Through reading this article, you can get to know who’s responsible for Juliet’s death. You can also get an idea when writing a school assignment about this book.
There are many characters in the story that are responsible for the death of Juliet. Different characters have different factors which affect Juliet to commit suicide. Even though many characters are responsible, I believe there are three characters that are most responsible for the death of Juliet, and they are Friar Laurence, Lord Capulet, and the main male lead character, Romeo. These three characters are most responsible for this occurrence but I have categorized them with the least affect on Juliet to the most affect, and Friar Laurence with the least affect, Mr. Capulet with the second strongest affect, and Romeo with the most and strongest affect on Juliet’s suicide.
I believe Friar Laurence have the weakest affect on Juliet’s death because all of the plans that he have prepared had failed due to misfortunate events. One example was when he helped the marriage of Romeo and Juliet, because Juliet therefore cannot marry to another person to cover up her secret marriage with Romeo since only one marriage is allowed at the period of time. Another example of his failed plans was when Juliet drank his medicine which faked her death, Romeo thought she had actually when he came to Juliet’s tomb, but he doesn’t know that the medicine takes time to wear out. One more example of Laurence’s plan failure is that he left at the most crucial moment when he’s needed the most, because he could stop Juliet to commit suicide if he notice what Juliet is about to do.
Secondly, Tybalt had the second strongest affect on Juliet’s death because with his hatred against all Montagues, he tried to banish Romeo. When Tybalt strikes Mercutio down with his sword, Mercutio says, “Why the devil came you between us? I was hurt under your arm”, Romeo felt guilty and decides to avenge his friend by killing Tybalt. As a result, he becomes banished from Verona. This occurrence also led Juliet to feel emotionally hopeless and suicidal. With Romeo gone from Verona, the news of Juliet’s fake death cannot reach him easily therefore communication became a problem. This communication problem causes the misleading death of both Romeo and Juliet.
Lastly, Lord Capulet had the strongest affect on Juliet’s death because he’s the father of Juliet. When Count. Paris asks Capulet for permission to marry Juliet, Capulet thought the marriage will be great, because Paris is rich and handsome. Since Juliet’s at the age to become a mother, Capulet is determined to get her a husband and he’s sure that Paris would make a great husband for her daughter. One example of which Capulet had caused the death of Juliet is when he forced Juliet to marry Count. Paris, because Juliet had already laid eyes on Romeo and that she can’t live without him. When Juliet decides to fake her death, Romeo became misled and killed himself, and after Juliet waked up and sees Romeo died, she killed herself as well.
