In William Shakespeare's novel Romeo and Juliet, who is to blame for Romeo and Juliet's inevitable fate? Could it be their families? Friar Laurence? Brother John? Romeo and Juliet each had a strong love that no one could separate even if they were separated. The moment Juliet discovered that Romeo drank poison; she stabbed herself with his dagger because she didn't think it was right for him to kill himself. If Friar Laurence's letter had been delivered to Romeo by Friar John, he would have known that Juliet was not really dead and that it was only a plan to help her get out of her marriage to Count Paris. Only if Friar Laurence's urgent letter had been delivered to Romeo, their lives might not have ended this way. The Capulets and Montagues of Romeo and Juliet's families despised each other greatly. The feud between the two families began a long time ago but no one can forget the past. Both the Capulets and the Montagues fail to keep their feud behind closed doors; instead they take him to the streets causing violence. I think if there was no family feud, Romeo and Juliet would not have had to hide their love for each other from their families and Friar Laurence would not have had to help Juliet out of her marriage to the earldom of Paris. Both the Capulet and Montague families had many differences, but they did not realize how much this affected Romeo and Juliet until after their deaths. In the book Romeo and Juliet, Juliet says “If he were married/ My grave would be like my bridal bed (I v 132)”. This quote shows how the feud between the two families affects Romeo and Juliet and prevents them from being together. If Romeo and Juliet hadn't had a feud between the two families, they might have... middle of paper... not forced the apothecary to give him poison for free. Friar John was solely responsible for making sure the letter reached Romeo and failed to complete that mission for Friar Laurence. Even though Friar John failed to complete Friar Laurence's mission, if Romeo and Juliet's families did not have so many disagreements, there could have been a possibility that they were together and they would not have had to hide it from their families. Friar Laurence was very responsible for Juliet's death. Their deaths were preventable in many ways, but no one thought about how it could affect not only themselves, but also the lives of their families. Even their families never thought of forgetting what happened in the past. The feud between the Montague and Capulet families affected the lives of their children. Works Cited Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet