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Post by Maya Nelson on May 10, 2020 22:33:56 GMT
Juliet's parents, as well as Romeo's parents are responsible for her death. If they had gotten over this feud, they wouldn't have had to marry in secret, much less keep their love a secret. By putting their hatred above their children's happiness, they show that they don't truly care about them. If they had been more caring or understanding, they could have told their parents everything, and Juliet never would have plotted to fake her death. Juliet clearly never loved Paris, but she loved Romeo, and she knew that they wouldn't be able to see past their hatred to see that.
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Post by Mateo.p on May 11, 2020 6:24:52 GMT
The answer is g. What's responsible for Juliet's death isn't her forced marriage to pairs, her nannies, or the Friars. It's the preset norms of the 1500s. Stuff like arranged marriages, families killing each other in the street this stuff would not happen nowadays. Romeo is 17 and Juliet is 13. If not for the 1500s aspect that destroys the play's integrity and ruins any ounce of respect once given to this story of love. That brings up another part both Romeo and Juliet are both ready to kill themselves after knowing each other for under a week. This is not caused by any character in the play but the people who created the atmosphere around them.
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Post by Zoe Newman on May 11, 2020 17:00:10 GMT
I believe that Juliet's parents and the nurse were responsible for Juliet's death. Her parents never showed her any sort of affection and so when she finally met someone who gave her even a second glance, she fell deeply, madly and passionately in love. Although in reality this may have just been her lack of affection during her upbringing coming out and making her feel these emotions amplified. If the lord and lady Capulet had shown her love and affection while she was a child, maybe she wouldn't have felt these burning feelings of desire for Romeo and had stayed contented with simply marrying Paris, which would have ultimately prevented her untimely demise. The nurse is also responsible though, for being overly affectionate and indulgent. She gave Juliet the idea that it was okay for her to break her engagement to Paris, and pursue a man that was never going to be a good influence on her or her life decisions. The nurse enabled her to the point of actually attempting a fake suicide in hopes that she could run away with a man to whom her infatuation with would eventually grow old and dissipate. If she had simply lived a life with Paris, an ultimately nice guy who is well meaning, although slightly clueless, she could have grown to love him, and never would have died the way she did.
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Post by Adrianna Castillo on May 11, 2020 20:16:18 GMT
I think Juliet's parents were most at fault for her death. Lord Capulet was never a father figure to Juliet and he just wanted her to marry someone for his own benefit which caused Juliet to keep her relationship with Romeo a secret. If her parents were more accepting and understanding and maybe tried to show her more affection she could've told them and she would've had some support from them or at least some communication with them about what she wanted. Lady Capulet was a bit more affectionate then her husband but still didn't know how to raise a child, she didn't even breast feed her own child which caused the nurse to be a big mother figure for Juliet. Once her parents decided she'd marry Paris she impulsively did everything she could in order to end up with Romeo which lead to her faking her death in order to get away from her family and live a new life with Romeo.
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Post by Chloe Heath on May 11, 2020 20:35:55 GMT
Friar Lawrence is heavily responsible for Juliet's death. The first reason Friar Lawrence is responsible for Juliet's death is because he secretly married Romeo and Juliet. Although Friar Lawrence knew the consequences this new marriage would face, he still married them. This overall resulted in a deeper bond between the two characters which in the end, gave Juliet a stronger reason to kill herself. The second reason Friar Lawrence responsible for Juliet's death is because he gave her the sleeping potion without putting much thought into a plan. He sends a servant to go tell Romeo that Juliet isn't dead which doesn't reach Romeo in time. He should have sent a more urgent message or even sent it himself. Along with Friar Lawrence, Juliet and Romeo's parents are also responsible for Juliet's death. The long lasting family feud was the reason Romeo and Juliet couldn't be together. Without the family pressure on the two characters, they could have been happily married.
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Post by Christina Saiz on May 11, 2020 21:51:33 GMT
It seems seems that Juliet was misunderstood most of the time and no one really cared for the way she felt but instead her parents forced things on her such as making her marry Paris when she was in love with romeo. Her parents forced marriage on Juliet with out any concern on how she might feel about the whole thing because she never even wanted to be with Paris because she felt more happy with romeo. Her parents weren't the only ones pressuring her as a matter of fact many more people pressured her including her self because she wouldn't know how any one would act if the truth game out that she was with another man that made her feel more happier. Although she could have just told people she was with romeo then she would not be pressured but for the fact she cares about what other people think that made more pressure build up upon herself. so basically her death was not only her parents fault but also her own fault.
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Post by Lucas LaBruzzo on May 11, 2020 23:53:02 GMT
In Romeo and Juliet, there were countless factors that played a part in Juliet's death, but the feud between the Capulets and Montagues is the underlying cause of Juliet’s death. Since Juliet says to Friar Laurence that she would kill herself if married to Paris, and not to Romeo, I believe that any scenario where Juliet can not be with Romeo would end in her death; unless she never met him in the first place. However, the rapid attachment to Romeo seen in the story would foreseeably persist and create problems in a different future. Alternatively, the main obstacle between Romeo and Juliet getting married is the feud between their families. If this feud were not to exist, there would be nothing preventing Romeo from marrying Juliet. Furthermore, Romeo is in a prestigious family, so if the feud was gone, Romeo could be seen as an incredible suitor for Juliet. Therefore, the major underlying cause of Juliet’s death is the feud between the Capulets and Montagues.
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Post by Cora Meenan on May 12, 2020 3:41:07 GMT
I believe that Friar Lawrence is the one most responsible for Juliet's death. The plan that he had come up with put Juliet in a dangerous situation, it had so much potential to go wrong and was altogether way more risky and complicated than what was necessary. Her unfortunate relationship with her parents left her little reason to stay with the Capulets and thus she could have easily run off to start a new life with Romeo free of the burden of leaving her family behind. Instead, Friar Lawrence utilized his influence over Juliet and proposed his flawed plan to get the two lovers a happy ending. Juliet herself voices her uncertainty about the risk she is taking, all the possibilities for the plan to go incredibly wrong. What if she drinks the vial and never wakes up? And, of course, what if Romeo never received the letters explaining the situation? Both Romeo and Juliet would have survived if Juliet had not relied on such a flawed and dangerous plan in a moment of desperation and, ultimately, if the Friar had never suggested one of that merit. Because of this, I think the blame falls mostly on him regardless of other outside forces that persuaded Juliet, as it is the unnecessary risks within this plan that ultimately lead to the lover's deaths.
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Post by Rhylee Jensen on May 12, 2020 15:16:01 GMT
I feel like the obvious answer to this question is Juliet's parents, however, I think that Romeo is responsible for Juliet's death. Friar Lawrence had conducted a plan that that Juliet would fake her death so that Romeo could see her and they could live happily ever after, but when Romeo hears the news that his newly wed is dead, he finds a vile of poison so he will be able next to his wife. Romeo finds his way to the tomb, and there, he sees his dead wife. Instead of waiting, or talking to her, he kills himself immediately. When Juliet wakes up and finds Romeo dead, she has no other choice but to kill herself for sure. This is kinda weird, but I feel like if Romeo waited 5 minutes more, he would've seen Juliet alive, and they could've run away together.
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Post by Emily Wingard on May 12, 2020 16:25:10 GMT
I believe it was Juliet's parents because they never showed any kind of affection or feelings toward her. Her parents dictated who she was going to marry. And she was in love with someone else. They didn't care if she loved someone else, or how she felt they instead threatened her. She didn't feel cared about. Her parents were being selfish and only thinking for themselves and how it would benefit them. Juliet couldn't even tell her parents about anything that happened with Romeo because she couldn't trust them. Or that they will let her be around him. There was a lot pressure from everyone. Her parents forced her into something that made her upset. Her parents are counting on her to marry Paris. Paris counting on her to marry him. And how she feels about Romeo is pressuring her. So she took her own life all because of her parents. She didn't want to be thrown out or have a guilt hanging over her all the time. And being so young she didn't know what else to do. I think it was her parents fault, for putting pressure on a young teenage girl and expect her to everything they want only to benefit themselves.
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Post by Marin McKinney on May 12, 2020 17:39:04 GMT
Juliet's parents are responsible for her death. Both of her parents thought they knew what was best for Juliet and that marrying Paris would bring her happiness. Juliet and Lady Capulet had a terrible mother - daughter relationship, because unlike most, Juliet felt like she couldn't trust her mother and tell her about Romeo. She felt that her mother wouldn't accept her and would be very upset set with her choices, especially after Romeo killed her cousin. If Juliet had a good relationship with her parents, and trusted them to really listen to her, she wouldn't have snuck out to see Friar Laurence to marry Romeo, and fake her death. If she felt accepted, she wouldn't have felt the need to commit the action of drinking the poison, and therefore her parents, Lord Capulet and Lady Capulet are responsible for her suicide.
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Post by Daniel Nguyen on May 12, 2020 23:54:09 GMT
I think that it is Juliet's parents fault because her parents pressured her into someone that she didn't love and it caused a feud between her and her parents since she wanted to marry Romeo. This made her feel trapped and she had to marry someone she didn't love while the one she did love would be left alone. She thought all of her problems and pressures would be gone once she faked her death, but it didn't turn out as she planned and Romeo ended up killing himself. Instead of her problems being resolved, she created another problem and the love of her life was gone which eventually ended up in her death.
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Post by Joey Allen on May 13, 2020 3:39:40 GMT
Juliet's parents are the main culprit when it comes to her suicide. Not only did her father make her have an arranged marriage, but he also threw her around when not glad about the news, and only gave her three days to find out what to do with Romeo. When Juliet was confronted with the news, she begged to her father, letting him know that she would rather die than be without Romeo, but her father only saw her as a tool to the kingdom and saw the benefit of her marrying Paris. With some speculation, I doubt that any of the Capulet family showed her emotional support, leading to longing for someone and that someone would come to be Romeo. And when she heard the news of her lover being banished from the kingdom, she was devastated. the emotional turmoil that would have come to her, it was only natural that she act irrationally. leading to the plan and then to the death of both lovers.
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Post by Gina Meyer on May 13, 2020 6:27:52 GMT
I think that Friar Laurence is responsible for Juliets death. The friar was the one to come up with the idea of a “ death “ potion and the whole now I’m dead thing. Even though he claimed it was a foolproof plan it clearly was not. It was basically taking advantage of Juliet and her young mind in ways that were extremely unsafe. First he never tested the potion, he didn’t know if mail was going to get delayed, and it was very like that he did not know how much of a drama queen Romeo was to then go and kill himself. So, if the Friar had not stepped in I believe that Juliet would still be alive because it was a poorly thought out idea that had many possibilities to go wrong.
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Post by Autumn Davis on May 13, 2020 14:41:32 GMT
For as long as many kids and teens can remember, their parents tell them to take responsibility for their actions, or that truth will out. Whether the truth is given willingly or not, eventually the end message is clear: once the truth is out, life goes on. Juliet hides the truth of her love and marriage to Romeo from her parents and ends up facing much larger perils than if she had told them the truth. Therefore, Juliet is responsible for her own death, not her parents or anyone else in the story. While it makes sense that people hold Juliet's parents responsible for her death, they did not know anything about Juliet's marriage to Romeo when they betroth her to Paris. Lord Capulet's harsh ultimatum and somewhat abusive manner, as well as Lady Capulet's distant persona are cause for Juliet to feel isolated and trapped with her own feelings. However, they are not cause for her to feel like she must die rather than tell them the truth. In the end, the worst thing that could have happened to Juliet if she had told the truth would have been to be thrown out of her house. In this case, Juliet could have joined Romeo in his banishment, where the two could have lived happy, long lives in another city. However, Juliet's choice to hide the truth causes her to feel trapped, hence why she takes the potion and readily kills herself after seeing Romeo's dead body. Juliet's suicide is her own choice, meaning that Juliet herself is the only one to blame for her death.
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