Who Is To Blame For Romeo And Juliet's Death

Romeo's impulsive actions from the opening to the end of the play lead to devastating costs, as well as his own death and Juliet's suicide. When Romeo first falls in love with Juliet, he is on the rebound from being rejected by Rosaline. Romeo sees Juliet and instantaneously declares her to be the loveliest creature he's ever seen.... Romeo could be seen as accountable for his and Juliet's death because he acted suddenly in appearing at the Capulets' party and propositioning to Juliet quickly, despite the Friar's warnings to do otherwise. In this essay I will be exploring the reasons as to why some people would argue that Romeo is to blame for the deaths of himself and Juliet.

When Juliet desperately didn’t want to marry Paris, she turned to friar Laurence for a solution. The friar provided Juliet with a potion that would make her appear dead on the morning of her wedding. A messenger was sent out to let Romeo know that Juliet would be drinking the potion to make her appear dead for forty eight hours, but he never got the message. Romeo was unknown to the fact that Juliet was really alive and just appearing dead to avoid her marriage to Paris. Romeo hears of Juliet’s death and assumes her death was real, he kills himself to be with her, oblivious to the fact she is really alive and under the effect of a potion. If Romeo had been patient he would have received the letter. Romeo would have been in the know about the plan that went ahead involving Juliet’s faked death.

These affections play a role in decision making. The decisions have an impact on the tragic outcome of the play. The characters display romantic love as well as platonic love in the play. Romantic love is defined as love characterized by romance and involving sexual attractions. Platonic Love is defined as an emotional and spiritual relationship between a couple that does not involve sexual desire. Romantic love and platonic love influence the characters’ decision making, which impacts the tragedies of Romeo and Juliet.

In Romeo and Juliet, romantic love impacts the tragic outcome of the play. Caught up in romantic love, characters make impulsive decisions which lead to or influence tragedies. Balthasar informs Romeo of his love Juliet’s death. Romeo has not received the letter from Friar Lawrence that explains Juliet and his plan. Romeo believes that with Juliet dead he cannot live and decides to kill himself which results in Juliet doing the same.

Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is about two star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet, forbidden to be together because of feuding families. Countless people contribute to Romeo and Juliet’s predestined fate and misadventures. This ultimately leads to Romeo and Juliet’s suicide. Who is more to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s death? Although Juliet acts rashly, Romeo is more to blame.

Furthermore, Romeo starts the whole tragedy. True, Juliet acts naïve, nonetheless Romeo acts hastily by encouraging the relationship. Prior to Romeo and Juliet’s encounter, Romeo is in an infatuation with Rosaline. In Act 1.1, Romeo depicts Rosaline's beauty and says, 'She is too fair, too wise, wisely too fair.' Romeo’s love for Rosaline is only skin deep and…show more content…

If Romeo listened to Friar Lawrence’s advice, he might gain the common sense not to rush the situation and use better judgment. Romeo assures Juliet that his love is true, but takes it to an extreme when he goes along with the secret marriage. Additionally, after Romeo’s marriage with Juliet he gets in the middle of a fight. If Romeo did not engage in the brawl between Mercutio his best friend and Tybalt his opposing rival, they would still have a fair chance at survival. Mercutio engages in a fight with Tybalt on Romeo’s behalf because Romeo refuses to fight Tybalt, since Tybalt is now Romeo’s cousin-in-law. In addition, Romeo attempts to break up the progressive fight, but his actions are pointless. Furthermore, Romeo getting among Mercutio and Tybalt does more harm than good because Mercutio dies. The only explanation of how Mercutio dies is that Tybalt is able to pierce Mercutio’s chest under Romeo’s arm. Romeo blocks Mercutio’s view, leaving him defenceless and feeble. Feeling guilty, Romeo feels responsible for Mercutio’s dying because as Mercutio is about to die, he blames Romeo for his loss. Trying to redeem himself he kills Tybalt in vengeance for Mercutio. 

Afterwards, the Prince banishes Romeo from Verona for the murder of Tybalt. Romeo kills Tybalt on impulse and does not think about the consequences and acts before he thinks. Romeo does not think at all when he kills Juliet’s cousin Tybalt. According to Juliet, Romeo’s banishing is one of the most devastating punishments which ends with Juliet and Romeo both committing suicide.