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Who's To Blame In Romeo And Juliet

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Romeo and Juliet is a well-known tragic love story. But have you ever taken the time to sit down and think, "Who's fault really is it?" What love story ends with a double suicide?!" Romeo and Juliet is a love story where these star-crossed lovers fall in love the first time they meet and decide to get married. Romeo gets banished and Juliet is forced to marry someone else. Juliet fakes her death and Romeo goes to where she's lying to kill himself. She wakes up and sees him, so she kills herself with his dagger. So, whose fault is it? Looking through the story closely, you can find all this evidence building up against Romeo. Romeo is to blame for the deaths of him and his lover, Juliet. Throughout the entire story of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo causes …show more content…

Gentlemen, for the shame! Forbear this outrage. Tybalt, Mercutio, the prince expressly hath Forbid this bandying in Verona streets.” Tybalt goes under Romeo and ends up accidentally stabbing Mercutio, eventually killing him. Once Tybalt comes back Romeo picks a fight with him and kills him, Tybalt and Mercutio were not causing harm to anybody so if Romeo had stayed out of it, it would have been prevented. Another good example of this is in Act I Scene 3 Romeo says “I’ll go along, no such sight to be shown, but to rejoice in splendor of mine own.” Romeo agrees to go to the Capulet's party uninvited just to see Rosaline, at this party he meets Juliet. If he hadn’t gone to the party, he would have never met Juliet, and everything would have been the same as before he met her. Romeo can easily be perceived as the perfect boy, he cares about the people around him, he’s respectful, and he easily woos Juliet. In Act II Scene 2, Romeo says “Lady, by yonder blessed moon I swear, That tips with silver all these fruit-tree tops.” Swearing his love to Juliet. Romeo swearing his love to Juliet shows how much he really loves her, he is willing to spend the rest of his life with this girl that he’s just

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