Three people you may ask, and yes, three people. No, these three people did not plot together to ruin Juliet and Romeos lives, forcing them to commit suicide. Surprisingly, these people don’t even know they are to blame for their deaths. So who did kill Romeo and Juliet? Lord Caplet, Romeo himself and the servant. Lord Caplet is to blame for most Of the death, as he is the one who went completely berserk on his daughter. Romeo, how can he be blamed for his own death and for the girl he loved? Well, he should have trusted his instincts!
And the servant couldn’t perform his job properly, but if he could, Romeo and Juliet would have never fallen in love! That’s why Romeo and Gullet’s death is at fault of Lord Caplet, Romeo himself, and the Servant who worked for the Capsules. A foolish mistake caused by the servant, all because he couldn’t do his job properly, is one of the reasons why Juliet and Romeo are dead. It’s a bit crazy you may think, and you are not the only one wondering how something so tiny the servant did could have taken two lives, but it surely did.
Servant: Find them out whose names are written here! It is written, that the shoemaker should meddle with his yard and the tailor with his last, the fisher with his encircle and the painter with his nets; but I am sent to find those persons whose names are here writ, and can never find what names the writing person hath here writ. I must to the learned. In good time. (Act 1, Scene 2, Line The servant, who works for the Capsules, is given the task to invite the people on the list to the Capsules party, but unfortunately, he does not know how to read.
Since he cannot read, there is no way he can invite the people to the party. Therefore, he gets Romeos attention and asks him “God Diego-den. Pray, sir, can you read? ” (Act 1, Scene 2, Line 56). The servant asks Romeo if he knows how to read, and Romeo reads off the list of those invited to the party. Now you see, if the servant knew how to read, he would have never needed to ask Romeo for help reading the list. As Romeo reads the list aloud, he sees that Rosalie, the girl he is currently in love with, is invited to the party!
The servant, who is pleased that Romeo read the list to him, decides to invite Romeo and Benevolent to the party as a kind gesture to say thank-you. Servant: Now I’ll tell you without asking: my master is the great rich Caplet; and if you be not of the house of Montague, I pray, come and crush a cup of wine. Rest you merry! (Act 1, Scene 2, Line 78-81) The servant told Romeo and Benevolent that they are now invited to the party of his master Lord Caplet, but Romeo and Benevolent are Montague! Because the servant did this, it is part of the cause of Romeo and Gullet’s death.
Even though the servant says they better not be Montague, he still invited them. That’s why the servant is to blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet. The second person to blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet, is Romeo himself. How can somebody be to blame for their own death? It is surely possible, and it is again because of a mistake Romeo made. If he did not do the mistake, he would not be dead. It is certainly crazy. Romeo: And we mean well in going to this mask; But ‘its not wit to go. (Act 1, Scene 4, Line 48) Romeo admits that he wishes not to attend the Caplet party.
To him, it does not seem like a smart thing to do, despite his love that rejected him, Rosalie, attending the party. When Mercuric asks why, Romeo replies how he had a dream that night. Romeo says, Romeo: fear, too early; for my mind missives Some consequence, yet hanging in the stars, Shall bitterly begin his fearful date With his night’s reveals, and expire the term Of a despised life closed in my breast By some vile forfeit of untimely death But He that hath the steerage of my course Direct my sail! Oh, lusty gentlemen! Act 1, Scene 4, Line 106-1 13) Romeo is saying that, his gut instinct is telling him to not go to the party. He feels that a consequence is hanging in his future if he does attend, yet he makes the mistake that causes his own death and Gullet’s by taking the risk of what could happen tonight and deciding to attend the Capsules party. If he had trust his instincts, he would not be dead right now, because he would have never met Juliet and fallen in love with her. By him meeting and falling in love with Juliet at the Capsules party, it caused his death and hers.
The last person to blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet, is Gullet’s father, Lord Caplet. In the beginning of the story, a young man named Paris wishes to marry Juliet, but Lord Caplet says, Lord Caplet: My will to her consent is but a part; An she agree, within her scope of choice (Act 1, Scene 2, Line 17-18) Lord Caplet tells Paris that he will let him marry Juliet, only if she agrees. Juliet is allowed to have a say in who she wishes to marry, but now that she is in love tit Romeo, it must be kept a secret that they are married because of the Capsules and Montague hatred for each other.
Due to the death Of Table, who was a relative to the Capsules, Lord Caplet changes his thoughts on Juliet having a say in her marriage and decides that it is best for her to be married to Paris now, since it would be an uplifting event to cheer everybody up from Table’s death. When Juliet is told that her father is preparing a wedding for her and Paris, she is not happy, at all. She is already married to Romeo behind her parents back, she cannot marry Paris! Juliet tells her ether, Juliet: Not proud, you have; but thankful that you have.
Proud can I never be of what I hate; But thankful even for hate, that is meant love Juliet tells her father, who becomes very unhappy with her, that she does not wish to marry Paris, by saying she is thankful for his offer, but cannot do something she hates or marry someone she hates. Lord Caplet did not plan for Juliet to react this way, and grows very angry with her. Lord Caplet: How now! How now! Chop-logic! What is this? “Proud,” and “l thank you,” and “l thank you not,;” And yet, “not proud. ” Mistress minion, you.
Thank me no thanking, nor proud me no porous But fettle your fine joints ‘against Thursday next, To go with Paris to Saint Peters Church, Or I will drag three on a hurdle thither. Out, you green-sickness carrion! Out, you baggage! You tallow- face! Lord Caplet grows angry, and yells at Juliet. He says how he is hearing her saying she is “proud” and “thank you,” but then he hears “no thank you” and that she is “not proud. ” He then tells Juliet, that she is to be ready on Thursday as she will be marrying Paris, and if she is not ready or does not go on her own, he will drag her there!
He then insults her, telling her how she disgusts him and many other mean, nasty insults. Lord Caplet has grown into a bully to Juliet, yet Juliet pleads with him to listen to her, Juliet: Good father, I beseech you on my knees, Hear me with patience but to speak a word Juliet is begging for her father to just listen to her, and to wait a bit for her marriage to Paris, yet this makes Lord Caplet incredibly angry. Lord Caplet: Hang thee, young baggage! Disobedient wretch! Tell thee what: get three to church froufrou’s Or never after look me in the face. Speak not, reply not, do not answer me!
My fingers itch. Wife, we scarce thought us blest That God had lent us but this only child; But now see this one is one too much, And that we have a curse in having her. Out on her, holding! (Act 3, Scene 5, Line 161-169) Lord Caplet is very mean and very angry. He tells Juliet that if she is not at the church marrying Paris this Thursday, that she is to never look at him in the face every again. He also says that he feels like slapping Juliet, and then says to Lady Caplet, that he thinks Juliet is one too many, and that they use to think they were blessed by having her as their one child.
He says awful hangs, like how they were cursed having her and that she disgusts him. As if you did not think that Lord Caplet could become even meaner to Juliet and angrier, he does, Lord Caplet: An you be mine, I’ll give you to my friend; An you be not, hang, beg, starve, die in the streets. For, my by soul, I’ll n?ere acknowledge thee, Nor what is mine shall never do thee good. Trust to t, bethink you; I’ll not be forsworn. (Act 3, scene 5, Line 193-197) Lord Caplet tells Juliet that, if she is his true daughter, she will marry Paris, and if she is not his daughter, that she can beg, die and starve in the streets or all he cares.
He also promises Juliet that he will never acknowledge her ever again if she does not marry Paris, and that his is a promise he will forever keep. Due to Lord Caplet saying all of these harsh things to Juliet and changing his mind about her having a say in who she marries, makes him the last person to be blamed for the death of Juliet and Romeo. The three people responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet did not plan together a twisted way for them to die as you can see, and they did not even know that, all together, slowly, they were contributing to the death of these two young teens.
