The romantic love story, Romeo and Juliet, is a world-renowned and well-loved tale, but who was responsible for the memorable death in this story? In the suspenseful play by Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet were born into two feuding families, the Capulets and Montagues. WhenFrom the minute that the two “star-crossed lovers” meetmet, their paths were alwaysalready destined to come to a dreadful end. The feud enabledprecluded them from ever being accepted in society together and kept their judgment in the hands of themselves and a trustfultrustworthy priest, Friar Lawrence. Even thoughas Romeo’s immaturity played a role in the plot of the play, the feud led to dangerous and life-threatening actions which were ultimately the most accountableresponsible for Romeo’s death.