Who is to blame for Romeo and Juliet's deaths? Fate is the main cause of the tragedy. Through out the play it is hinted for example in the prologue the chorus says "pair of star-crossed lovers take their life;" But there are also some characters in the play that if they hadn't acted the way they did Romeo and Juliet might not have died.

Friar Laurence is to blame because he marries them even though he knows that something bad is going to happen, `Uneven is the course I like it not.' He marries them not because he knows that they are in love but because he thinks that the marriage is going to end the feud between both families. Friar Laurence is the only character that really knows what is going on through out the play. When he gives the potion to Juliet and then sends...