love story is that of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The story details the encounter, the love, and the death of the two nominal characters. As the “pair of star-crossed lovers take their life”, Shakespeare leaves the reader wondering if the death was necessary (prologue.6). The story is full of twists, and turns, but one can’t help rooting for the young couple in spite of the inevitability of their deaths. The play incites the question: was the death of these two characters necessary, or could…
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“A pair of star cross’d lovers take their life” who holds the most responsibilities for the death of Romeo and Juliet? First of all “a pair of star cross’d lovers take their life” what does it even mean, this means that Shakespeare is indicating a warning that sooner or later their tragic destiny will happen. Although Shakespeare created the phrase, "star-cross'd," meaning disastrous, for this play, it would have been understood at the time as a hint to…
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Tragedy and death cause an ancient feud too come to an end, but not how anyone expected it to. Two feuding families in Verona, Italy, the montagues and Capulets, try to keep their families apart, but when two young lovers one from each family commit suicide, the rivalry comes to an end. In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, situational irony, verbal irony, and dramatic irony are used to increase the audience’s interest. Situational irony is used in the play to engage the audience…
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Shakespeare's tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet meet their demise. This happens due to a chain of unfortunate events certain characters cause. The Montague and Capulet feuding families have the least responsibility, followed by Friar John, and then with the most blame is Balthasar. Those carrying the least blame for Romeo and Juliet’s deaths are the Montagues and Capulets. They are reprehensible because if the two families remain peaceful with each other, Romeo and Juliet would have permission…
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When there is death involved with a situation there is always somebody to blame. In this situation in “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” the person to blame for the deaths of everyone and the problems caused, is Tybalt. Everyone in “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” act fairly foolish. They all jumped to conclusions and that caused even more problems. Tybalt was a greedy man and coasted the lives of man others. In “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” from the moment we meet Tybalt he is very greedy…
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Romeo and Juliet Essay Rough Draft After reading the play, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, many people wonder who should be blamed for the six deaths that occur. Numerous people would also argue that the blame should not fall on a single person. In the play, the blame should fall on Tybalt Capulet. Tybalt should be held most responsible for the six deaths that transpire because he always puts family honor before everything else. Because Tybalt believes in family honor so strongly, he causes…
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Do you think that Romeo and Juliet should be blamed for their deaths? In the play Romeo and Juliet there is two families, the Montagues and the Capulets. The two families absolutely hate each other. There is no reason why they hate each other but it has been in their history. The Capulets are throwing a party and one of the servants invites Romeo not knowing he’s a Montague. While at the party, Romeo meets a beautiful young girl named Juliet. They fall in love immediately, not knowing that their…
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Who Killed Them? In the book Romeo and Juliet, six people die by the end of the story. There are many people to blame for the tragic deaths. The majority of blame for the six deaths in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare rests in Romeo. Romeo is accountable for the losses because he can’t restrain his emotions and he does things without good prudence. Many of Romeo’s actions support the two reasons why he is responsible for the deaths. The first reason why Romeo is responsible for the murders…
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people heard the story of Romeo and Juliet. However, many people don't know the full story. Romeo and Juliet is a fictional love story about two young teens who fall in love at first sight. They get married rather quickly and do too many tragedies. They end up taking their own lives. Normally, in a suicidal situation like this, you would think Romeo and Juliet are to blame. However, in this case, Tybalt is to blame for all the problems he caused. The deaths of Romeo and Juliet are Tybalt's fault, because…
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In Romeo and Juliet, there are three people responsible for the death of Juliet and Romeo the Capulet’s are one of the reasons they died, Paris is the second reason and the friar is the 3rd. First reason why the Capulet’s are partly to blame is their hate ride between the Montugue. As Capulet states to his wife “My sword, I say old Montague is come and flourishes his blade in spite of me” He goes out to town and fights the Montugue. Secondly Capulet let Romeo stay at the Capulet party where he…
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