In this essay I will be writing my views on who is the most to blame for the deaths in act 3 scene 1. I will be examining the evidence on the characters.
             The play Romeo and Juliet was written by William Shakespeare, mostly in prose and poetry form, but some of it was in blank verse.
             The play is about two star crossed lovers who's families hold an ancient grudge against each other for centuries. Nobody knows how it started except for the heads of the families who are Old Capulet, the father of Juliet, and Old Montague, the father of Romeo. Every time one member of a family see's another, things start to heat up, usually by insulting and teasing the other. Many riots are started by the families and civilians sometimes get involved. The prince has ordered a stop to this. So far Mercutio and Tybalt have died and Romeo has been banished.
             The play as a whole considers many themes, such as Love, Hate, Death, Darkness, Conflict and Destiny.
             In staging the deaths I will be mainly considering the music and the lighting. e.g. The loudness and the type of music...etc
             I believe there is some evidence that Tybalt is to blame. I think this because he was the first person to approach the Montague's and say " Gentlemen, good den; a word with one of you". Mercutio replies "And but one word with one of us? Couple it with something, make it a word and a blow". From these two sentences you can already suggest things are starting to warm up. If Tybalt had not approached the Montague's in the first place none of the arguing would have started. But this resulted in Mercutio and Tybalt's deaths.
             Another person I think is to blame is Mercutio because when Tybalt said "Well, peace be with you sir, here comes my man", Mercutio deliberately misunderstands Tybalt and takes him to mean 'my servant'. If Mercutio had not tried to misunderstand Tybalt, then Tybalt might of left him ...