Who's To Blame In Romeo And Juliet

Throughout the story ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by Shakespeare, a lot of characters play a role in Romeo and Juliet’s tragedy, but have you ever wondered who is or are the ones to blame? ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is a play written by William Shakespeare around 1595. The play talks about the tragic love between the two teenagers, Romeo and Juliet. In the end, both of them die by suicide, which can be blamed by both fate and Romeo and Juliet's parents because the parents had a rivalry, they shoved their ideals into their children's faces, and basically set up fate to make it tragic.

The rivalry between the Capulets and Montagues was never stated on how it happened, however, we get tons of dialog from outsiders and both households talking about their hatred

An example of this could be in Act 2, scene 2, line 44 when Juliet says, “So Romeo would, were he not Romeo called, retain that dear perfection which he owes without that little. Romeo doff thy name, and for that name, which is no part of thee, take all myself,”. She talks about how in love she is with Romeo, however, she can't be with him since Romeo is a Montague. This shows how much influence the parents have on them. Another example of their parents shoving their ideals is in Act 3, scene 5, line 153 when Capulet says “but fettle your fine joints ‘gainst Thursday next to go with Paris to Saint Peter’s Church, or I will drag thee on a hurdle thither”. He demonstrates how he's shoving his ideals to Juliet and can't take anything that opposes his

For instance, a great example of this would be when Prince says “Capulet, Montague, see what a scourge is laid upon your hate, that heaven finds means to kill your joys with love, find i, for winking at your discords too, have lost a brace of kinsmen. All are punished,” (act 5, scene 3, line 295) which perfectly shows how households' hatred for each other helped God or, in other words, fate find a way to kill Romeo and Juliet. Another example, would be in Act 4, scene 1, line 72 when Friar Lawrence says, “If rather than marry County Paris thou has the strength of will to slay thyself, then is it likely thou wilt undertake a thing like death to chide away this shame,” he shows how both him and Juliet are willing to fight the fate. Which are Romeo being executed, Juliet having to marry Paris, and them not being able to love each other but, in the end, they