Part 1 of Essay
“It is not so much the central characters of the play, themselves, as the minor characters that are responsible for their tragic end.” I agree with this analysis to a high extent, but have also considered the other possible reasons why they died. The most commonly seen reason for Romeo’s and Juliet’s downfall would be the ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... that when Friar Laurence and Juliet plans their devious scheme, Romeo is not able to hear about it straight away. In fact, he never hears about it, so assumes Juliet is truly dead. Paris seems to keep everything does very hasty as he wishes to marry Juliet in two days. This means that Juliet drinks the potion that night, where she speaks her monologue in her bed. If Paris wasn’t going to marry her in two days time, then she would have waited for a reply letter from Romeo. None of the confusion would have arisen ....