Caroline WIlliams

5.9.19
English; period 4

In “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet”, both sets of parents are responsible for the
tragedies that happened throughout the play. Proof that supports this claim is the fact that
without the feud between the families the two kids wouldn’t have had to hide their relationships
in the first place. An example to support this is Paris’ death, which could have been prevented
by the announcement of the wedding of Romeo and Juliet. This would have then allowed Juliet
to easily let down Paris and not cause him to find her dead of a sudden death, resorting to
fighting Romeo out of rage. Another example of proof that supports the claim is that without the
feud between the two families, many people wouldn’t have had to die unnecessary deaths. To
further explain this, it can be said that without the Capulet-Montague feud, the prince wouldn’t
have had to make the threat that the continuation of the fight would conclude in death of the
suspect responsible (the banishment that Romeo received wouldn’t have occured and Juliet
wouldn’t have had to drink the sleeping potion). Lady Montague could have actually prevented
her own death by not continuing the feud until it was too late, leaving her son face terrible
consequences (banishment). After reviewing all of the evidence, it can be concluded that the
tragedies fell responsible on the parents of both sides of the family and their continuation of the
feud that was between them until things had gone too far.