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Romeo And Juliet Who Is To Blame Analysis

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Why did the play Romeo and Juliet end in such tragedy and who is the one guilty for it? In my opinion, Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet because he was trying to convey the message that not all relationships end well and that there is always tragedy in your life, no matter what you do, or how you try and stop it. Friar Laurence is most responsible for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet because Friar Laurence gave Juliet the potion and didn’t plan for any flaws in his and Juliet’s plan. The primary reason that Friar Laurence is to blame for the tragedy is because he chose to give juliet the “poison” and he let her take it. Initially, the Friar and Juliet were talking and she told Friar Laurence that she would rather die than marry Paris, all …show more content…

“(Friar John)Going to find a barefoot brother out, one of our order to associate me, here in this city visiting the sick, and finding him, the searchers of the town, suspecting that we both were in a house where the infectious pestilence did reign, sealed up the doors, and would not let us forth, so that my speed to Mantua there was stayed. (Friar Laurence) Who bare my letter, then, to Romeo?(Friar John) I could not send it-here it is again-not get a messenger to bring it thee, so fearful were they of infection. (Friar Laurence) Unhappy fortune! By my brotherhood, the letter was not nice, but full of charge, of dear import, and the neglecting it may do much danger.” The importance of this is that because the letter wasn’t delivered Romeo was lead to believe that Juliet was dead, and wouldn’t be there when Juliet does wake up Romeo won’t be there like she was promised by the Friar. Also, the friar is to blame because, “Now must I to the monument alone. Within this three hours the fair Juliet wake. She will beshrew me much that Romeo hath had no notice of these accidents; but I will write again to Mantua, and keep her at my cell till Romeo come- poor living corse, closed in a dead man’s tomb!” This further proves why Friar Laurence is to blame because even though the Friar did try and fix his mistake and not accommodate …show more content…

Though this did not cause the tragedy because he had intervened many times when there were fights and took care of all those whom are to blame for starting and participating in the fights. To begin, after a fight that Benvolio had tried to break up the prince came in and said, “By thee, old Capulet, and Montague, have thrice disturbed the quiet of our streets and made Verona’s ancient citizens cast by their grave beseeming ornaments to wield old partisans, in hands as old, cankered with peace, to part your cankered hate. If you ever disturb our streets again, your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace.” This is important because it shows that the prince has finally realised that feud is getting out of hand and has started to intervene and stop the fights the best he can by threatening their lives if they fight again. Another reason the Prince is to blame is, “ Immediately we do exile him hence. I have an interest in your hate’s proceeding, my blood for your rude brawls doth lie a-bleeding; but I’ll amerce you with so strong a fine that you shall all repent the loss of mine.” This is important because the Prince had lost a family member because of a fight between the two families and he was gonna make both the families pay but he didn’t kill Romeo but exiled him, primarily because he was friends with

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