Mercutio Is To Blame For Romeo's Death

At the end of the play Romeo and Juliet are dead. Their death is the result of many different events and decisions. There are several people that could be blamed for the deaths of these two young lovers. Mercutio for getting Romeo to go to the ball{{fragment}}. Their parents, by keeping the feud between the two families on going. Romeo for avenging Mercutio’s death{{Fragment}}. The Nurse for not telling Juliet’s parents what’s going on and that Juliet has fallen in love with a Montague. And even Juliet for being a young and naive teen for thinking what she is doing is the best thing for her situation.

But the most blamed would be Friar Laurence. Friar Laurence was the wise adviser to Romeo and Juliet. He kept all of their secrets and helped them be together. He married the two lovers knowing the consequences, but hoping the marriage would end the two families feud. He was the one who came up with the plane for Juliet to take a sleeping potion and be in a seemingly dead state for 42 hours. But before he gives her the potion he replies with: “If, rather than to marry County Paris, Thou has the strength of will to slay thyself; Then it is likely thou wilt undertake A thing like death to elude away this shame, That cop'st with death himself to scrape from it; And, if thou darest, I'll give thee remedy.” (IV i 71-76). Then he wrote the letter to Romeo telling him the plane, but the letter never got to Romeo. After he is in the
Romeo, who is not informed of the Friar's plan, kills himself when he thinks that he sees Juliet is dead. Juliet arises and sees Romeo dead, and takes her own life. The Friar is overcome by guilt and realizes that he has "...a short date of breath." (V iii 229). This could also be a confession that he is to blame. If the Friar was not the reason for the two suicides he would have no reason for