There are many people involved in the tragedy of "Romeo and Juliet", but no one person is directly responsible. The tragedy is initiated by Romeo and Juliet falling in love because fate has pre-destined their meeting. All the other characters play a role in helping indirectly the scenes of misfortune take place. If the feud had never taken place, there would not be the hostility and rivalry between the two families. Overall many things lead to the tragedy, but there is no single person responsible.

The feud causes many problems arising in the play. The prologue supports this when it predicts the forthcoming misfortune "From ancient grudge break to new mutiny

Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean" the grudge mentioned means the basis of the feud. The civil brawls mentioned are between Mercutio and Tybalt, Romeo and Tybalt, Paris and Romeo. If the feud was not started by some grudge or disagreement between the Capulets and the Montagues a long time ago the six people deaths in the play would not arise. At the end of the play he says "Scourge is laid upon your hate That heaven finds mean to kill your joys

Because the Nurse is the servant to Juliet, she acts under orders to be the courier of her messages to Romeo. However, because she obeys her orders she is indirectly involved in causing the six deaths. The fact she does not warn her masters (Lord and

Because he is the match that lights the fuse on Mercutio to the bomb, he sparks off the tragedy so I believe that he should be punished.

Because of this the nurse should be punished, but not too severely.

Montagues are concerned for their son "O where is Romeo? Saw you him today". I think that the Capulet family should be punished for pushing the marriage forward, but they are punished through the loss of Juliet. A fine of some sort should be imposed on the families for not trying to start fresh and forget the grudge, and for the outbursts in public which endangered civil lives.

"I defy you stars". The reason that fate plays a big role in the play has a lot to do with the time the play was written. The play was written in 1595 during the Elizabethan period when fate was strongly believed. If fate was a person, I think that he would be punished severely.

with love". In that extract, the prince refers to heaven as a means of fate. The fact is that the two families do not know what the feud is about because it has gone on so long. The families have forgotten what the feud is about, yet this does not stop the rivalry between the whole families.

Lady Capulet) about the events of their daughter. The nurse spurs on Juliet "Go girl seek happy nights to happy days", yet when things go wrong and Romeo is banished for the murder of Tybalt, she 'forgets' what she said about Romeo. The Nurse says that Romeo is not worthy to be compared to Paris "I think it best you married with the County/ O he's a lovely gentle man. / Romeo's a dishclout to him". The Nurse plays a great part to

Capulet. Romeo seems to have a wonder at the Capulets, first Rosaline then Juliet but that is a big difference in status. Romeo is an adventurous person without someone following his every move. Because of this I think Romeo and Juliet are to be blamed for the grief and death of others yet, their punishment is death and not being with their parents and friends. So they have been punished enough.

Romeo's love for Juliet would turn into his infatuation with Rosaline, but the marriage brings them very close together. Alternatively, it would not make them prepared enough to die for one another in the ending scene may not happen because she was not married to Romeo meaning she could marry Paris. Fate plays such a big part it is likely that

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