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Is anyone actually responsible for the deaths of Romeo And Juliet?. From the beginning we know that their going to die, the prologue tells us, “From forth the fatial Loins of them two foes” and it also says, “A pair of star-cross’d Lovers take their lives” The prologue is therefore telling the reader that other forces besides earthly ones are in control of our lover’s lives. We know that Romeo is deeply interested in the heavens, to the point where they might well obsess him. there is various examples of this, “I fear, too early: for my mind misgives Some consequence yet hanging in the stars Shall bitterly begin his fearful date With this night's revels and expire the term” and “Will I set up my everlasting rest, And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars” Towards the end of the play Romeo is quite convinced that sooner or later something terrible will happen to him, which persuades him that it might be better that he delt the fatal act by his own hand. This gives us an indication that Romeo himself is probably the greatest single cause for their deaths. It is obvious that he is a romantic falling in and out of love. His actions are based on the spur of the moment decisions, rather than cool, logic.
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