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Who Or What Is To Blame For The Tragedy Of ‘Romeo And Juliet’ Essay, Research Paper

The deaths of

Romeo and Juliet appear needless, as it was mainly the people around them who

were fighting and disagreeing about the relationship. Romeo and Juliet mainly

kept out of the fighting but their lives were made miserable and unhappy by the

people around them who were interfering, and because they were so deeply in

love with each other, they refused to be split up and therefore took risks to

stay together which eventually led to their deaths. The Prologue at the

beginning of the play suggests it was mainly fate that was to blame,

?star-cross?d lovers and ?death-mark?d love? are examples of this. ??????????? Romeo is a young teenager, a member of the Montague

household, who unfortunately falls in love with Juliet, a Capulet whose family

are bitter enemies of the Montagues. He blames Fate or misfortune for nearly

everything that goes wrong; after he kills Tybalt, he then realises the

seriousness of his action but prefers to blame the stars rather than himself. ?O, I am fortune?s fool?. I think killing

Tybalt was the biggest mistake Romeo made as it led to his banishment and it

meant he could no longer see his beloved Juliet, without the risk of being

caught. I do not think though that you can blame Romeo for killing Tybalt as he

was determined to fight Romeo and when he refused, Romeo?s closest friend

Mercutio stepped in and drew his sword. They fought and Romeo intervenes trying

to stop them but this according to the dying Mercutio gave Tybalt the opportunity

to kill him, ?I was hurt under your arm?. Romeo then fought and killed Tybalt.

Later when he hears from Balthasar the news that Juliet is dead he says, ?Then

I defy you stars?, meaning he is not going to let Fate dictate what happens to

him anymore. It seems that

Romeo is either not afraid to take risks or just doesn?t think about any of his

actions, in the balcony scene he risks getting caught by the Nurse, and then

later in Juliet?s bedroom when Lady Capulet is looking for her. Juliet is a young

Capulet not quite 14 years old, she is gentle, loyal, obeys her parents and

thinks for herself. When she first meets Romeo she falls for him instantly. She

is practical in that she quickly asks Romeo to marry her which would be against

her parents? will as they want her to marry Paris whom she does not love. She

is also like Romeo in that she does not think of the consequence of her

actions. She is loyal to Romeo, as she is worried about him getting caught in

the balcony scene ?The orchard walls are high

and hard to climb And the place death,

considering who thou art,? (Act 2 Scene 2) She is different from Romeo

in the fact that she does not blame fate for the things that go wrong, she

blames her birth as we here in these rhyming couplets ?Prodigious birth of love is

to me, That I must love a loathed

enemy.? (Act 1 Scene 5) ??????????? Whereas friends and Friar Laurence talk to and advise

Romeo, Juliet is on her own and has to make her own decisions, with the Nurse

offering little or no help. Romeo?s parents seem very caring and loving, but

Juliet?s parents especially Lady Capulet are very cold hearted and uncaring,

they force Juliet into marring Paris without giving her a choice. ?She shall be

married to this noble earl?. (Act 3 Scene 4) Juliet visits Friar Laurence and

is pleased to about his plans for herself and Romeo as she is at this time

distressed at the thought of having to marry Paris for she says ?Oh bid me leap, rather than

marry Paris From of the battlements of

any tower?. (Act 4 Scene 1) Friar Laurences plan for

Romeo and Juliet was that Juliet was to take a potion to make her appear dead

on her wedding day she would then be taken to the Capulets? vault meanwhile

after receiving a letter from the Friar Romeo would return to Verona from

Mantua and would be with Juliet when she wakes up. Juliet was very pleased to

receive the potion from Friar Laurence ?Give me, give me! Oh tell

me not of fear! (Act 4 Scene 1) The Friar is a

man with good intentions but is persuaded to make risky decisions by Romeo and

Juliet, such as agreeing to marry them without their parents? consent. I think

he gets too involved and it is then left up to him to ensure that everything

goes smoothly as planned. ??????????? He goes behind the backs of Juliet?s parents by agreeing

to marry Romeo and Juliet but he has a good reason for this. ?To turn your

households rancour to pure love?, to reconcile the two feuding families. Though

the Friar is concerned about what he is doing, ?These violent delights have

violent ends?, the plan to reconcile the families soon comes to grief as Romeo

is banished. This time he makes another plan that is as risky as the first.

Romeo is to go to Mantua where he will then try to arrange a meeting between

Romeo and Juliet. The plan goes wrong and he accuses fate, ?Unhappy Fortune?. ??????????? Juliet, who now faces the rest of her life with Paris

turns to the Friar for a solution, he supplies her with a ?sleeping potion?

which she uses to make it look like she is dead so she does not have to marry

Paris. I think it is fair to say that Friar Laurence is one of the main people

to blame for the tragedy, as it was his plans that went wrong. But from Romeo

and Juliet?s view he was very helpful and always had a solution

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