Who is to blame for the death of Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet? Some might point their fingers toward Mister and Lady Capulet, Mister and Lady Montague, Juliet, or the Friar, nevertheless they should be pointing them directly at Romeo Montague. Romeo is to blame for the tragic deaths of not only himself along with the young Juliet Capulet, but also the death of Tybalt Capulet, Juliet’s kinsman, and County Paris, Juliet’s fiance. You could even blame him for the death of Romeo’s friend, Mercutio, kinsman of the Prince. The first act of the play is the best place to start, if Romeo chose not to crash the party thrown by the Capulet family both everyone would still be alive. Romeo went to the Capulet’s party to see his “love,” Rosaline, Juliet’s cousin, but when he laid eyes upon the gorgeous Juliet he didn’t love Rosaline anymore. “If I profane with my unworthiest hand This holy shrine, the gentle sin is this: My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss” (Shakespeare 394), are the first words he speaks to the fair Juliet, before he stole a kiss from Juliet’s untouched lips. Compelling her to feel something towards the one who gave her first kiss.…show more content… Eavesdropping he overheard distressed Juliet cry out, “O Romeo. Romeo!Wherefore art thou Romeo” (Shakespeare 404)? Immediately he speaks out, climbs the vines hanging from her balcony and proposes to Juliet. Young and naive, Juliet accepts his sudden proposal. Romeo Should never have made such a life long decision to commit himself to someone he had only met earlier that evening. He should have gotten to know her first, gotten some sleep, before he did anything so rash. With knowing that Juliet was the daughter of the enemy to his family for decades, he should have consulted his parents in this
