Who is to Blame?

In the play, Romeo & Juliet, Romeo and Juliet die at the end and there is someone to
blame. Who could it be? Romeo is a character that has hubris. Hubris means excessive pride. He
is one to believe he is everything a girl would want. Not everyone believes that but as long as he
does, he’ll do anything to get her. Many say Romeo is to blame for the demise of himself and
Juliet because he chose party over fate, killing, and for not thinking correctly.

It is Romeo Motague’s fault for the death of himself and Juliet Capulet. It’s his fault
because in the play Romeo decides to go to the party that he wasn’t invited to just to see the
woman that he “loved”, Rosaline. “Some consequence yet hanging in the stars shall bitterly
begin his fearful date with this night’s revels, and expire the term.” (I, V, 107-109). Romeo
chose to enter the party even though he knew there would be death because it was written in the
stars. It is his fault for entering the party, although he didn’t know he was going to meet someone
else, that will cause trouble, too.

In Act III, Scene I, Mercutio, and Tybalt fight, Tybalt is Juliet’s cousin. They fight and
Tybalt ends up killing Mercutio. Romeo with no thought decides to fight Tybalt and kills him.
“That late thou gavest me, for Mercutio’s soul is but a little way above our heads, staying for
thine to keep him company: Either thou or I, or both, must go with him.” (III, I, 117-119). Later,
the Prince finds out that Tybalt killed his cousin, Mercutio, and that Romeo killed Tybalt, so the
Prince decides to exile Romeo rather than execute him because he killed the person who killed
the Prince’s cousin.

In Act V, Scene I, Romeo decides to commit suicide after receiving the news that Juliet
has died. Romeo, with no reasonable thought in mind, decides to kill himself by Juliet’s grave.
“Such mortal drugs I have, but Mantua’s law is death to any he that utters them.” (V, I, 66-67)
“My poverty, but not my will, consents. I pay thy poverty and not thy will.” (V, I, 75-76) The
pharmacist is not selling Romeo the poison so he can kill himself because of Mantua’s law but
Romeo offers a lot of money so the apothecary can’t say no. Romeo gives a lot of money to the
pharmacist because he is poor and Romeo doesn’t need money for where he’s going.

Some may think Romeo is not one to blame, some think it is Friar Lawrence’s fault for
Romeo and Juliet’s demise. They would say that because Friar Lawrence is the one that married
them thinking it would stop the feud between Montague’s and Capulet’s. “Come, come with me,
and we will make short work, for by your leaves, you shall not stay alone till Holy Church
incorporate two in one.” Friar Lawrence is saying that he will marry them forming two souls into
one.
 At the end, Romeo Montague is the one to blame for the demise of himself and Juliet
Capulet. Romeo is to blame because he chose to go party instead of listening to fate that
something was going to happen. Although it is fate and it is “meant” to happen, Romeo
should’ve done otherwise. He also killed Juliet’s cousin which cause him to be exiled. He wasn’t
able to see Juliet as much as he wanted to. Finally, Romeo is to blame because he did not think
things through. He could’ve found someone else to fall ‘in love’ with but he chose to kill himself
rather than think of other possibilities to make himself feel better of the ‘death’ of his wife. Even
though Juliet wasn’t dead until after he killed himself, he didn’t know that. Only if he waited a
couple more minutes.