Who Is Responsible For Romeo And Juliet's Death Essay

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Who is responsible for Romeo and Juliet's death? Romeo and juliet is complex. It has a lot of different characters, and a couple different themes. There were many different ways to perceive it, and ways to interpret it. Some people might have an idea of who was at fault in Romeo and Juliet's death, and that leads into this essay. The first person I blame is romeo. Poison doesn't seem like a fun way to die, so I gave him that but it still was pretty stupid of him. I mean, people running away because of who they love isn't really that uncommon. It still happens today, but I don't really think it's because of a family argument. If he was rich, he could have just hired someone to get juliet and run away with her. Dying was his fault, and in my opinion, if he could get over the girl from before, rosaline, then he could have gotten over juliet. I mean, she was like 13. He is interpreted to be 15-20. The age difference between them alone makes it really weird for me, and suicide because you can’t be with a 13 year old is pretty ridiculous to me. …show more content…

i respect her decision to stay a virgin, but she did reject romeo, making him fall in love with juliet and then in turn, killing himself. Her pledge to Diana is something that would probably shock others around her, but her decision is respectable. Romeo did overreact in my opinion, i think some other issues might play into why he did it, but in the end rosaline did cause the ending of his life. It was standard to get married really early during that time, and she could have been just forced to marry Romeo, but for some reason she wasn't. Really, it wasn't her fault, but it is kinda her problem that she

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