Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet Who or what is the most to blame? Tragedy, heart break and grief are emotions everyone can relate to. The feelings of emptiness that comes after losing someone you love is emotionally exhausting. It can leave people in a state of shock, bewilderment and disbelief - and even making people do things they would never consider doing under normal circumstances. No one captures this sense of melancholy as well Shakespeare, and in his play, Romeo and Juliet, it seems that the tragedies taking place there were part of a mixture of bad luck and inconvenience, and each time misfortune struck it would just happen to get worse and worse, leading into a massive snowball effect. Who or what exactly is to blame for these unfortunate …show more content…
Due to Tybalt's brash and aggressive nature, it would only be natural for his character to seek revenge for the embarrassment Romeo indirectly laid upon him. However, what Shakespeare fails to do in this regard is give concrete motivation for why Tybalt hates the Montagues. Without that information, Tybalt stays completely one-dimensional and has no depth whatsoever. The same can be said for Mercutio, albeit to a lesser extent. Though he may have an eccentric and intriguing personality, his background and past remain a mystery - particularly his relations to Romeo, besides being his best friend. Though it is a somewhat dark moment when Mercutio dies, it gives us nothing to really feel the pain that Romeo has, and therefore his actions to kill Tybalt to the viewer is just seen as a crude plot device to stir more drama. The only kind of emotional attachment we feel for both of their deaths are barely substantial and amount to little. Their deaths, along with Friar Lawrence's plan to marry Romeo and Juliet to make peace, and even Romeo and Juliet meeting in the first place is directly linked to the feud, if not caused by it, and the hatred between the two families just shows how stubborn and selfish humanity can be. Though the feud may have had a role to play when setting the story, you cannot blame the feud alone for the events that took place, since that was entirely independent …show more content…
From fate representing Romeo and Juliet's encounter, to their love, and finally representing their untimely death, fate and fortune has been a contributing factor towards all the tragedies in Shakespeare's play, possibly being the main clause. Throughout the play, several references of fate and the stars are mentioned when characters show terrible grief and heart break. For example, mere seconds after Romeo slew Tybalt in a blind fit of rage, he exclaimed, "O, I am fortune's fool." He is saying that he is being controlled and forced to do things not in his control to change, and that he is a victim of circumstance (which in this case is fate). In which, he is. Time and time again it seems that Romeo and Juliet's love is in fact dependent on fate and fortune, since in the Prologue itself mentions that "...their death bury their parents' strife." It seems that even from the beginning, Romeo and Juliet were destined to die. No matter what they tried, and no matter how hard they wanted to stay together, fate always found a way to ruin their plans. Just after they get married, Romeo just so happens to run into Tybalt and Mercutio. Just after the couple consummated, Juliet was to be married to Paris on Thursday. Just after Friar Lawrence made a plan to reunite Romeo and Juliet, the wedding of Juliet and Paris moved one day forward! The letter
As the old saying goes, young love is blind. Romeo and Juliet is a play written by William Shakespeare, two star-crossed lovers defying their families’ ancient grudge to be with each other, even if that means in death. The question is who is to blame? Romeo, even in death should be held responsible. If it weren’t for his series of misguided actions the outcome would have been very different. The situations he created for himself showed his fickle nature, impulsive behavior and impatient demeanor towards everything that occurred.
Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy that has many deaths. Two of the most tragic are Romeo and Juliet. Their death was influenced by many characters inside the play, but some had more effect than others. The people most responsible are Mercutio, Tybalt and the Friar.
The play Romeo and Juliet is a tragic love story written by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare has written multiple other tragic plays such as Hamlet, Othello, and King Lear. Many people still have one question, and that is who is the most to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet? The play is filled with many characters and every character plays a different role. But, in my opinion, Friar Lawrence is the most to blame for Romeo and Juliet deaths. The reason behind this is because he was the one to suggest their marriage to create peace between the two families. Friar Lawrence was also the one to provide Juliet with the poison and the message didn't get through to Romeo correctly making him kill himself. The play Romeo and Juliet is about two lovers that fell in love and if one does something the other will do.
In the play of ‘Romeo and Juliet’, William Shakespeare explores the idea of fate, through the characters experiences. The play was taken place during the Elizabethan Era where the social norms were completely different to those today and the idea of fate was well and truly believed by the society. Shakespeare incorporates this concept of fate in different ways, he makes references to celestial bodies, employs premonitions and orchestrates events where Romeo and Juliet have no prior knowledge off. He introduces the two young lovers as ‘star-crossed’, which means their relationship is destined to end in tragedy and this is supported by events that occur in the play. Specific events
Whenever a problem occurs, there is always someone to take the blame, whether it be a war between two countries or an argument between siblings. In the play, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, it is no different. This story shows tragedy after tragedy and focuses on the tragic events that led the lovers to their deaths. However, there is much controversy surrounding who is to blame for the tragedies that took place. Some say that their families caused the deaths, while others say their counselor and mentor, Friar lawrence, is to blame since he married the two despite the potential consequences. Based on the facts, Romeo is to blame for all the tragedies that took place. Romeo acted infatuatedly, vengefully, and impulsively throughout this play, causing him to produce many tragedies along the way.
There are tragedies everywhere and everytime, with these tragedies you have to blame someone or something for it. In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare they’d blame fate instead of themselves because they could have been responsible for the disaster they caused. Romeo was to blame for the misfortune in the city of verona. Romeo’s responsible for his hastiness, responsible for the deaths that happened in under 3 days and Convincing Friar Lawrence to get Romeo and Juliet.
In the play, Romeo and Juliet, there are many people to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s death. This is because Romeo and Juliet both committed suicide. When choosing who to blame, you have to look at who drove them the most. The best choices would be Juliet, Friar Lawrence, and Romeo. These people were picked because they play a big enough role in the deaths because of how much they were involved.
Within every tragic ending, lies at least one or more accomplice. In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, many things happen that involve many different people, so it could be hard to pinpoint one person to blame for the deaths of the two young lovers Romeo and Juliet. Romeo, Benvolio, and the Capulet and Montague ancestors are to blame. Romeo is to blame because he acts rashly and does not think things through. Benvolio is at fault because he encourages Romeo to go to a Capulet party where he meets the love of his life. Romeo and Juliet's ancestors are also to blame because they created the feud that resulted in the lover’s tragic end. With so many people playing a part in the relationship, putting the blame on one person is difficult.
The story of Romeo and Juliet is the best tragedy ever to be written. The tale of two adolescents taking their lives because of their love for one another has inspired a lot of controversy as to whether the adults surrounding these adolescents could have done something to prevent this tragedy. The truth is the adults in the situation are ultimately to blame for the deaths of their love struck teens. This essay will explain why Friar Laurence, Nurse and to a lesser extent Mercutio, caused the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
Secondly Tybalt sends a decree for a fight and he kills Mercutio. This is shown by “I will not budge for no man’s pleasure, I”. This reveals that Mercutio wants to have a fight with Tybalt. Tybalt wants to have a fight with Romeo the most but Mercutio gets in the way. Mercutio feels that he must stand by the Montague’s. He feels he needs to be a true Montague and fight. Romeo retaliates and kills Tybalt in anger and revenge for his friend. This is apparent in the line “Either thou or I, or both, must go with him. This conveys that Romeo felt he had to get revenge for Mercutio but he really didn’t mean to kill Tybalt and couldn’t believe that he’d actually done it.
In Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare explores the tragic story of two star-crossed lovers. Set in the Northern Italian cities of Verona and Mantua, tells the story of Romeo and Juliet and their love for each other, even though their families are enemies. For generations the Capulets and Montagues have been at each others necks over everything, but this does not stop the two star-crossed lovers. Meeting one another at a masquerade ball and falling in love overnight. These two lovers do countless things behind their parents back and keep numerous amounts of secrets from their loved ones. Making multiple decisions without thinking of the consequences leads them to their tragic ending. So,
Tybalt had killed Mercutio out of anger earlier that day, when Tybalt was alone Romeo ran into him and pulled out his gun and shot Tybalt for revenge of Mercutio. When Romeo kills Tybalt he says this, “Now, Tybalt, take the ‘villain’ back again / That late thou gavest me, for Mercutio’s soul / Is but a little way above our heads, / Staying for thine to keep him company. / Either thou or I, or both, must go with him” (3.1.121-125). After Tybalt dies Romeo says this quote meaning you took Mercutio’s life now he take yours, Mercutio’s soul is in heaven and either Tybalt or himself must go with him. This could’ve been stopped if Tybalt would’ve never killed
Blame is putting responsibility for a wrong or mistake on someone other than oneself. People would resort to blame to get out of a bad situation and say it was what they did that caused the mistake or wrong to happen. Blame is a big factor in Romeo and Juliet because, the death of Romeo and Juliet is to blame on many people who drove them further. People would usually go to factor of blaming people to escape an unpleasant or serious situation that would have serious consequences.
Who or what do you blame for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet? I blame the Feud without the family feud Romeo and Juliet would have never had to hide their love. Without the feud, Tybalt would have never tried to fight Romeo. The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet was caused by the feud between the two families Montague and the Capulets, and Tybalt and I also blame Lord Capulet.
Many would say that the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet was written in the stars. A sad tale of destiny even. But the question of destiny can be all but eliminated when you consider putting the blame on a certain character. Blame is a wonderful idea, especially in a play such as Romeo and Juliet. There would be no worrying about having your life already planned out with no way to change the outcome. No, simply evaluate who caused all the problems. Romeo and Juliet could have ended quite happily if Shakespeare had cut out one very simple character: Friar Laurence.