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Post by Mr. Malloy on May 6, 2020 19:59:02 GMT
Now that we've come to the conclusion of the play, I always like to pose the following question for debate: Who is responsible for Juliet's death?
Is it...?
a.) Romeo, who made Juliet instantly fall in love with him due to his smoldering good looks and sweet talk? b.) Friar Laurence, who concocted the entire plan that involved Juliet initially faking her own death by taking the special potion? c.) Juliet's parents (Lord and Lady Capulet) who never showed her a heck of a lot of parental affection, and later threatened Juliet with tossing her onto the streets if she didn't marry Paris? d.) Tybalt, whose fiery rage set in motion much of the violence in the play, as well as inciting Romeo to commit violent acts? e.) Paris, who just wanted to marry Juliet, no strings attached? f.) Nurse, who encouraged Juliet to "seek happy nights to happy days"; she also knew about the marriage to Romeo and kept it secret from everyone else... g.) Anyone else???
In one (1) paragraph, record your response and submit to the forum/thread by Wednesday, 05/13/20. In your paragraph response, please be sure to include specific reason(s) that justify the person who you feel fits the blame.
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Post by Madden on May 8, 2020 6:14:11 GMT
Juliet's parents are responsible for her death. If the Lord and Lady Capulet gave her the choice of whether or not to marry Paris and did not just tell Paris for her that she would marry him. They also could have at least given her more then three days witch was then moved to two days to figure out what she was going to do about Romeo, and to get her emotions in check. By not only telling her she was going to marry Paris but also only giving her 2 days to mentally and physically prepare caused her stress and anxiety causing her to rather die then be without Romeo. She also expressed that to her father so he fully knew she did not want to marry Paris and would rather die.
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Post by Navin F. on May 8, 2020 14:17:31 GMT
I think that the feud between the two families is responsible for Juliet's death. If the feud was nonexistent, then Juliet could have fallen in love with Romeo peacefully. There wouldn't have been any tension between the relationship to make them feel like they would Have to run away to be together. In addition, if the feud had dissolved, then there would not be anything obligating Juliet to marry Paris because there would be nothing stopping her from marrying Romeo. If Juliet was never being forced to marry Paris, then it never would have come to Friar's plan which unintentionally, but ultimately led to Juliet's death.
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Post by Megan Jaco on May 8, 2020 14:19:00 GMT
Lord Capulet should not have forced Juliet to marry Paris because that added to the pressure that Juliet was already holding about being in love with Romeo against her parents wishes. By moving the date of the wedding up even further, Juliet was panicking and driven nearly mad with longing and fear. When she found Romeo dead, she thought she had no choice but to kill herself because she was lost in hopeless longing for true love. She could not have just gone back to the castle because Lord Capulet told her plainly that if she did not marry Paris then she would be thrown out on the streets. She did not feel welcome at her own home anymore because her father was power hungry and blinded to his daughter's sufferings.
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Post by Dreu Charles on May 8, 2020 14:43:42 GMT
I believe Juliet's family is responsible for her own death. This is because they firmly resisted and prohibited Juliet from falling in love with romeo, which instead, made her want him even more. Her parents also made her life so unlivable that we she awoke from her sleep to see Romeo dead she didn't even have to think twice before joining him meaning she would rather die with her loved one then tolerate her parents any longer.
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Post by Asher Gettings on May 8, 2020 15:05:00 GMT
Friar Laurence is responsible for the death of Juliet. If the good friar hadn't concocted this "foolproof" plan neither Romeo nor Juliet would have taken their own lives. His entire plan hinges on Romeo receiving the letter. And there were so many other (as you, Mr. Malloy so elegantly put it) balls in play. If something bad would have happened with the potions, a switcheroo or some such trouble, it could have lead to the death of Juliet and then the death of the overdramatic Romeo. And even if all of that had gone well they were just going to run away. So why not just have them run away to begin with to avoid the trouble? Come on Friar Laurence, we expect better than this.
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Post by Ava Morton on May 8, 2020 15:16:06 GMT
Juliet's parents are responsible for her death. For one, by forcing her to marry someone so young, they are putting a lot of pressure and responsibility on her, which she may not be ready for. Also, the whole feud is pointless, and if it didn't exist, they wouldn't need to hide their relationship or get married so soon, and she wouldn't have to marry Paris, so she wouldn't want to run away anyways. In addition, by telling Juliet she was prohibited to marry Romeo, she just wanted to do it more, because disobedience is part of being a teenager. Finally, her own parents told her they would kick her out on the streets if she didn't marry Paris, so she didn't feel very wanted in her own home and there was much less keeping her there.
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Post by Vanessa Antolakis on May 8, 2020 15:27:22 GMT
Juliet's parents are responsible for her death due to the pressure that they put on her to please them by marrying Paris. It was not her fault that she fell in love with Romeo, but her parents should have been willing to accept her for who she wanted to marry. She was scared to be tossed on the streets and disowned, so she had to do something as extreme as faking her death. The idea of putting her parent's wishes before her own led to her taking her own life and caused her to choose to be with her own true love in death rather than tolerating her parents. I think that there were many things that ultimately led to the death of Juliet, including her own decision, Friar Lawrence's idea, and the feud between families, but ultimately, the parents played the biggest part in the death of their own daughter, because they were the ones that caused Friar to even come up with a plan like that in the first place.
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Post by Audra Snyder on May 8, 2020 15:42:35 GMT
I believe it is Lord and Lady Capulet who are ultimately responsible for Juliet's death. Neither of her parents showed her any kind of parental affection, especially her father Lord Capulet. Lord Capulet has made it very clear that Juliet is less of a daughter but a wife to the next heir to the throne. Lord Capulet loves Paris because of what he can provide for him and his kingdom. Lord Capulet is especially grateful for Paris because he "saved his troubled daughter". Even after Juliet fakes her death, Lord Capulet only weeps for the loss of the wife to Paris, and the loss of the princess and heir of his kingdom. Lady Capulet starts the story lacking motherly affection to Juliet, most likely because Lord Capulet did not see the love necessary. However, Lady Capulet did have a change in character after Juliet fakes her death. She mourns for the loss of her only child, and misses the chances to be a real mother to Juliet. Lord Capulet has always been tough on Juliet, and after she expressed great disdain in marrying Paris, he threatened to have her live on the streets in poverty with no food instead. This makes Juliet want to be with Romeo even more, solidifying the undeniable love she feels for him. If her dad had not been so insistent of her marriage to Paris, Juliet would not have been as compelled to fake her own death or join Romeo is his. The raging feud between the two houses is why neither of her parents would have approved of the love between their daughter and the rival's son. Lord and Lady Capulet could have been more supportive of her love for a "rival" or been less forceful of her marriage to Paris. After Juliet died, the Capulets agreed to honor her and Romeo's love. If this honor had come sooner, their daughter would not be dead.
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Post by Devon Garls on May 8, 2020 16:04:27 GMT
Juliet is responsible for her own death. Juliet's own actions, including taking a poison that would fake her own death to get out of an organized marriage (which was the norm during that era) and then, upon seeing her death lover (at the age of 15, not even an adult) her deciding to kill herself. There are many factors that added to her killing herself, everyone around her forcing to marry someone she doesn't love, Tybalt forcing Romeo out of the city, Friar Lawrence giving her the idea that she should take the poison, etc. However, Juliet is the only person that is truly responsible for her actions. Her dramatic response to seeing her dead to-be partner at the ripe age of 15 is the only thing that caused her death. She had only ever known Romeo for a short time, but in that time she completely knew and believed he was the one for her. Her own stupidity and dramatic responses to the things around her is to blame for her suicide.
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Post by Molly St. George on May 8, 2020 16:19:50 GMT
The people responsible for the deaths of both Romeo and Juliet are their families. If the feud between the families did not exist, then it is likely that nothing in the story would have played out as it did. Mercutio and Tybalt would not have been killed, Romeo and Juliet would not have had to keep their union a secret, and Romeo could have courted Juliet as any other man would have done, thus making Paris less of a problem. In the end, the longstanding hatred between the two families is the cause of every bad thing that occurred even though there is no reason for it to have continued so long other than each family's pride.
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Post by Kylie Fish on May 8, 2020 16:27:46 GMT
I think that Juliet’s parents Lord and Lady Capulet are responsible for her death. Lord and Lady Capulet never gave Juliet a lot of attention or affection, so when the told her that she had to marry Paris without even getting to know him I think she hit a breaking point. By then, when she had the opportunity to have a real relationship with Romeo, she immediately jumped at the chance because she had never, and may have never experienced this if she did not at least try. As a result, I think she quickly became very attached to Romeo because she did not want to face reality and the fact that if she accepted and gave in to what everyone else wanted of her, she would again be unhappy. In the end, when Juliet finally got the chance to be with Romeo, she did not hesitate to take the risk of drinking the potion that would finally give her the chance to be happy with Romeo. Sadly, this resulted in the deaths of both star-crossed lovers, but I think that if Juliet grew up and was treated differently and respected by her parents, this never would have happened. Juliet never would have rebelled in the first place, and I don’t think the would have killed herself in the end just so she didn’t have to go back to her old life.
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Post by Nicholas Tong on May 8, 2020 16:42:32 GMT
I believe Juliets parents were the ones responsible for her death. That's because they didn't let Juliet fall in love with Romeo, which then made Juliet want Romeo even more. They also forced her to marry at such a young age which had put a lot of pressure on her. If there were no feud between the families, they would not have to hide their relationship or get married so early, so she would not have to marry Paris. Her parents also told her to marry Paris or they would kick her out onto the streets, which made her feel less wanted at home.
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Post by Maddie Park on May 8, 2020 16:49:35 GMT
One could argue that it was both Juliet and her parents' fault for her death. Her parents forced her to marry someone who they thought was going to be good for the family, not for what they thought was going to be the best fit for their daughter. They were not thinking about Juliet and was just thinking about themselves. There was too much pressure on Juliet to marry Paris at such a young age. Her parents did not have good intentions which then lead to Juliet to lash out and disobey. Ultimately Juliet drank the poison that ended with her death. She choose that for herself and nobody pressured her into it, but maybe if her parents were not so strict about the marriage she would not have killed herself for Romeo.
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Post by Leigh Schmidt on May 8, 2020 16:50:55 GMT
Juliet’s parents are responsible for her suicide. Lord Capulet never showed Juliet any kindness or affection. He just wanted to marry her off to guarantee that his family’s legacy be continued. Although Lady Capulet showed more warmth for her daughter, she still didn’t know what was best for Juliet. Juliet did not trust her enough to tell her what her wishes were. If her parents had listened when she said that she didn’t want to marry Paris, she wouldn’t have gone to Friar Laurence and developed the plan to fake her death. If her parents had shown her a little more respect and affection, she would have trusted them enough to tell them about Romeo. Even though it was Juliet’s actions and decisions that led her to drink the poison, her decisions were made in response to the decisions that her parents made for her.
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