In "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet's love is not genuine. Their "love" lies not in their hearts, rather in their eyes. Romeo and Juliet's love is said to be love at first sight. "Did my heart love til now? Foreswear it sight, For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night." In these lines, Romeo is expressing how his heart never saw anything so beautiful. His heart never loved such beauty, that of Juliet's. The Friar tells Romeo his love for Juliet is a simple infatuation, inspired by the sight of beauty, not from the heart. Though this is an infatuation with no real love behind it, it caused the death of six people. Romeo, Juliet, Lord Capulet, Lord Montague, the Apothecary and Tybalt should be blamed for having some part in these deaths.

Romeo and Juliet should be blamed because they are the...