Over the course of four days, a series of tragic events causes two starstruck lovers to transform from complete strangers to husband and wife, until their deaths. This is a short and amazing summary of the tragedy Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Over the course of this play, a series of events cause a seemingly indestructible love to be separated by exile, a sentence worse than death according to Romeo. In the end, just as everything ends, so do the lives of Romeo and poor Juliet. The main people who can be held responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet are Lord Capulet, Friar Laurence, and Romeo. To start, one person in this play who is responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet is Lord Capulet. One of the most important things he did that completely ruined their chances was to arrange Juliet and Paris's marriage without Juliet's consent. If he had thought about what she wanted, perhaps she and Romeo could have married without having to worry about the problems that would come with it. Lord Capulet also moved up the wedding date, which disconcerted Romeo, making his "death" and the wedding even earlier than planned and making it impossible for Romeo to remove Juliet from the tomb before she wakes up from her 42-hour coma. . In the play Capulet says: “Lady servant of thee / Do not thank me, do not thank, nor proud, not proud / but train your beautiful joints for next Thursday / To go with Paris to the church of St. Peter / Or I will drag you there with an obstacle . ”(III.v. 170-174). This quote shows Lord Capulet's opposition to Juliet's desire and inability to understand the desires of another rather than the desires of oneself. To continue, a second character in this play who is responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet....center of the paper...his quote shows what happens when he finds Juliet when she wakes up in the tomb. All this and more would never have happened if he had thought through all the possible options when given the choice to marry them. In conclusion, during the play of Romeo and Juliet, a tragic chain of events caused by three unlikely people ends the lives of the two. main characters, Romeo and Juliet. Although Friar Laurence thought it was only for the greater good, he could have simply refused to marry Romeo and Juliet in private and told the two that it would be a smarter idea to do so in public instead. If Lord Capulet had thought about what his daughter wanted, she might actually have been willing to marry in public rather than without a formal wedding. And if Romeo had thought more rationally rather than impulsively, perhaps he and Juliet would have survived all those tragic events.