How could Romeo and Juliet's deaths been avoided?

Romeo and Juliets death could have been avoided if:

>romeo forces the Capulet's to allow him to have Juliet by kidnapping Lady capulet and saying "I'll kill her unless u let me marry juliet"

>if he controlled mercucio or at least fought with him. If mercucio had not had to fight on behalf of Romeo, then he would not have died and so Romeo would not have to go after Tybalt and kill him and romeo would never get exiled and they could both run away in the sunset together

> just get married and then tell their parents when they could not do anything about it

>they tried telling their parents about their love.

>Romeo was in on the plan of Juliet taking the potion and Friar Laurence told him before she took it

>. Baltasar did not go and tell Romeo that Juliet was dead

>. if romeo waited by Juliets bed for at least an hour before killing himself

>. if the friar sent the letter before letting Juiet drink her death potion

The MORAL of the play is that where hate thrives (the feud), all will eventually be punished by its poisonous effect. The feud is directly responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. If the Montague and Capulet families had worked out their differences instead of remaining engaged in a bitter dispute, the lives of their children would have been spared.

That said, some other possibilities without changing the universe of the play (two feuding households both alike in dignity and all that):

• The timing could have been better: Friar Lawrence could have gotten to the tomb sooner. Romeo could have gotten to the tomb later.
• Romeo and Juliet could have been a bit less impulsive, and reconsidered their suicidal urges.
• Friar Lawrence could have put together a plan that did not rely upon medieval letter delivery service.
• Juliet could have gone with Romeo when he is initially banished from the city.