To focus the blame on one person is much to hard, for there were many things you must consider before you blame or convict someone. E.g: Would this have happened if Romeo was an invited guest at the party, or if the Capulets and Montagues were not feuding in the first place? In this essay, I will attempt to answer these questions and try to decide who should be pardoned and who should be punished. .
Now there is much evidence that points to Romeo being the main reason of his own and Juliet's death. If Romeo hadn't told the messenger that he was invited to the party or hadn't even gone to the party he wouldn't have met Juliet and it wouldn't have turned out the way it did. Also, killing Tybalt didn't help his cause, if he hadn't have killed Tybalt, he wouldn't have been banished and so he would have known about the potion that put Juliet asleep for forty-two hours. .
Friar Lawrence always seemed to be around when things went bad. He was the one who married Romeo and Juliet without considering the consequences. If he had even taken one minute to think about the marriage, he would have seen there was no way it could have worked. Friar Lawrence also gave Juliet the potion that gave her the appearance of death for forty-two hours, this consequently led to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. But the biggest mistake I think he made, was not making sure that the message to Romeo about Juliet's apparent death, was delivered, which ultimately led to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. .
The feuding families, the Capulets and the Montagues were the ones who started all of this, so I would say they were the cause of Tybalt's and Mercutios deaths, but it's hard to say that they caused Romeo's and Juliet's death, the death of their own children. The Capulets and the Montagues separated the town, they were the cause of many battles in the street and the loss of many lives. They forced Romeo and Juliet to be, in fact, enemies and victims of fate who loved eachother.
