Juliet+C

Christine Choi**- Who is responsible for Juliet's "death"?**
Juliet is definitely responsible for her own death. Even from the beginning, she knew that falling in love with Romeo wasn't safe, saying "Tis but thy name that is my enemy" (2.2.41). She should have been more sensible, because Capulet and Montague are great enemies. Even though her love towards Romeo can't be accepted by anyone from her family, she said "But my true love is grown to such excess/ I cannot sum up sum of half my wealth" (2.6.33-34). It is she who made all the decisions, including her marriage with her family's enemy. Her parents wanted to marry Paris, but she refused to do so by saying, "I will not marry yet, and when I do I swear/ It shall be Romeo, whom you know I hate,/ Rather than Paris. These are news indeed" (3.5.126-128); she said this as if marrying Paris would be the last thing she would do. If she just obeyed her parents and married Paris, there wouldn't be problems. Crazily in love, Juliet told Friar Lawrence "God joined my heart and Romeo's, thou our hands;/ And ere this hand, by thee to Romeo's sealed,/ Shall be the label to another deed,/ Or my true heart with treacherous revolt/ Turn to another, this shall slay them both" (4.1.56-60); this means that she and Romeo are meant to be together, and if anything tries to separate them, it would be better just to kill themselves. By saying this, she has already shown that she'll take any risks to be with Romeo, which is not the wisest thing to do. When Friar Lawrence told her about the potion and its dangers, she firmly told him "And I will do it without fear or doubt,/ To live an unstained wife to my sweet love" (4.1.89-90). Nobody has forced her to take these risks, and Juliet was the one who made all the choices. It is her uncontrollable love towards Romeo that made her to take such extreme actions.

Eric Jho**- Who is responsible for Juliet's "death"?**
Juliet is strongly responsible for her death. “ My only love sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late!Prodigious birth of love it is to me That I must love a loathed enemy.”(1.5 152-155). Even though she knew that Romeo was their enemy and it will be very risky to love and meet Romeo, she decided to love Romeo. Juliet was the one who made decision to fell in love with Romeo. “They are but beggars that can count their worth But my true love is grown to such excess I cannot sum of half my wealth.”(2.6 32-34). Juliet had insane love toward Romeo, and she was the one who decided to marry their only arch enemy Romeo. “Tybalt is dead and Romeo banished” That “banished”,that one word banished, hath slain ten thousand Tybalts.”(3.2 123-125) When Tybalts was killed during the fight, she worries about Romeo more even though one of their man was killed. She’s supposed hate Romeo with she’s full soul but she said that Romeo’s banishment is worse than ten thousand slain Tybalts. “Twist my extremes and me this bloody knife Shall play the umpire, arbitrating that which the commission of thy years and art Could to no issue of true honor bring”(4.1 63-65). This proves that How Juliet is crazy about her love and she can do anything for her uncontrollable love. “Give me, give me! O, tell not me of fear!” (4.1 123). Juliet was the one who decided to drink potion whether is not risky or not for Romeo. All of this determinations of Juliet lead to Juliet’s death.