Who Was To Blame In The Tragedy Of Romeo And Juliet

Trye C. April 11 2024 English 1 Bishop Romeo and Juliet Once was destined to be a bud of love in the spring then blossom as a beautiful flower in the summer, wilted by a bitter cold frost, only to die in the next hour. The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet was written by William Shakespeare, the play was written to educate young lovers along with parents, but with a lot of dramatic irony. Act 5 Scene 3 is a prime example because Romeo takes his own life after seeing Juliet dead, only for her to wake up an hour later and kill herself right after. Who was to blame in the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet? One person who could be a potential blame is Romeo, because of what he did, another person it could have been is Friar Lawrence, but I believe one of the

Another one of the main culprits could have been Romeo, who was completely riddled with love, wasn't thinking about any of the consequences of his actions. To go into more detail, Romeo was only going for Juliet and he didnt care for any of the things stopping him, one example is the garden wall that he scaled to attempt to talk to Juliet, because he simply couldnt get away from her, Another example is when Romeo tried to walk through town whilst hanging out with Mercutio, when they cross Tybalt, who has temper problems and after he insults them, Mercutio jumps into a brawl blindly and is slain. Tybalt retreats and Romeo mourns over Mercutio, he swears revenge and Tybalt makes a return, another fight ensues but this time its Romeo who prevails as Tybalt is slain. Romeo says “Staying for thine to keep him company, either thou, I or both must go with him.” Tybalt angrily responds, “Thou wretched boy, that didst consort him here, shalt with him hence.” Romeo responds “This shall determine that.” They fight and Tybalt falls (3.1.133-137) This quote shows that Romeo could be the problem, even though he wasnt the one to start the fight, he sure was the one who ended the fight, which could be the reason that of this, just because he was only thinking about Juliet or other people he loves, like

But it also may not have been Romeos fault, it could have been Friar Lawrence as well. Finally, Friar Lawrence could have been the main culprit, because he didn't alert Romeo well enough of what he had done. To further elaborate, the Friar had given Juliet poison to put her to sleep for some 50 hours, but he didn't communicate with Romeo well enough, which could have completely translated to what came of their relationship. So as Romeo gets away from Balthasar, he goes to the graveyard and finds Juliet who is buried, he digs her up and sees her, and after that he goes to drink a poison of his own, which kills him, has a domino effect and kills a couple others. “Here’s to my love. Drinking. O true apothecary, Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die.” (5.2.134-137) This quote shows that he died drinking the poison because Juliet, who appears dead, is just sleeping because of the Friars