Who Was Responsible For The Deaths Of Romeo And Juliet

In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare lays his scene in Verona, Italy and his pen crosses the stars to have two strangers from opposing families to meet. Romeo, from the house of Montegue and Juliet of the house Capulet. Despite the feud between their families, the two fall in love with each other and unfortunately meet a tragic and premature death. There are many factors which contribute to the lovers’ demise. Fate plays a part in leading Romeo and Juliet to their tragic ends Another major factor to their deaths are the Montagues and Capulets. Both families take an equal part in the blame. Romeo and Juliet are famously known to be star-crossed lovers and that fate brought them together; to fall in love with each other. But who’s to say that they were not fated to meet their demise? In Shakespeare’s time, many believed in fate and how their lives are already laid out for them. Romeo shares this belief as he notes, “[Paris] writ with me in sour misfortune's book!

The conflict between the two houses is also a main factor in their deaths. One can say that if Romeo was not a Montague or if Juliet were not a Capulet neither of them would have died. Even Juliet acknowledges this fact herself by pleading for Romeo to “Deny thy father and refuse thy name / Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn [her] love, / And [She]'ll no longer be a Capulet.” (II.ii.34-36). The only barrier between their love also ended up being the driving force of their ends. The Prince also takes notes by scolding the feuding families stating, “... Capulet! Montague! / See what a scourge is laid upon your hate, /That heaven finds means to kill your joys with love; (V.iii.291-293)”. The hatred of the two families only brought Romeo and Juliet closer together. This only urged them to want to be with one another even if this means ending their lives to meet in the