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Who does Shakespeare suggest is responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet and how does he do this.

Many of the characters in this play contributed to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. This essay explains these characters and how they may have been a cause of the two lover’s tragic ends.

The parents of Romeo and Juliet could be the centres of the lover’s troubles. They have a feud going on between them, without this there would be no reason for the lovers to deceive their parents and meet in secret, with fear of their parent’s reaction and rejection.
Throughout the play the hatred and anger between the two households, especially the parents, is brought up. For example when Lady Capulet finds Juliet supposedly crying for Tybalt she calls Romeo a, “ traitor, murderer.” Lady Capulet thinks to comfort Juliet in saying, “ I’ll send to one in Mantua where that same banished runagate doth live, shall give him such unaccustomed dram that he shall soon keep Tybalt company.”- Act 3 Scene 5.
This speaks her own anger and possibly Lord Capulets towards Rom...

Posted by: Melissa T. Littlefield

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