Who Is Responsible For Romeo And Juliet's Death

When truly in love, should one give up their life for the one they love and therefor die? In Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, the people responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet are the Capulet family, Juliet, and Friar Lawrence. In Act three of William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, the people responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s actions are the Capulet family. An example of this would be Tybalt, who in the beginning of Act 3 kills Mercutio, who is Romeo’s closest friend. This results in Romeo challenging Tybalt to a duel, which is seen when he says, “Alive in triumph—and Mercutio slain!Away to heav’n, respective lenity,...Staying for thine to keep him company. Either thou or I, or both, must go with him”(294). In modern

This partly because instead of telling the families that Romeo and Juliet were married when it happened he waited until after the were dead, which is apparent in Act 5, Scene 3 when he says, “Romeo, there dead, was husband to that Juliet, And she there dead, that’s Romeo’s faithful wife. I married them and their stol’n marriage-day Was Tybalt’s doomsday” (326) In the quote Friar Lawrence is essentially admitting to marrying them and that the same day they got married was the same day Tybalt died. The quote supports the statement that Friar Lawrence is partly responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, because if he had told the Capulets and Montagues earlier that Romeo and Juliet had married. Then some of the event’s such as Juliet drinking the potion that helped fake her death, may have been avoided. Another reason as to why Friar Lawrence is responsible for the deaths of Juliet and Romeo is because he was the one who gave Juliet the potion which can be seen in Act 4, Scene 2 when he says, “Take thou this vial, being then in bed... When presently through all thy veins shall run A could and drowsy humor,... No warmth, no breath shall testify thou live’st” ( 311). The quote is basically, Friar Lawrence telling Juliet to take the potion and drink it when she is about to sleep without anyone watching her, and once someone comes to wake her up it will appear that she is dead when in reality she is alive. The quote helps support the idea that the Friar is responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s death because had he not given her the potion she wouldn’t have faked her death and Romeo would’ve not commited suicide believing that she is