Who's To Blame In Romeo And Juliet

When an argument breaks out, everyone wants to know who to point the finger at or to blame. In William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, Romeo and Juliet take the audience through a journey of a young man and woman's life that are soulmates for each other but lead to tragedy due to the harsh relationship of their families. Towards the middle of the play, everything seems to be going so well until Romeo’s action takes over and he kills Tybalt. At the end of the play, Romeo and Juliet both end up taking their lives and leaving everyone with the question, “Who is to blame?”. There are many fingers pointing to who is to blame in this situation and for their actions. While many people would blame Tybalt or the Nurse for their actions, The Friar is …show more content…
Earlier in the play, we learned that no one, not even Benvolio, knew how much he loved Rosaline. This shows the audience that The Friar and Romeo have a very tight relationship. When Romeo got banished from Verona because he killed Tybalt, Friar Laurence was the first person he ran to, to hide and have him come up with a play. We learn slowly that The Friar’s plan is slowly going downhill once Romeo didn’t receive the letter because Friar John got stuck in a house that supposedly had been exposed to the plague. Once Romeo and Juliet’s bodies are found dead, the Prince and every citizen of Verona are wondering what happened. Since it was The Friar's plan, he knew everything and made himself look very suspicious. We know that Tybalt has always been a sort of rude character to Romeo and has never really liked him. In Act I, Scene V Tybalt says, “This, by his voice, should be a Montague” and after he figured out there was a Montague at the Capulet’s party he immediately went to Lord Capulet and warned him but Lord Capulet didn’t care and just told him to let it …show more content…
One last suspect or someone to blame for this whole turn of events is The Nurse. Right at the beginning we learn that Juliet and The Nurse are super close, she was a prominent figure in Juliet’s childhood and knows a lot about her. This relationship we can relate back to The Friar and Romeo and how close they are to each other. After Romeo and Juliet meet at the Cauplet’s party and right before Romeo is going to leave Juliet’s balcony she says, “What o’clock tomorrow / Shall I send to thee?” and he responds with, “By the hour of nine”. This part of the balcony scene shows Juliet sending the Nurse at nine o’clock in the morning to meet with Romeo and discuss their wedding. She agrees with sending Juliet to the church to get married, even though she should’ve known that Lady Capulet would not have liked that. Once Romeo and Juliet got married everything seemed to be going so perfectly, so in conclusion it could not have been the Nurse’s fault because she is barely a part of the falling action of the play and all fingers point back at Friar

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