden. The end of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, the two lovers both die. Although there are many factors for the two lover’s deaths, Which people were responsible for the two deaths? The person responsible for Romeo and Juliet death is Balthasar, the parents, and the lovers themselves. As Juliet and Frair Laurance execute the plan to fake her death, they are the only people who know about the plan. So, when Romeo’s servant Balthasar sees Juliet’s fake death and funeral then he believes that Juliet is dead. Balthasar rushes to tell Romeo that “Her body sleeps in Capel's monument, And her immortal part with angels lives..” Romeo knows knowing that Juliet is dead full of grief he decides to kill himself with Juliet. Although Juliet is alive Romeo does not know that because of the incorrect information that Balthasar gives, the false information kills both lovers. The Capulet and Montague parents are also to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. If the two …show more content…

The Capulets wanted Juliet to marry an older man, Juliet not wanting to marry an older man decides to look for a way out, during the party she sees Romeo having no other choice but marrying someone she does not love or someone younger that she could learn to love, she picks the younger man. However, the rivalry between the two families means that marriage would be forbidden, so Juliet and Romeo decided to marry but not tell their parents. Romeo gets attacked by a Capulet named Tybalt because Romeo was at the Capulet party where he met Juliet, since Romeo is a Montague, he should not have been at the party, not wanting to fight back since the prince told them “If ever you disturb our streets