How are the Montagues responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet?

Question

How are the Montagues responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet?

Answer 1

Actually, the Montague's AND the Capulet's were equally responsible for the deaths of their children by maintaining a long-standing feud between the families and disallowing the blossoming relationship between their children. (Who were actually secretly married, but that's another story)

After a very long play, the deaths of Romeo & Juliet were caused by a series of errors.

Romeo is banished from Verona, and Juliet can not stand him being gone. She then drinks a potion that will make her appear dead for 24 hours in order to trick her family and dissappear with Romeo; when word is sent to Romeo that she has died, he decides that the only thing he can do is to join her in death by poisioning himself also. Romeo acquires poision, joins Juliet in her tomb, drinks the poision and dies. Juliet then awakens, figures out what he did, stabs herself and dies with him.

Answer 2

From what Shakespeare wrote, the parents caused the feud, which caused the fight between Romeo and Tybalt, which caused Romeo's banishment, which caused the confusion in the message, which caused Romeo to kill himself etc. Also, if the their love was public, the message wouldn't have been confused in the first place. If the parents allowed an open romance, the message wouldn't have been confused. From what common sense says, Romeo and Juliet were teenagers and rebelling against their strict parents. There are many reasons and everyone was to blame so it isn't really easy to pinpoint things. Hope this helps!

Answer 3

It is as a result of that 'ancient grudge'.