Two families, the Capulet’s and the Montague’s, have feuded for generations, and now the son of the Montague’s and the daughter of the Capulet’s have fallen in love with each other. Their love was hidden from their parents and so was the marriage. In the end this marriage did not last and resulted in tragic deaths for both Families.
This leads us to the question, who should be held responsible for the tragic death of Romeo and Juliet? There are many people who can be held responsible. The families can be held responsible; Tybalt or even Friar Laurence or maybe Romeo and Juliet have themselves to blame? All of these people are close to Romeo or Juliet and they may have tried to control them or maybe misguide them. Anyone of them can be blamed for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. However then we can move onto the more imaterialistic things like fate. Without fate would the question “who should be held responsible for the tragic death of Romeo and Juliet” exist?
The Capulet’s and the Montague’s have been sworn enemies with each other for generations, but little did they know that this hate against each other could result in the deaths of their children. Romeo and Juliet were from two different houses, which were enemie

It is obvious that Romeo and Juliet have played a part in their own deaths. Marrying in secrecy, Romeo killing Tybalt and Juliet taking the potion are all reasons. Tybalt, Friar Laurence, the families and even Fate have all been apart of Romeo and Juliet’s death. Tybalt killing Mercutio, Friar Laurence marrying Romeo and Juliet, their families constant feuding and fate bringing them together are also reasons. Without anyone of the above playing a part in Romeo and Juliet’s death the two lovers may still be alive and may not have died such a tragic death.

Friar Laurence was a person who can definitely be held responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet. After all it was him who married them, kept their love a secret and guided them so they could be together, however from another point of view it may seem that he misguided them. Maybe Friar Laurence who was the one who helped out is the one to blame. Friar Laurence did marry Romeo and Juliet hoping that it would bring peace between the two families, but he knew that Romeo and Juliet were hiding their marriage from everyone. If the love were hidden how would that bring peace. When Lord Capulet told Juliet that she was to marry Paris, she came to him for a solution and he gave her a sleeping potion, which made her appear dead, but then awaken within 20 hours. This potion ultimately caused the death of both Romeo and Juliet. Friar Laurence tried to work out everything for the best but in the en