Into to Shakespeare + Romeo & Juliet

A pair of star crossd lovers take their life This telltale statement
leaves nothing to be discovered yet keeps one clung to the edge of their seat. The
question that comes into play is why they took their lives and who is to blame.
Douglas Pereson, author of Romeo and Juliet and the art of Moral Navigation
claims that, The lovers themselves bear the final blame. The blame of the tragic
death of the two lovers in William Shakespeares play, aside from the twist of fate
that inevitably exists, rests on the lovers themselves, as well as Friar Lawrence.
Romeo is to be blamed for his uncontrollable emotions, how he jumps from
one love (Rosaline) to the next (Juliet) so fast, and how he dreamed that his actions
would lead to his untimely death. Yet, he doesnt head his own warning. During the
first act (1.1.172-184) Romeo is depressed because he loves Rosaline and she had
rejected him. Soon after this, in the same act, he claims to have fallen in love with
Juliet (1.5.54). Romeo also switches his emotions to ecstatically happy during this
time. He also goes through a cyclone of mixed emotions which causes him to kill
Tybalt (3.1.111-113). This action causes him to once become depressed and grieve
once the reality of the matter finally reaches his conscious and he calls himself
fortunes fool Had Romeo listened to the dream he could have prevented not only
his death but also the death of Mercutio, Tybalt, Paris, and Juliet.
Juliet is to be blamed for her confusion, rushing into her marriage with Romeo
after claiming, Marriage is an honor I dream not of. When Romeo and Juliet have
their balcony scene Juliets confusion really starts to show to the audience. She
starts to state how she knows hell say that he loves her, but she doesnt know if
she should believe him (2.1.90-97). Another scene where her confusion about all of

this is evident is when the nurse brings the news of Tybalts death, and how it was
Romeo who murdered him. Juliet goes through a wave of confusion using numerous
oxy morons to describe Romeo, such as Serpent heart and fiend angelical
(2.2.73-79)
As this is just an example I will not post the rest of the essay.