Who Was Responsible For The Deaths Of Romeo And Juliet

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“Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die.” Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy play, written by Wiliam Shakespear. In Romeo and Juliet, the two lovers want to get married, but the feud between their families makes it almost impossible. Juliet devises a plan to allow them to get married but has poor communication. Juliet's poor communication eventually resulted in both of their suicides . Romeo and Juliet should take the blame for their own deaths.
People might think the lover's deaths were because of a family feud. People might think this because this didn’t allow them to get married in the first place. However, they are wrong because they would have gotten married no matter what. The family feud added to the problem, but Romeo's banishment is …show more content…

Romeo's impatience is the first reason. He barely knew Juliet yet he wanted to marry her in a few days. If he had waited the relationship could have been more healthy. Their marriage could have possibly resulted in an ending of the family feud because the family's reaction could have been positive and not negative. The second reason is that Romeo killed Tybalt. Tybalt accidentally killed Mercutio which made Romeo furious. He then found Tybalt and killed him to get revenge. This is a big reason Romeo and Juliet ended up dead because this made Romeo banished from Verona. Once Romeo got banished Juliet became very sad and started creating a plan to get with him again. Her scheme eventually failed and ended up being the reason they both died. “Is crimson thy lips and in thy cheeks, And death’s pale flag is not advanced there.”(pg 901). In this quote, Romeo notices that Juliet looks like she is still alive. Romeo takes no effort to inspect further nor does he doubt her death at all, Romeo simply ignores this detail. If Romeo waited a little longer and inspected Juliet's condition they would both be alive because Juliet was about to wake up. Neither of the lovers made smart