In Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, the feud between the Montague and Capulet families led to the tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet. I think that Romeo is to blame for the deaths of himself and Juliet. In my opinion I would blame him for killing himself in such a hurry thus leading to Juliet’s Suicide.
I think Romeo is too fast on his actions, because he is always running around as if everything were an emergency. An example is when he says “ O let us hence, I stand on such sudden haste”. This shows that he is too quick and is running around for Friar Laurence to marry them in a hurry. I think he needs to slow down and not be so fast to plan things instead of being so sudden. Romeo is fickle and is speedy when he sees Juliet for the first time and falls in love with her. Romeo fell in love with Juliet almost immediately and he didn’t even think to get to know her better. I’d say his true love towards Juliet is real because he forgot anything he ever said about Rosaline, but he doesn’t know that she is the daughter of the Montagues opposing family.
Romeo arranged a marriage on day one of getting to know Juliet. Once getting married they should realize that it would cause more feuds in the family. They already knew that the families hated each other but went ahead and disobeyed them anyways. Another Reason is Romeo’s attitude when he kills Tybalt for killing Mercutio. His anger is shown when he says angrily “And fire-eyed fury be my conduct now”.
Friar Laurence is also partly to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because he married them when he should have known that marrying them would bring more tragedy and family feuds. He should’ve know that they were young and couldn’t think straight at the time.
Overall, I would say it’s Romeo’s fault the most. It is understandable that their parents didn’t let them because of the grudge between the families. Romeo on the other hand, should have known what would happen. Even when he saw Juliet pretending to be dead, he should have waited and asked for help or friends instead of killing himself immediately
