Who's Fault Was It Really?

          Although the rivalry between the Capulets and the Montagues were a big part to Romeo and Juliet's death, I believe the one sole person in charge for their deaths would be Romeo himself. The rivalry between the two families was vicious, as proven in the first scene when the first thing that happened in the play was the two houses fighting out in the public market. Eventually the Prince had to come down and break it up and warned them that if this were to ever happen again, the ones involved would be next in line for the noose.
         I believe Romeo was to blame. If he asked around to actually find out what was going on with Juliet instead of just assuming that she was dead, he would not have overreacted. But instead he went to a man to get a vile of poison that he would proceed to swallow next to Juliet in her tomb after he said goodbye to her just one last time. Also I think that seeing his best friend Mercutio die right in front of his eyes sent him on a downward spiral. From there he went on a killing streak and was then banished from Venice. He also had to sneak around constantly just to see Juliet and it only got harder for him as they got married by the Friar but had to continue to hide their love from the world.
        It is mostly Romeos fault for the suicide of his love Juliet and himself, although there were many other factors that came into play that he could not entirely control that also put their love at risk and set this whole tragedy up.