Many people are to blame in the tragedy of the novel, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet are from two families, the Capulets and the Montagues who have past rivalries and do not associate with each other. Romeo and Juliet rush into marriage and Friar Laurence has an idea to help them be together. Many are responsible for the tragic outcome including the Capulets, the Montagues, Romeo & Juliet, Tybalt, Mercutio and the prince.
             The two families play the biggest role in the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, Lord and Lady Capulet and Lord and Lady Montague. The two families could easily have stopped their feud but continue to be rival. They had been warned that, "If ever you disturb our streets again/your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace." Romeo and Juliet would not have continued to do everything in secrecy. If the Capulets had paid more attention to Juliet and to what she wanted they wouldn't have had to force her into marriage and be so hard when she refused to marry Paris. The Montague's should have been more understanding of what Romeo wanted.
             Romeo and Juliet were young and acted too hastily, Romeo shouldn't have asked Juliet to marry him so quickly, or rushed back to Verona on the news that Juliet had died. Rome was warned to slow down, "Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast." Romeo becomes violent when he is unhappy, this is shown when Mercutio was killed and Romeo seeks revenge by killing Tybalt. Juliet shouldn't have been so hasty to disobey her parents. Before Juliet met Romeo at the ball she was happy to marry Paris. When they first met Juliet didn't want to rush into things, "Although I joy in thee, I have no joy of this contract to-night; It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden."
             Friar Lawrence should not have interfered in the lives of Romeo and Juliet. When Romeo went to Friar Lawrence to ask him to marry Romeo and Juliet in secret, Friar Lawrence should not have agreed to such a cra...