In the play of Romeo and Juliet there are many, many people to blame for the downfall of Romeo and Juliet. But if I had to pick just one person it would be Juliet. Some of the main reasons I think she is to blame are; she drank the poison, she rushed into the marriage, and she is a Capulet. In case you are confused I will go a little in depth to my accusations toward Juliet for the cause of her and Romeo’s death; starting with the poison. First off, even though this doesn’t really matter when it comes down to Romeo and Juliet killing themselves, Juliet didn’t even know that the “poison” wasn’t really poison. Secondly, once she took the poison there was no turning back and she had no idea that Romeo was out of the loop.
The second reason I think she is to blame is because she rushed into the marriage. When Romeo snuck over to her house after the ball she is the one who asked him to marry her. I understand that they were in love and they wanted to elope, just like people in modern days, but Juliet knew that the family’s were in a long lasting fued, so why was she so pushy? Maybe if they had waited a couple days she could have atleast tried to explain to her father and mother how she felt, they might have understood. I kind of demonstrated how being a Capulet played a roll in the problematic marriage of Romeo and Juliet. All of these mistakes and unfortunate consequences I believe played a big role in the death of the two lovers. Juliet played a big role in there death, as I have outlined, because if all these things hadn’t happened they would not have died. For example, if she hadn’t drank the “poison” then she would’ve married Paris and she could’ve still ran away with Romeo. If she haden’t asked Romeo to get married then maybe he might not have been quite as devastated about her “death” and killed himself; that is if she took the “poison”. And the main root of the problem was her being a Capulet. If she wasn’t a Capulet two things would have happened. She wouldn’t have had an arranged marrage and she would have been allowed to date and marry Romeo. So if Juliet hadn’t done those things, or been born into the family she was born in, maybe Romeo and Juliet would have lived a great life together. But if that happened this wouldn’t be known today as one of the greatest love stories of all times. So I say way to go Juliet, your mistakes, made history!
