Throughout history, love has always had its flaws. It could be arranged marriages or forbidden love, which caused lovers to feel devastated and alone. In these circumstances, there is always someone to blame for any loss that happens. Whether it is the parents or a society, an environment or a religion, the lovers are always controlled with force and discipline, leaving them heartbroken and miserable. William Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet truly captures the essence of forbidden love with the story of the two "star-crossed" lovers. As the cheerful introduction alters into a tragic ending of Romeo and Juliet's deaths, one of the characters in the play who goes by the name of Friar Laurence, a respected holy man, is the one to blame. …show more content…
Due to his unreasonable and illogical point of view, Friar Laurence proves to be unworthy of being a Franciscan and part of a holy authority, resulting in a shocking ending of misery and despair. His consensus on marrying the lovers in secret, the fact that he faked Juliet's death by giving her a fake potion and the lack of not knowing whether the note for his plan reached Romeo are all contributing factors that prove Friar Laurence is to blame for the death of the two. The first reason why Friar Lawrence is the one to blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet is because he marries them off to each other in secret. The Montagues and Capulets, both fair and wealthy families are at feud with each other. Their hatred towards each other is so powerful that their city, Verona, has been separated into two. When the prince encounters a fight on the streets, he becomes irritated and threatens them by saying, “If ever you disturb our streets again your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace” (I. ii. 94-95). This shows the readers how strong the hatred is between the Montagues and Capulets and that lives in the city will simply be taken away to keep what they call “peace”. When Friar Laurence marries off Romeo, who is a Montague, and Juliet, who is a Capulet, in secret, his intention was to end the feud and introduce peace. He states, “For this alliance may so happy prove, to turn your households' rancour to pure love” (II. iii. 91-92). Friar Laurence marrying Romeo and Juliet in this way only proves to the readers that he is irrational. The fact that he assumes marrying the two would end a long lasting feud between forever enemies is very unreasonable and wrong, causing the opposite of his intention, death of the two lovers. The second reason why Friar Lawrence is the one to blame is because he faked Juliet’s death.
Throughout the play, the readers realized how Friar Laurence is irrational and irresponsible due to his logic and morale. Friar Lawrence displays a sense of foolishness and ignorance as well by his mistake of giving Juliet a potion. By faking Juliet's death, his idolization has converted into a crime because counterfeiting a death is considered a transgression. His exact words were, "And, if thou darest, I'll give thee remedy...Take thou this vial...when presently through all thy veins shall run A cold and drowsy humour; for no pulse" (IV. i. 76-96). This dialogue presents the inconsiderate and thoughtless scheme that Friar Laurence is committing. By poisoning Juliet, it will not resolve a long lasting feud, rather it will make things worse for everyone. He is the one to blame because poisoning Juliet hasn't proved a thing other than that the Friar is guilty. Friar Lawrence portrays the act of foolishness and ignorance once more during the last moments of Juliet’s life. This is important because it proves to the readers how mindless Friar Lawrence is and that frantically, all he cares for is himself. As Juliet slowly dies, Friar Laurence converses "Stay not to question, for the watch is coming ; Come, go, good Juliet, I dare no longer stay." (V. iii. 58-59). The moment Juliet takes her last breath, Friar Laurence leaves her in mourning, grief and pain. This is significant because it …show more content…
shows the readers how diabolical and cruel Friar Laurence truly is. He has committed all sins and therefore making him the reason of this traumatic tragedy. Finally, Friar Lawrence is the one to blame is because he lacked the knowledge of knowing whether his letter was delivered or not. It all started when he explained his idea to Juliet of giving her a fake potion that would allow for her to sleep for 42 hours, his pride and “intelligence” escalated. By means of the readers, we have realized that the Friar is not one to be trusted and doesn't take his duty of being a Franciscan seriously. As he explains the plan to Juliet, he states, “Hold; get you gone, be strong and prosperous in this resolve, I'll send a Friar with speed to Mantua, with my letters to thy lord” (IV. i. 122-124). This states that he is counting on someone else to complete his work. The fact that he was not the one delivering the letter proves that he is irresponsible. This conveys that he is the one to blame for Romeo and Juliet's deaths since this type of behaviour is unacceptable to be coming from a holy man, who is defined as someone who should be trusted and thanked for his knowledge and superiority. However, after making his plan, Friar Laurence was surprised to know that his letter never did reached Romeo. This is important because it illustrates to the readers how careless Friar Laurence truly is. Friar John, the person who was assigned to deliver the note confesses “I could not send it,—here it is again,—Nor get a messenger to bring it thee” (V. ii. 14-15). It just furthermore proves to the readers that Friar Laurence trusting someone else just made him the causing of all problems. His lack of reason is what caused two deaths resulting in sorrow and pain. In the play Romeo and Juliet, the character of Friar Laurence is the one who caused the death of the two young lovers and is the one to blame.
His actions throughout the play merely prove his irrationality, irresponsibility and foolishness which gave him the title of being the killer. His consensus on marrying Romeo and Juliet in secret, the lack of not knowing whether the note about his plan reached Romeo and the fact that he faked Juliet's death by giving her a fake potion all, in turn prove that Friar Laurence is guilty and should be blamed for killing the unforgettable lovers. What makes a person strong is their empathy, dignity and wisdom, three things that Friar Laurence clearly lacks. Friar Laurence was the reason that the problems occurred and was the reason why agony and depression flooded Romeo and Juliet's families, Verona and the
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In the classic play Romeo and Juliet, Friar Laurence plays a major part. Romeo and Juliet trusted him entirely as he was the priest of their town. They turned to the Friar for help and advice at a few crucial points in the play. Little did these two lovers know that their decision to turn to Friar Laurence for help would eventually lead to their deaths. Friar Laurence was responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because he married Romeo and Juliet, he was afraid of committing a sin, and because of his faulty plan for saving Juliet from a marriage to Paris.
Friar Laurence’s involvement in the marriage of Romeo and Juliet has caused a tragedy. Romeo and Juliet thought that they fell in love, but the Friar should have known that they were just kids and they were really rushing into things. In Romeo and Juliet, Friar Laurence says, “These violent delights have violent ends. Is loathsome in his own deliciousness, and in the taste confounds the appetite: Therefore love moderately: long love doth so, too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.” When he says this, he is giving Romeo a warnin. Also, Friar Lawrence should have known at the time, that Romeo was loving with his eyes and not with his heart. For example, Romeo was in a relationship with Rosaline, before marrying Julliet. Inonclusion , the Friar did not have the expierence to know that they were kids.
The attempt that Friar Lawrence had made to fix up his wrong doings was a mistake and took a huge role in leading up to the two deaths. He had a second chance to come clean and tell the families the truth, but he chose to ignore that opportunity and came up with a plan that resulted in the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. After Romeo had been banished, the plan that the Friar conjured up was for Juliet to take a potion which would make her appear dead.
In William Shakespeare's tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, Friar Laurence plays a major role. He makes not just one, but three fatal mistakes; he marries Romeo and Juliet, gives the potion to Juliet, and gets caught up in their love. Romeo and Juliet knew they could trust Friar Laurence because he was a priest, and he always did what was right. Since Friar Laurence was so quick to make decisions he made these three fatal mistakes, which is why he is most to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
Friar Laurence's immature actions make him part of the tragedy. For one, he married Romeo and Juliet. When told that Romeo loves Juliet, Friar replies, "Holy Saint Francis, what a change is here! /Is Rosaline, that thou didst love so dear, /so soon forsaken? Young men's love then lies/ not truly in the hearts, but in their eyes," (II, III, lines 66-69). In these lines, Friar admits that Romeo is only lusting for Juliet. Being the adult, Friar shouldn't have married Romeo until he found true love. However, the Friar was immature and married them anyways. Then, Friar came up with the idea for Juliet to fake death. Juliet is distressed about Romeo being banished so Friar comes up with the plan saying, "Hold, then. Go home, be merry, give consent/ to marry Paris. Wednesday is tomorrow,” Juliet is then suppose to "Take thou this vial, being then in bed/ And this distilling liquor drink thou off." After being buried and awakened, "Shall Romeo bear thee hence to Mantua." (IV, I, Lines 90-119). This bad advise, to give a girl a drink like death and tells her to run away, is only one of many immature actions Friar takes. Finally, Friar did not stay with Juliet after she frantically woke up, in a tomb, next other diseased husband who was supposed to run away with her to Mantua. Inste...
Unfortunately, their love comes to an end, along with their lives, because of a misunderstanding and a persistent feud between their families. Although there are many characters in this play that have contributed to Romeo and Juliet’s death, Friar Laurence is the person most to blame. Friar Laurence’s actions throughout the play resulted in the two star crossed lovers’ death. He assisted the two when they wanted to get married, which began the disastrous events in the play. Friar Laurence says to Romeo:
Failing to uphold his end of the plan, causing the plan to fail and resulting with both Romeo and Juliet dying. Friar Laurence admits to being responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Lawrence made a huge mistake that he could have avoided himself, if only he had thought out his plan better. He trusted Juliet an unstable fourteen-year-old with a potion to make her appear dead just so she would not have to marry Paris. Resulting in the death of herself, Friar Lawrence had even said, "If…thou hast the strength of will to slay thyself…take thou this vial…no warmth, no breath shall testify the livest." He should have been more careful, Friar Laurence's idea for Juliet was very risky and because of his own ignorance has ended up in tragedy. He also admits that he left the tomb and left Juliet there. The Friar knew that Juliet had previously threatened to kill herself, yet he still abandoned her with Romeo's knife. If the Friar truly cared about her safety, he would have forced her to come with him or stayed to prevent her from making any irresponsible
While trying to help Juliet, the Friar gives Juliet a sleeping potion and says, “Let not the nurse lie with thee in thy chamber./ Take thou this vial, being in bed,/ And this distilling liquor drink thou off;” (IV.i.92-94). Friar Lawrence gives Juliet the sleeping potion in hopes it looks as though she is dead to get out of the upcoming marriage with County Paris. He tells Juliet to take the potion while in her room with no one watching and it will slow down her heart rate for forty-two hours. Days following, Juliet will awaken and Romeo will be there to come take her to run away. The Friar hopes for the best in the situation, but does not consider the drawbacks that could and will suddenly occur in his plan. He continuously tells Juliet what she wants to hear in this situation because she sees him as a fatherly figure and he sees her as his daughter. Before Juliet leaves the Friar, he tells her, “ ‘Thou hast the strength of will to sly thyself,/ Then is it likely thou wilt undertake/ A thing like death to chide away this shame,’ ” (Mackenzie 1). The Friar says that Juliet’s only option to get out of marrying the County Paris is to kill herself. His encouragement invokes the idea to Juliet to drink the potion. Trusting Juliet with a sleeping potion and the idea of killing herself showcases his rashness
Romeo and Juliet is Shakespeare's first authentic tragedy. It is about two lovers who commit suicide when their feuding families prevent them from being together. The play has many characters, each with its own role in keeping the plot line. Some characters have very little to do with the plot; but some have the plot revolving around them. While the character of Friar Lawrence spends only a little time on stage, he is crucial to the development of the conclusion of the play. It is Friar Laurence’s good intentions, his willingness to take risks and his shortsightedness that lead to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
Despite his conscience, Friar Lawrence reveals a potion that will put Juliet to a false death, in the “Potion Plan” scene. His motivation was caused by the weeping and tears of Juliet who was in the hands of a twisted marriage against her will. She had already been married to her love, but now that promise was in danger of being broken. From the few lines that the friar speaks, the audience realizes that this friar is certainly not the stereotype friar that goes around trying to live an impossible life of perfection.
Throughout time, there have been many tragedies caused by romance. For example, the play Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, is known for its romantic tragedy between two star-crossed lovers. With all the deaths, who is truly to blame for Romeo and Juliet's deaths? Friar Laurence is most to blame for many obvious, yet overlooked, reasons. The forbidden wedding of Romeo and Juliet could not have happened without the Friar.
Thus, he leaves Juliet alone in a vault filled with dead ancestors, as well as recently dead Romeo and Paris, and she kills herself. This is not to say that Friar Laurence does not feel responsible for Romeo and Juliet's deaths, he recounts his tale to the Prince and offers his life as a sacrifice if their deaths are his fault (5.3.228-68). In every step of deceiving Romeo and Juliet's parents, the government, and everyone who thought Juliet to be dead, Friar Laurence was attempting to: end a great feud between two families, help Juliet keep her marriage vows (by helping her out of marrying Paris), keeping Juliet alive, keeping Romeo safe from imprisonment or death, and ultimately, protecting the lovers' love from outside influences. He sees his acts as acts that are working for the greater good, and therefore they are just.
In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, it is clear that Friar Laurence causes Romeo and Juliet’s deaths. First, the Friar was not as responsible as Romeo needed him to be especially when he agreed to marry him and Juliet without thinking it through. Secondly, he put Romeo and Juliet, among others, in danger with his uncertain plans. Lastly, he had other priorities when he married Romeo and Juliet which caused poor judgment to cloud his decision. While he did not plan to kill them, his actions landed them dead. In conclusion, if he had not acted so rash and irresponsibly, Romeo and Juliet would still be alive along with others who died in the destructive pathway that was Romeo and Juliet’s relationship.
Romeo, as a young adolescence, your brain is not fully developed, which may lead to regretful decisions. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, teens have a “tendency to act on impulse -without regard for risk.” Therefore, you may not see how irrational this idea is; although, you will when it is too late. Also, Friar Lawrence has devised a plan that reunites you and your Juliet. His plan is to fake Juliet’s death, steal her away in the night, and hide the two of you from your families so that you may live happily ever after. When you die in a matter of hours, Friar explains to both houses how the plan went wrong starting with how he gave Juliet a sleeping potion and he claims he, “intended for it wrought on her the form of death.” He continues to say, “Meantime I writ to Romeo that he should hither come as this dire night to help to take her from her borrowed grave.” Finally he pleas that, “Friar John was stayed by accident, and yesternight returned my letter back.” In my ghostly form, I witnessed him explain the unfolding of these events. Take it from me that making this impulsive decision is unwise and will only ruin Friar’s plan. In addition, poor Juliet is unfortunate enough to awaken to your
Friar Laurence, through his lack of good judgment, is largely responsible for the deaths of both Romeo and Juliet. Rather than being supportive of them and helping them disclose their loving situation, Friar Laurence took the “easy” way out. He succumbed to their desire to elope. He secretly married Romeo and Juliet instead of standing behind them and encouraging them to confront their families with the facts about their commitment to and love for each other. As a result, an even stronger bond between them was created through marriage: "For, by your leaves, you shall not stay alone / Till holy church incorporate two in one" (2.6.36-37). Friar Laurence married Romeo and Juliet, hoping that their union would bring an end to the constant feuding between their two families, the Montagues and the Capulets. Though the friar’s intentions were good and above reproach, they were certainly missteps along a pathway to tragedy. None of the tragedies would have occurred if Romeo and Juliet were not married. When Tybalt challenged Romeo...