In William
Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, Romeo is responsible for just about
everyone’s death. If it hadn't been for him then 8 people including Romeo wouldn't have died. You might be saying to yourself, “That’s kind of harsh,”
well that’s where you’re wrong! Romeo, throughout the whole play, let his
emotions get the best of him which is the main reason why a lot of people died.
If Romeo would have just thought logically before acting then none of this
would have happened.
The play starts
off with Romeo being extremely depressed about some girl that doesn't love him.
As the play progresses one of Romeo’s friends suggests that they should attend
this party that every single one of their enemies are going to be at, otherwise
known as mistake number one! They arrive at the get-together wearing masks.
This was supposed to hide their identities, apparently it was logical back then
to cover your face and enter the gathering place of people who hate you. In the
middle of the party Romeo spots Juliet and decides that he loves her. Romeo, completely
forgetting about the other girl, proceeds to talk Juliet into kissing him. Then
Juliet goes home and talks to herself about how deeply she’s in love with Romeo
whom she met merely a few hours before then. Romeo just so happened to be
underneath Juliet’s balcony and heard everything she said. So logically he hops
out the bushes that he wasn't hiding behind and basically says “Hey I love you
too!!” So Juliet, not wanting anyone to think that she’s promiscuous, decides
that the best thing to do is get married. So Romeo and Juliet, despite their
family’s feud, make wedding plans because they are just so in love! The rest of
the play consists of: Romeo killing Juliet’s cousin, Romeo being banned from the
city,
Juliet pretending to kill herself,
Romeo killing her other fiancé, Romeo
thinking she’s dead and killing himself, her waking up and actually killing
herself, and last but not least his mother dying of a broken heart. The people
that didn't die realized that the family feud was stupid and ended it after a
large quantity of the main characters died.
Obviously Romeo is
to blame for the deaths of 8 people. If there was an award for the most deaths
within a short period of time he would get 1st place. He was better
off moping around his room in the dark instead of going out and putting
people’s lives and social statuses at risk. Of course he didn't do it all by
himself Juliet took part in the nonsense as well, but Romeo is the one who got
the ball rolling. If he hadn't of let his emotions get the best of him then he would've realized how ignorant it was of him to marry someone he’d only known
for a few hours. This and many other reasons are why Romeo is responsible for
those 8 peoples’ death.
P.s. I wrote this so that my teacher can see how I'm doing in high school!!!