Romeo and Juliet How Far is Juliet a Victim? From the start of the play, it can be seen that Juliet and Romeo are going to be subjected to cruel twists of fate, causing their eternal love to result in death. "A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life" is one of the very first lines of the story. It shows that the death of these two lovers is beyond control and is ordained to …showed first 75 words of 1432 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1432 total…marry Romeo regardless of how little she knew him. When Romeo was banished to Mantura, Juliet could have considered leaving her home but perhaps she likes the controlled environment that was provided for her and was too frightened of losing that if she left. If she had decided to leave with Romeo, she would have lost her comfortable home but would not have lost her life. In that sense, she brought her death upon herself