William Shakespeare s Romeo And Juliet - 1882 Words

Romeo and Juliet were two star-crossed lovers that were doomed from the start, and their love ended in great tragedy. Violent events caused by the two lovers brought peace to the age-old feuding families with their own death. Romeo and Juliet is a short play written by William Shakespeare. The play takes place in medieval Verona where two feuding families, the Capulets and the Montagues, are constantly disputing and their fights and arguments dictate the day. Romeo and Juliet, who are both from two different houses, meets in a party and fall madly in love. After the party ended, Romeo sneaks to the balcony of Juliet’s house where they plan to get married in secret the very next day. A while after, Romeo is permanently banished from Verona†¦show more content†¦The difference between their world and the prejudice among their parents ultimately lead to their untimely death. In this short play, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Lord Capulet is solely responsible f or the death of the two lovers because he organizes a party and sends a servingman who could not read to invite the guests, forces Juliet to marry Paris, and he mistreats Juliet. Lord Capulet is responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because in the beginning of the play, he decides to organize a party when he was talking to Paris. He said,† This night, I hold an old accustomed feast,/Whereto I have invited many a guest† (1.2.20-21). He made a party for that night, and after following a chain of events, Romeo ended coming to the party and met Juliet. He made a party for no particular reason. If he hadn’t made the party, Romeo wouldn’t have came. He decided to invite many people, but not everyone. Thus, he had to have a servingman to go out through Verona and invite every individual that was written down on a piece of paper. Lord Capulet spoke to the servingman and said,† Through fair Verona, find those persons out/Whose names are written there and to them say,/My house and welcome on their pleasure stay† (1.2.35-37). What he did not know is that the servingman could not read. Lord Capulet should have known because the the literacy rate back then was really low, and usually only the wealthy men could go to school. If