This event was caused by Romeos and Gullet’s respective families’ poor choice to engage in the battle. When the story started, the two families were already quarrelling. Then Mercuric and Benevolent further taunted and provoked the Caplet family by “biting their thumbs” at them. This caused the Capsules to become enraged and battle the Montages. Because of the continuous fighting, the prince declared that anybody who fights again will be punished by death. This declaration foretold the final tragedy of the two young lovers.
One can see that this event was directly caused by Mercuric and Venison’s poor judgment to further inflame an already heated situation. Secondly, Mercuric and Venison’s decision to bring Romeo to the Caplet party, and Romeos acceptance to go, brought both Romeo and Juliet one step closer to their deaths despite the fact that they had not even met each other yet. It was at this feast, where the two’0 lovers met for the first time. At the beginning of the story, the reader is informed that Romeo has ended the relationship with his former lover, Rosalie.
Because he was very depressed, his friends persuaded Romeo to go to the feast to look for another girl. The problem was that the feast was hosted by the Capsules. Romeo was the only Montague there; however, Caplet decided not to ask Romeo to leave in an attempt to prevent a fight. At the party, Romeo and Juliet met each other, and there was love at first sight between them. Although one may argue that it was fate that brought Romeo and Juliet together, in actuality, it was Romeos conscious decision to go to the party to find a new lover, and he was successful in doing so.
The third and decisive event which led to the deaths of the young lovers was the fight between Table, Romeo and Mercuric. This event was again a choice made by the parties involved, which indirectly caused the deaths of the newlyweds. The sword fight started when Table wanted to duel Romeo, but Romeo did not want to because he did not want to kill his brother-in-law. However, Table was not aware of his new relationship with Romeo because Romeo and Juliet were secretly wed. In order to provoke Romeo to fight,
Table called Romeo womanly, which upset Mercuric, who was then killed during the heat of the fight. To avenge Americium’s death, Romeo killed Table. Because of the prince’s new law, Romeo was banished from the town. Once again, it was the decisions of Table, Romeo, and Mercuric to engage in a battle, causing Americium’s and Table’s deaths, and the banishment of Romeo. The final and most tragic decisions made by both Romeo and Juliet to end their own lives directly resulted in the tragic ending of the story.
Both young over killed themselves because they thought that they would not be able to live without one another. Although fate played a role in the inability of Friar John to get the message to Romeo on time about Gullet’s staged death, it was Romeos poor decision to end his own life by committing suicide by drinking the toxic potion. Furthermore, Romeos decision also caused the death of Juliet, who also made the bad decision to kill herself once she realized that Romeo was dead.
If the two lovers did not make the separate choices to end heir own lives, they would have eventually realized that they were both alive and well, and could have had the possibility to live happily ever after. In conclusion, the tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet were due to a culmination of bad choices by various characters in the story. All the major events leading to their deaths could have been prevented if better choices had been made. Therefore, although fate played a minor role in what happened to Romeo and Juliet, such as the outbreak of the plague, man’s choice clearly decided and defined the tragic ending.
