out who the culprit is‚ but we are quick to blame anyone reasonably possible. This evolution of human nature has allowed for us to learn from our mistakes and direct our emotions towards a scapegoat. Either way‚ controversy is created. Who really caused the problem? Who contributed to the tragedy? In a drama like Romeo and Juliet‚ William Shakespeare depicts various characters who contributed to the suicides of the star-crossed lovers‚ Romeo and Juliet. Tybalt‚
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Who caused the suicides of Romeo and Juliet? Who can be blamed for the tragedy that is Romeo and Juliet. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet‚ a classic tragedy written by William Shakespeare. The main characters of this tragedy are Romeo‚ Benvolio‚ Capulet‚ Lady Capulet‚ Juliet‚ the Nurse to Juliet‚ Friar Lawrence‚ Tybalt‚ and Mercutio. A young lady‚ and a young man fall in love when they meet‚ but due to the families that they belong to‚ and because of a feud between their families‚ they are kept apart
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counsellor’s opinion‚ and can be swayed by what they say. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ Friar Lawrence is a friend and ally to both Romeo and Juliet. They both look up to him‚ and the Friar helps guides them‚ and offers them advice. The Friar could have prevented Juliet and Romeo’s deaths if he had responded to their situation more responsibility. Friar Lawrence had an opportunity in which he could have saved Juliet. With Juliet threatening to kill herself‚ he leaves her alone because “the watch
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one of his most famous plays is titled‚ Romeo and Juliet. This is a tragic telling of two lovers from feuding families. The misfortune in this story is mostly caused by a single character. Romeo is the character most to blame for the tragic events in Romeo and Juliet because he doesn’t ask the Capulet’s permission for his and Juliet’s marriage‚ he kills Tybalt‚ and he commits suicide. Romeo is the most to blame for the events that occur in Romeo and Juliet because he doesn’t ask the Capulet’s permission
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Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare‚ is a play that has been studied in high schools for years. This tragedy is about two young kids who fall in love‚ and how all of the different characters actions intertwine and have an effect on the conclusion. At the end of the play‚ the Prince says “Some shall be pardoned‚ and some punished.” (5.3/319) It is clear in this well-known play that the adults‚ in fact‚ are to be blamed for the children’s death. In my opinion‚ the Nurse‚ Lord Capulet‚ and
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“Romeo and Juliet” has many important characters. The most important of these are obviously‚ Romeo and Juliet. However‚ two characters that are almost as important‚ but extremely under appreciated‚ are Friar Lawrence and The Nurse. These two characters play similar roles but are first shown to be polar opposites. Shakespeare uses these characters very well to move the story along. Shakespeare also uses these characters as metaphors. The Nurse is supposed to be the heart and Friar Lawrence‚ the head
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The Nurse and Friar Lawrence were meritorious parental figures in Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’‚ because they were stronger influences on Romeo and Juliet than their actual parents. The Nurse and Friar Lawrence knew more about Romeo and Juliet than their parents. In Juliet’s case‚ it is due to the fact that she was raised and breastfed as a child and mentored her whole life by the Nurse. “When it did taste the wormwood on the nipple Of my dug and felt it bitter‚ pretty fool‚ To see it tetchy
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two families‚ the Capulets and the Montagues not only are they each extremely rich‚ they are also bitter rivals.Yet through all this tension Romeo (A Montague) and Juliet (Capulet) fall in love with each other‚ but in the end they take their own lives at the fault of Juliet’s father‚ Sir Capulet. He is the most responsible based on the fact that he let Romeo stay at his party even after Tybalt warned him that he was there‚ also he showed his stubbornness by not trying to end the feud between his
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and the Friar‚ the two most significant characters in the famous Shakespeare’s play‚ The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet‚ both depict clearly disparate characteristics but are similar in some ways. Shakespeare states‚ “[f]rom forth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life; whose misadventured piteous overthrows...” (I. Prologue. 5-8). The prologue of the play hints towards the fact that it was because of the strife of the two families that had killed Romeo and Juliet
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I believe that Friar Laurence is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Laurence was the one that gave Juliet the potion that made her appear dead‚ therefore misleading Romeo and causing him to kill himself. Friar Laurence says “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; no pulse‚ no warmth‚ no breath.” When Friar Laurence was figuring out this plan he could had come up with
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