Who Was Responsible For Romeo And Juliet's Death Essay

In most high school English classrooms, students read Romeo and Juliet, a tragic love story of two young people from feuding families. For them to be together, Juliet is forced to take a sleeping potion from Friar Laurence. The play ends in a drastic way when both characters are forced to end each other’s lives because of the power of love has on each other. A question that appears at the end of the story is who is responsible for the deaths of these two-young people. I think the person who is responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet is Friar Lawrence. The first reason why I think this because Friar Laurence provided Juliet with the sleeping potion. The next reason is that the person Friar Laurence sent to Mantua to give Romeo the letter was not able to complete the task because he had to stay in a quarantined house due to the plaque outbreak.
The first reason is why Friar Laurence is responsible for these two young people’s deaths is that he supplied Juliet with the sleeping potion. In the book it states this in Act 4 Scene 1 Page 4,’’ Take thou this vial, being then in bed, and this distilled liquor drink thou off, when presently through all thy veins shall run A cold and drowsy humor, for no pulse. Shall keep his native progress, but surcease. ‘’ The next reason is that Friar John was not able to deliver the letter to Romeo because he got stuck in a quarantined house due to the plaque. In the play in Act 5 Scene 2,’’ I could not send it—here it is again— (gives FRIAR LAWRENCE a letter) Nor get a messenger to bring it thee, so fearful were they of