Who Is to Blame for Romeo and Juliet's Death

...

the table the second aspect of this argument: instead of putting their daughter under all this pressure, why did they not let go. They had the opportunity, it would not have been troublesome for them. In fact, Lord Capulet from the very start was telling himself that they could keep calm: "But Montague is bound as well as I, / In penalty alike, and ’is not hard, I think, / For men so old as we to keep the peace.”(Shakespeare 1.2. 1-3) Being one of the main person holding control on the present quarrels, he could have prevented the death of the young lovers by putting aside that quarrel, which he did not particularly care about. Multiple times he could have set peace. For example, when Romeo intruded his party, he accepted the fact that he was present and ordered Tybalt to leave him alone. He was half way through the process: He accepted Romeo inside is home. If he reached to Romeo and told him that he was actually welcome, not only would it have been a proof of maturity but it would have also contributed to clearing up the two families relationship thus sparing the two lovers a terrible journey. To get back to the point, the Capulets hatred for the Montagues made could have been paused and also Lady Capulet would not have been so leery, therefore letting the young ones to love away.

For the third and last argument, the Capulets’ character molded their daughter into what she because, leaving her unprepared to the inconveniences of life. To begin with, she lived a really cloistered life. With her parents taking all the decisions for her as noticed early in the story, Lady Capulet shows how little her daughter opinion is: “Speak briefly. Can you like Paris’ love?’ (Shakespeare 1.4. 102). As the story was setting, rarely did we see any emotions of excitement, passion, and et cetera. That emptiness of personality was quite odd. The impression that her parents didn’t really assure that she was more than content. This brought her to—from what can be seen—not have many friends. The conclusion made when noticing that her only confident was the nurse. Normally a teenager would run to a friend of the same age to tell such a romantic story, but she did not. Quite odd. Researchers prove that active social lives to reduce a person’s risk of death by at least 50 percent (Yang, Boen and Gerken). When social connections are put aside, abilities to distinguish a strong relationship from a weak one become almost impossible due to a lack of experience.

Given this point, the Capulets are to blame for Romeo and Julie’s death. As said, because of their poor relationship with Juliet, their hatred of the Montagues and their Personality. There were so many small actions that could have led to a happy ending, but if this action were taking care of, the beauty of this tragedy would have been lost. Would it not?

Works Cited

Shakespeare, William. The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Ed. Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine. Updated ed. New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2009. Print. Ed. Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine. New-York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2009. Print.

Yang, Yang Claire, et al. Social relationships and physiological determinants of longevity across the human life span. Research. Unversity of North Carolina. North Carolina: Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2015. PDF.