his horrible situation. Now, after Juliet plans to escape this horrible situation by feigning her own death, her father chooses to move Juliet’s marriage to Paris forward one day. By doing this it forces Juliet to take the potion one day earlier, thereby not leaving enough time for the plans of the rescue to arrive to Romeo in Mantua (Shalvi). This ultimately causes her suicide, and her death is thereby laid upon the shoulders of her very own parents.Though the Nurse and both of Juliet’s parents deeply loved and cared for Juliet, their own personal opinions, ideals, and personal flaws brought upon the finality of Juliet’s own actions. Her feelings of despair are brought upon by loneliness: Juliet is deserted by her father, her mother, and her Nurse, “until she is left only with the power to die, or to consign herself to the horrible vault” (Stauffer). The cause of the deaths however, is not laid solely upon the shoulders of others, it caused by love itself. Love conquers all, and it is necessary to keep in mind that although others contributed to the actions which led to Juliet’s death, it was her love for Romeo that brought her to her final decision....
