As the title proclaims, in today's blog-post we will be discussing who killed Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Now, I know what some of you might be thinking: "But Troy, Juliet wasn't killed by anyone because she committed suicide!" That may be true, but although Juliet was never directly killed by anyone, doesn't mean that someone wasn't indirectly responsible for her death!
The person I believe is indirectly responsible for Juliet's death is her father, Lord Capulet.
The reasoning behind my choice is that Lord Capulet was forcing Juliet into a marriage with Paris; a marriage she was greatly against because she had already made a commitment to Romeo. She has a huge argument with her father regarding the subject and, eventually the debate gets to the point where it became violent and threatening, and her father even told her to "do as he says or he will leave her to die in the streets." So, in response, she chose death over her father's orders.
In conclusion, Lord Capulet influenced Juliet's decision to commit suicide because he backed her into a corner when he told her it was either marry Paris, or die. Frightened and depressed, she chose death over the marriage.
Now, goodnight everyone!
This is a good argument - however a few more details and more of your thinking would have strenghened it!
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