Romeo and Juliet Group

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ncasey93
ncasey93
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High School - 10th Grade

Do you think it was fate or human responsibility that caused the deaths of Romeo and Juliet?

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Posted by ncasey93 on Wednesday May 27, 2009 at 6:29 PM and tagged with cause, characters, death, fate, human responsibility, juliet, romeo, themes.

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  1. ms-mcgregor Teacher
    High School - 12th Grade

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    Ultimately, human responsibility played a greater role in the two lover's deaths. Both chose to disobey their parents and become involved with each other. And both eventually choose death over living without the other. However, there is plenty of blame to go around. Friar Lawrence certainly played a large role when he married the two and when he gave the "temporary" poison to Juliet. In addition, the feuding families bear some of the guilt for continuing a feud that seemed rather meaningless. So meaningless that the deaths of the two lovers forced them to end the feud.

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    Posted by ms-mcgregor on Wednesday May 27, 2009 at 7:49 PM