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    The parents of Romeo and Juliet are ultimately to blame for their deaths due to their longstanding feud. From the beginning of the play, it is clear that the Capulet and Montague families despise each other greatly. Lord Capulet later forces Juliet into marrying Paris against her wishes, which leads her to seek help from Friar Laurence and his failed plan. While the parents loved their children, their inability to put aside their hatred and respect Juliet's choices directly led to the tragic outcome. Only after Romeo and Juliet's deaths do the families realize the harm their feud has caused.

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    The parents of Romeo and Juliet are ultimately to blame for their deaths due to their longstanding feud. From the beginning of the play, it is clear that the Capulet and Montague families despise each other greatly. Lord Capulet later forces Juliet into marrying Paris against her wishes, which leads her to seek help from Friar Laurence and his failed plan. While the parents loved their children, their inability to put aside their hatred and respect Juliet's choices directly led to the tragic outcome. Only after Romeo and Juliet's deaths do the families realize the harm their feud has caused.

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    The parents of Romeo and Juliet are ultimately to blame for their deaths due to their longstanding feud. From the beginning of the play, it is clear that the Capulet and Montague families despise each other greatly. Lord Capulet later forces Juliet into marrying Paris against her wishes, which leads her to seek help from Friar Laurence and his failed plan. While the parents loved their children, their inability to put aside their hatred and respect Juliet's choices directly led to the tragic outcome. Only after Romeo and Juliet's deaths do the families realize the harm their feud has caused.

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    The passage discusses how the long-standing feud between the Montague and Capulet families and the parents' inability to accept their children's choices ultimately lead to Romeo and Juliet's tragic deaths.

    The parents constantly fight and refuse to put aside their hatred of each other. They also force Juliet into an unwanted marriage that prompts her to seek Friar Laurence's aid, contributing to the failed plan. Lord Capulet also moves the wedding date up.

    Lord Capulet initially argues against marrying Juliet off so young and wants Paris to earn her love instead of forcing her. Lady Montague is also overcome with grief at her son's exile.

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    Whos To Blame for the Death of Romeo


    and Juliet?
    It is well known that in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet that the two star-crossed
    lovers die in the end. This disaster is even stated in the prologue, but who is to blame for this
    atrocious act? In William Shakespeares The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliets
    parents are the cause of their childrens deaths; they constantly fight and are unable to put aside
    their hatred, the Capulets force Juliet to marry Paris when she really does not want to, but it is
    obvious they care greatly about their children as do most parents do.
    Within the first act of the play it is obvious that the Capulets and Montagues despise each
    other quite a bit as even their servants are brawling in public. When both Lords arrive they
    immediately want to join the fight instead of breaking it up; What noise is this? Give me my
    long sword, ho! (I.i.72). is stated immediately by Lord Capulet after he appears on the scene. It
    is obvious that he is ready to strike down all who serve and are related to the Montagues. Shortly
    after the arrival of the Capulets do the Montagues come, and with just as much gusto as Lord
    Capulet, Lord Montague exclaims: Thou villain Capulet!Hold me not; let me go. (I.i.76).
    Montague out right proclaims his hatred for Capulet showing the deep hatred imbedded within
    each house. From the very beginning it is apparent that the parents of each child hate each other.
    Even though Lord Capulet doesnt wish to marry Juliet off in the beginning he later
    changes his mind pushing a wedding onto Juliet hoping to have her married a few days after

    telling her the news. Despite Juliet telling her parents the she doesnt want to marry the strapping
    Paris they still try to force it onto her, going so far as to threaten disowning her, And you be
    mine, Ill give you to my friend; /And you be not, hang, beg, starve, die in the streets, /For by my
    soul, Ill neer acknowledge thee, /Nor what is mine shall never do thee good. /Trust tot. Bethink
    you. Ill not be forsworn.(III.v.193-197). He assures her that hell throw her out into the streets,
    these lines end up causing Juliet to seek help from Friar Laurence who then comes up with the
    plan that inevitably fails. Capulet even decides to push the marriage date closer, from Thursday
    to Wednesday, helping the plan fall to pieces; Well to church tomorrow. (IV.ii.37). this
    causes Juliet to take the potion earlier than expected, in turn not being able to get the letter to
    Romeo in enough time.
    Though it may seem that the Montagues and Capulets are cold, they do share a love for
    their children. Before the marriage to Paris was pushed onto Juliet, Lord Capulet had argued
    about letting his daughter be married at such a young age, asking Paris to instead try earning her
    love, and that Juliet is the only hope left in Lord Capulets life, And too soon marred are those so
    early made./Earth hath swallowed all my hopes but she;/She is the hopeful lady of my earth./But
    woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart;/My will to her consent is but a part. (I.ii.13-17). it shows
    that he truly cares about his daughters well-being and her happiness is most important him. In
    the end Lady Montague, so grief stricken by the news of her sons exile, passes away the night of
    Romeo and Juliets death, Alas, my liege, my wife is dead tonight!/Grief of my sons exile hath
    stopped her breath. (V.iii.210-211). This moment in which Lady Montague is pronounced dead
    due to grief about her son really shows her motherly qualities, it is apparent that she really misses
    her son and worries about him being alright so far away from her. Most good mothers would
    worry much like this, she cares so much that it has caused her own death.

    The parents most certainly had to be the cause of death among their children. Their
    centuries old grudge match and lack of respecting their childs wishes caused such a fowl end to
    this tragedy. Perhaps the parents were not truly evil though and merely did not realize the harm
    they had done at the time, for most parents it is completely inconceivable to be the cause of such
    woes. Only after the deaths of the two lovers do both houses realize what they have done,
    deciding to set aside their differences in remembrance of their children.

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