Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy about two star crossed lovers whose love cannot apart them from their two feuding families.

In this essay I will state who or what are responsible for their deaths, the main theme of the story is hatred and fate.

Firstly I must introduce the two families because their attitude of hatred is responsible for the deaths mainly because if they hadn't quarrelled then maybe Romeo and Juliet wouldn't have got married in secret.

Resulting in the feud all the members perpetuated the feud this is illustrated by Tybalt from the Capulet family, Juliet's cousin, he started the fight that resulted in Romeo getting banished and he was always causing trouble.

He more than any one else in the story kept hatred alive between the two families because of his violence.

I also blame Lord and Lady Capulet, Juliet's parents because they should have paid more attention to Juliet's wishes when she refused to marry Paris.

At first they threatened to throw her out onto the streets as in Act three Scene 5 Capulet says to Juliet "Thursday is near lay hand on heart and you be mine, Ill give you to my friend, and you to be not, hang, beg, starve, die in the street

If fate didn't put them together then what or who did?

He also acted violently and without thinking when he killed Tybalt in revenge and then later the killing of Paris.

She never acknowledged that maybe Juliet wasn't ready for this immense step in her life from an on looker guardian.

They later realise their identity, but they are in love and won't let their names get in the way of their strong emotions.

Even though I am blaming certain people for the tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet I have to consider that Romeo and Juliet had an affect on there own fates.

He shouldn't have asked Juliet to marry him so suddenly, and he should have thought more carefully before rushing back to Verona after hearing of Juliet's death.

In Act two-Scene four the Nurse warns Romeo to be true to Juliet and she explains there is another man after her Paris she compares the two.

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Approximate Word count = 1165
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)