Bailey Davis Ms. Lancucki Honors Freshman English Why Romeo is to Blame “O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?” (2.2.33). An iconic line from the great Shakespearean tragedy Romeo and Juliet, this sequence portrays Juliet asking why Romeo is who he is. In the tragedy, Romeo of the Montagues and Juliet of the Capulets are star-crossed lovers held back by a feud between their families. Romeo and Juliet fight for their love despite the rivalry, but their love is doomed from the start. Both lovers die at the end of the play. Misfortune after misfortune leaves many dead and many full of grief, and there is only one person who is to blame for the heartbreaking ending of the play: Romeo. Although Romeo’s actions appear to be that of a lovesick …show more content…
To begin, Romeo is at fault for the tragic ending of the play because of his impulsivity. Throughout the play, Romeo jumps head-first into everything without a second thought. For instance, after knowing Juliet for only a few hours, Romeo decides to climb the Capulet wall and hide in Juliet’s backyard, rather than leaving; “He ran this way, and lept this orchard wall.”(2.1.5). By impulsively hiding in Juliet’s backyard, Romeo is able to listen to Juliet’s personal thoughts. This creates an opportunity for the two to kindle their love, which leads to the sad ending of the play, as the love between Romeo and Juliet creates many consequential conflicts. One of these conflicts results in the death of Juliet’s cousin, Tybalt. Once again, Romeo and his impulsive actions cause harm. In a rage, Romeo fights Tybalt, and Tybalt falls: “Romeo, away, be gone! The citizens are up, and Tybalt slain.” (3.1.125-126). Tybalt’s death creates additional bad blood between the feuding families and becomes a prominent cause of the melancholy ending. Romeo is also banished from …show more content…
They support this by saying Romeo is not at fault because his emotions and the actions they trigger are that of a lovesick teenager: therefore, he should not be held responsible. Indeed, Romeo's actions are heavily based on love, as shown in his dialogue: “Why, such is love's transgression. Briefs of mine own lie heavy in my breast, which thou wilt propagate, to have it prest with more of thine. This love that thou hast shone doth add more grief to much of mine own. Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs; being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers eyes; being vexed, a sea nourished with lovers tears. What is it else? A madness most discreet, a choking gall, and a persevering sweet.” (1.1.178-187). Romeo is completely obsessed with love. His elaborative speech explains that every action he takes is one taken for love. The opposing view believes that all acts performed in the pursuit of love are pure. However, Romeo's actions still cause the tragic ending of Romeo and Juliet. Even if his murderous actions are pure in the name of love, Romeo's ignorance causes the tragic ending of the play. To demonstrate, Romeo has a chance to live happily ever after with Juliet. Immediately before Romeo kills himself, he notices that Juliet is not dead:” Death, that have sucked the honey of thy breath, hath no power yet upon thy beauty. Thou art not conquered. Beauty’s
Is Romeo genuinely the one to blame for all the deaths that occur in Romeo and Juliet? Two teenagers (Romeo and Juliet), met at a party, and fell in love at first sight. They kissed and eventually married each other. People were killed and one of the teenagers (Romeo) was at fault for one of the deaths, and was supposed to be exiled. The other teenager (Juliet) took a potion to seemed dead for 42 hours, then was supposed to be saved by the other teenager, according to Friar’s “plan”.
In a moment of despair, Romeo looks down into the face of a lifeless Juliet. After one last kiss Romeo ends his fragile life with poison. The story of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare revolves around the decisions made by characters. Generally, these choices are poor and lead to the death of others. The deaths of Romeo and Juliet are controversial and have many possible culprits; however, the person most responsible for their deaths is the Prince.
The feud between the two families sent many events into motion such as when Mercutio challenges Tybalt by saying, “O calm dishonourable, vile submission!/ Alla stoccata carries it away. (draws his sword)/ Tybalt, you ratcatcher, will you walk?” (3.1. 70-71). Mercutio perectly demonstrates the feud between the two families as he challenges Tybalt to a fight which leads to the death of Mercutio. The death of Mercutio had angered Romeo enough for him to kill his cousin Tybalt, thus leading to a series of events such as Romeo being exiled, Juliet drinking the potion, and ultimately the death of the couple.
He incites unnecessary violence against Romeo, kills Mercutio, and complicates the plot and Romeo and Juliet’s marriage. When Romeo was found at the Capulet party, Tybalt was furious. Grandly representing the house feud between the Capulets and Montagues, he sent a letter to Romeo, challenging his life. Even when told to let the matter go, Tybalt insists to duel Romeo. His insistent dueling ends up killing Mercutio instead of Romeo.
Romeo has done many things in this play that simply could have been avoided it makes us almost want ask if this all is the result of his own doing. For one Romeo was impulsive in his decision to marrie Juliet. He didnt even take the time to get to know her better or think about the outcome of marrinng your families enimie. “Young men's love then lies Not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes.” (2.3,67-68).
Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, is a story of two lovers, who are forced to end their own lives in an attempt to be together. There are many people throughout the story who are partly to blame for this outcome, but the main influence on Romeo’s and Juliet’s deaths is Romeo himself. This is because of his impulsive behavior and forcing others to carry the burden with him. At first, it seems that Romeo and Juliet would have just as much influence on the final outcome as each other, but the difference couldn’t be bigger.
This lead her to become attached to him, prompting her to feel as though she could not live without him. Romeo was also quite reckless within the play. He often acted without completely thinking things through, ultimately leading to Juliet’s
He kills Tybalt in a fit of passion, which sets off a chain of events that ultimately leads to the tragic ending of the play. Romeo's banishment causes him and Juliet to become desperate and leads to their tragic end. If Tybalt had not been so quick to anger and if Capulet had not been so inflexible in his attitudes, the tragic ending of the play could have been avoided. Furthermore, Capulet's lack of empathy and understanding for Juliet's situation contributed to the tragic ending of the play.
His sudden infatuation with Juliet leads him to pursue their forbidden love affair despite the existing feud between their families. It’s almost as if it were a teenage crush and not true love. Romeo's willingness to disregard societal norms and the potential consequences of their actions heightens the tension and sets the stage for the tragic events that unfold. Romeo eventually hears of Juliet’s death from his servant. Not knowing of Juliet’s true plan, he immediately rushes to the conclusion that Juliet is truly dead.
In the end, Tybalt ultimately loses his life in a duel with Romeo. Benvolio then states, “Romeo, away, be gone! The citizens are up, and Tybalt slain. Stand not amazed: the prince will doom thee death, If thou art taken: hence, be gone, away!” (3.1.128-131).
During the fight Romeo end up killing Tybalt , the cousin of Juliet and here is the turning point. Romeo was trying to build a good relationship with Juliet’s family members to be able to receive their support at the time of marrying Juliet. But instead he ends up receiving a banishment from
Lastly, Tybalt is the most to blame for the events that occur in Romeo and Juliet because of the the first events he caused leading to the suicides of Romeo and Juliet. The confirmation that Tybalt is the cause of the terrible events in Romeo and Juliet is shown in the play “Romeo and Juliet” when Romeo says, “Is it even so? then I defy you, stars! Thou know ' st my lodging: get me ink and paper, and hire post-horses; I will hence tonight.”
After Romeo slays Juliet’s cousin, he is banished from Verona and is forced to leave to another city. Because the friar and Juliet are unable to communicate their plan to the bridegroom due to his absence from the city, Romeo commits suicide thinking that Juliet is dead. This provides Tybalt closure by completing his goal to have Romeo dead, but in the process, Juliet dies as well. As aforementioned, rage only leads to grief, and no one gets anything out of it. The indignation between the two families caused both their children to die, and the rage of Tybalt towards Romeo caused both his cousins, Romeo and Juliet to
Tybalt always wanted to fight Romeo. Tybalt and Mercutio get into a fight because of some upsetting words Tybalt said. In the fight Tybalt kills Mercutio, which get Romeo upset. Then Romeo kills Tybalt, which gets him banished form Verona, Italy. So the long-standing family feuding and fate are the cause of Romeo and Juliet’s deaths.
This death added to the overall mood of the story, was an impulsive decision by Romeo to kill him, and caused Romeo and Juliet to be apart. The death of Tybalt not only caused Romeo’s banishment but Juliet’s marriage to Paris. Throughout the play, we see multiple deaths caused by the feud which makes it harder for Romeo and Juliet to be together. Tybalt’s death caused separation of Romeo and Juliet because of Juliet being related to him and because of Romeo’s banishment after killing