Friar Lawrence Is To Blame In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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Most people have read the play of Romeo and Juliet. It's about two people, Romeo and Juliet, living in Verona, Republic of Venice probably in 1595. Romeo and Juliet are a part of two different families who are in a feud. They fall madly in love with each other, end up worsening the feud, and the story ends with their suicides. The point of this essay is to find out who caused their suicide. Now, while it’d be easy to just blame Friar Laurence, there would be a stronger argument to to blame Romeo. Romeo and Benvolio enter the Capulet's party in hope that they will find Rosaline, but instead Romeo sees Juliet and instantly “falls in love with her, despite not knowing anything about her other than her looks. “Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight!/For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night.” Romeo and Juliet (1.5.52.53). Romeo is to blame for this, as he was madly in love with Rosaline, even making him depressed at some times, but instantly forgot about her after seeing Juliet, even though he knew nothing about her, and they even ended up getting married a day later. …show more content…

Tybalt and Mercutio want to fight, but Romeo tries to stop it. He fails, and Mercutio dies. This angers Romeo and he chases after Tybalt and kills him. “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.” (3.1.124-27). Romeo could have let the law take care of Mercutio’s murder, but instead he decides to kill Tybalt, which worsens the feud between the Capulets and Montagues, and the Prince banishes Romeo from

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