Who is to blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet in Romeo and Juliet?

There is no one person
responsible for s death, but they are each partly to blame.

takes responsibility forand s death because he secretly married them, he gave Juliet the potion
that made Romeo think she was dead, and he failed to get word to Romeo that she wasnt.  However,
there are many other people who can be considered responsible, including Montague and Capulet, ,
, , and Prince Escalus.

The two lovers would not have died if Juliets parents
had not insisted that she marry Paris, so a large part of the blame belongs with them.  Montague
is also responsible for continuing the feud between the two families that led the two lovers to
keeping their marriage secret.

If Mercutio had not fought Tybalt, and Tybalt
had not returned to fight Romeo, Romeo would not have been banished for killing
Tybalt.

Now, Tybalt, take the €˜villain back
again

That late thou gavest me; for Mercutio's soul

Is but
a little way above our heads,

Staying for thine to keep him
company.

Either thou or I, or both, must go with him. (Act 3, Scene
1)

is also partly to blame, because he could have found
a better way to deal with the feud.  He seems very frustrated with the two families, because
people are dying in the streets due to the silly feud.  Considering the circumstances of Romeos
killing Tybalt he just banishes him, but he could have looked into the situation a little more.
If Romeo had not been banished he would not have fled and then returned to find Juliet
supposedly dead.

Finally, you cant forget to lay blame on the star-crossed
lovers themselves.  Romeo and Juliet act impulsively, irresponsibly, and foolishly from the
beginning of the play until the end.  They did not need to marry in secret, Juliet did not need
to fake her death, and Romeo did not have to kill himself as soon as he saw her.  Likewise,
Juliet might have put some thought into it before killing herself when she awoke to find Romeo
dead.

Although the deaths of the two lovers do bury their parents strife,
it is certainly at a high cost.  Rash actions on most of the characters parts resulted in theof
the young love cut short.  It is a lesson to us all to think before we
act.