Avalon Davis Mrs. Cerone English 1 CPA 10, April 2023 Whos to blame Blame is someone who you assign responsibility for a fault or wrong. The idea of someone else being at fault for the actions of others is seen in the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. The story is about two teenagers who fall in love despite being in families that are feuding. Ultimately, after pursuing a forbidden love affair, both lovers end up taking their lives. However, the people responsible for their deaths are Fate, Friar Lawrence, and Balthasar. Fate is the development of events beyond a person's control; therefore, Fate was one of the main reasons for Romeo and Juliet’s deaths. They were considered to be“two star-crossed lovers” (Doc. A) meaning no matter what happens they are both going to die in the end. Even Romeo says, “Is it even so? Then I defy you stars!” (Doc. E) because he knows that Fate cannot be changed, and Fate is keeping him and Juliet apart. Therefore, he tries to go against Fate by dying so they can meet in the afterlife. For these reasons, Fate is to blame for the tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet. …show more content…
Friar Lawrence agrees to marry them, and says, “For this alliance may so happy prove,/To turn your households’ rancor to pure love” (Doc. C). Friar Lawrence married Romeo and Juliet without knowing that Juliet was engaged. Since Juliet was already engaged to CounPariss she did not want to tell the Friar because she knew he would say no. The Friar says “And, if thou darest, I’ll give thee remedy” (Doc. C) the Friar gave Juliet a potion. The potion was going to put Juliet to sleep for 48 hours and it will look like she is dead, everyone will think she is dead but Friar Lawrence, he did not tell Romeo of his plan which was the biggest flaw in the plan. That is the biggest reason why Friar Lawrence is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and
One reason that the tragedy was due to fate was because at the very beginning, Romeo met a servant of the Capulet family asking Romeo to read something for him. If Romeo hadn't met that servant, he wouldn’t have heard about the Capulets having a party tonight, him going and seeing Juliet. In Act 1 Scene 3, The servant says to Romeo “Now I'll tell you without asking. My master is the great rich Capulet, and if you be not of the house of Montagues, I pray, come and crush a cup of wine. Rest you merry!”
In the story of “The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet”, their death lies upon three people to blame in the city of Verona. The three are Lady Capulet, Juliet’s mother, second is Friar Lawrence the botanist, and the third one is the feud between the two families of Montague and Capulet. Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is the Capulet. The first person to blame the death of Romeo and Juliet is Lady Capulet, Juliet’s mother. Juliet does not wish or had thought about getting married so quickly.
Second, the Friar gave Juliet the potion. Friar Lawrence is responsible because he gave the potion to Juliet. Juliet is feeling hopeless because she does not want to marry Paris. Juliet will Gier 2 do anything it takes to not marry Paris.
Some people think fate is ultimately to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. They believe fate led Romeo to the party where he met, and fell in love
To demonstrate, the author of “Essential Secrets of Psychotherapy: Fate, Destiny, and Responsibility” mentions how “fate refers to the existential givens of life, those aspects of existence…over which we can exert little or no control” (Doc E). One’s fate is something that they can’t control, so the negative outcomes from it are inevitable. Fate was never on Romeo and Juliet’s side, which set them up for their devastating deaths at the end. However, even though fate played a part in the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, the impact love had on their brains was responsible for their deaths since it caused them to be possessed and react poorly to fate. As mentioned earlier, Helen Fisher’s TED Talk discusses how love can possess one and cause them to do things they wouldn’t normally do.
Romeo and Juliet's meeting was only the beginning of their woeful tale. Fate is to blame for how madly they fell in love with each other, and it was also fate that quarantined Friar John and prevented the delivery of the letter. The letter that could easily have saved both the teens’ lives. Fate played a big part in the death of Romeo and Juliet, and because of it, their death was
Juliet, who discovers Romeo’s body, hopes that “some poison yet doth hang on them, to make [her] die with a restorative” (5.3.164-166). The two lovers, while being so close, are once again, so far apart. As predetermined destiny has guaranteed, they have missed their window, since she has woken up a moment too late. Romeo and Juliet’s love for one another doesn’t seem to be enough to fight fate. Previously, Friar Lawrence mentions fate’s role in their story, as he states, “A greater power than we can contradict hath thwarted our intents” (5.3.153-154).
Death, tragedy, and fate are just some of the themes in the play “Romeo and Juliet”, by William Shakespear, but were the tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet really fate? No, Romeo and Juliet deaths were not caused by fate. Their deaths were caused by their own free-will, shown by Romeo’s rash decision making, Friar Lawrence's poor planning, and Juliets bad decisions. Romeo’s rash decision making is a reason for his and Juliet's deaths. This is shown after Tybalt kills Mercutio and, “Romeo kills Tybalt for revenge (3.1.88-142).”
Romeo and Juliet, by Shakespeare, is a tragedy about two lovers, and their downfall due to the animosity between their families. The play highlights many significant plot events, all useful for deciding who was truly responsible for their demise. Out of all of the characters and parts of the play, Fate is the most to blame. Fate, in the play, is impossible to avoid regardless of any changes made to the plot by other characters. One reason supporting why Fate is to blame, is that in the prologue of the play, the text mentions how the two "star -crossed lovers" kill themselves.
The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet brings a lot of light on the subject of fate and choice. Romeo and Julist were enemies, this is the fate of the story, but the choices are what lead to their untimely demise, so the story pointes a little more towards choice than anything. Romeo who was too hasty and Juliet was naive and acted on Romeo's foolish decisions, both made decisions that could only be described as dramatic or Irrational, and both used their ill-wits to make decisions that ultimately lead to their death. The decisions they made ended for the worst, but they could have turned it around. In the scene where Romeo and Juliet die, they both assumed the other was dead beforehand
Throughout the play, Romeo and Juliet speak about their deaths in an unlikely manner. Furthermore, when Romeo and Juliet depend on fate, fate betrays them. Fate’s part in Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet is most to blame for the problems leading up to the tragedy. In the prologue, Shakespeare establishes the role of fate.
Fate is most to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. From the beginning, Romeo and Juliet’s lives were destined to end in violence. Before the play starts, a prologue
Fate leads to a lot of misunderstanding and horrible consequences. 2 Fate is the cause of Romeo and Juliet's death. No one is to blame because everything happens for a reason. It was fate that they fell in love and happened to be on rival sides of the family. 3 Fate brought the two together and Fate led them to their death because of the choices they made
William Shakespeare's 15th century tragedy, Romeo and Juliet contests fate versus free will to discuss the dire consequences of the two lovers during the Elizabethan era. Set in Verona, this religious and hostile environment comes with the contention to show the series of misfortunes which happen upon the characters due to fate, which they often attempt to defy. This poses the question, were Romeo and Juliet destined to die from the very start? Ultimately, the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is determined by fate's impending influence. Fate is used as a symbol of despair, placing our characters in the face of adversity, preventing any happiness.
When things aren’t meant to be people usually realize it and try to make change for the better, but for Romeo and Juliet they thought they could trust fate. After multiple severe occasions involving them and their families they still hoped that fate was on their side, which led to their death. Although the actions of others caused chaos amongst them, ultimately Romeo and Juliet's death was decided by fate because they were “star crossed lovers”, Romeo was always at the wrong place at the wrong time, and other character foreshadow the downfall of Romeo and Juliet One reason Romeo and Juliets death was caused by fate is because the two young lovers were simply not meant to be together. A piece of evidence showing Romeo and Juliet were star-crossed lovers is in when Shakespeare writes “A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life” (Prologue,Line 6).