The Task Pick a minimum of five suspects that you would like to prosecute or defend. Here is a list of the suspects and the charges against them: Suspect Charges Fate a. k.a. Fortune, "the stars," "a greater power" Conspiring against Romeo and Juliet, making their love impossible Love 1. Disabling Romeo and Juliet's ability to think 2. Mistakenly leading people to believe it can "conquer all" The Man, a. k.a. "social constraints" Oppressing women and adolescents (thereby forcing Romeo and Juliet into desperate measures apart from legal protection) Prince Escalus, a. k.a. Prince 1. Allowing the feud to get out of hand to begin with 2. Exiling Romeo for defending himself against Tybalt Apothecary Illegally selling poison Mercutio 1. Starting a fight with Tybalt, thereby setting off the series of tragic events 2. Perpetuating the feud between the families Tybalt 1. Ignoring the orders of the Capulets and the Prince and pursuing Romeo. 2. Killing Mercutio despite his inability to protect himself Paris Forcefully pursuing a marriage with Juliet despite the fact that she couldn't stand him Nurse 1. Conspiring with Romeo and Juliet without alerting the proper authorities 2. Betraying Juliet's trust and forcing her to act on her own Friar Laurence 1. Conspiring with Romeo and Juliet without alerting the proper authorities 2. Faking a death 3. Promoting impractical philosophy 4. Choking in the clutch Capulet 1. Obsessing about parties 2. Bad parenting (refusing to listen to Juliet, alienation of daughter, blatant selfish behavior, slavishly holding onto social conventions) 3. Creating conditions hostile to Juliet and Romeo openly courting 4. Perpetuating feud Lady Capulet 1. Bad parenting (refusing to listen to Juliet, alienation of daughter, blatant selfish behavior, slavishly holding onto social conventions) 2. Perpetuating feud Montague 1. Perpetuating feud 2. Creating conditions hostile to Juliet and Romeo openly courting Romeo 1. Killing people 2. Holding Mercutio's arm in a crucial situation 3. Conspiring against the prince and the families 4. Moving too fast in matters of love 5. Violating exile conditions Juliet 1. Conspiring against the prince and the families 2. Creating her own tragedy through language 3. Disobeying parents 4. Moving too fast in matters of love 5. Faking death You do not have to limit yourself to these suspects and charges. If you can prove, from the text, that the whole thing was orchestrated by Paris's attendant, you probably deserve extra points. You can also consider other abstractions such as "stupidity," "irony," or "haste." Also, feel free to add to the charges or not consider some of them. For each suspect you exonerate or convict, you must provide a reason with evidence from the text. Who are the five people I should pick?