Father Lawrence In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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The novel, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is a romantic yet a tragedy story that has many people to pin the death of Romeo and Juliet on but the real reason is because of Father Lawrence. He is known to be a sweet and honest person, but in this play he shows a side that nobody knew he had. He was the only one that knew about the situation that could actually speak up for them and convince the parents to let their kids be together. Father Lawrence even helped them get married, even though he knew they would take drastic measures and kill themselves all in the name of “love” if they couldn’t be together. Although he decided to do all of this out of hope to end the family feud in a not so scandalous way he turned out ending it with not …show more content…

Romeo explained what was going on, what he felt for his sweet Juliet, and how he wanted to get married to her as soon as possible. At first Lawrence started off with a good advice that not even he followed. “Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.” ( Shakespeare 2. 4. 94), this advice that Father Lawrence gave to Romeo could’ve saved everyone and this was to take it slow and think about the choice you’re going to make carefully before you do it because if you go to fast things might be more difficult along the way. Romeo was clearly not interested in any advice he had to say but only with his one wish that was to get married with Juliet. When Father Lawrence denied it in the beginning that’s when Romeo started to pressure him into agreeing with his desires. This shows how Father Lawrence acts out of peer pressure. He would do anything to get rid of it because he clearly doesn’t know how to handle this. He was the adult and he got convinced by a teenager to do something that cause endless suffering to the …show more content…

Friar Lawrence had all the good reasons to not marry them, he even felt like he was doing something so wrong that every time he had a chance he gave device that foreshadowed the ending of this story. “These violent delights have violent endings. (Shakespeare 2. 5. 9). In other words he knew this was all wrong. He knew they couldn’t handle this like adults, who was he fooling they were teenagers that had strong impulses. This was not a good combination for a happily ever after. All the good intentions were in his actions but before he ended the feud he ended their lives first. If he would just have told the parents that he just married Romeo and Juliet things might have not ended so horribly. There was nothing the parents could have done no matter how mush they despised the marriage and how much they hated the idea that they’re now united as a family. They couldn’t just file a divorce and move on, they have to deal with it like the adults they’re suppose to be. Father Lawrence had all the power to change the ending in this gone wrong fairy

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