Friar Lawrence In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

Who’s to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet? Friar Lawrence is the one to blame for this tragedy, Friar Lawrence was a major reoccurring problem maker in this story and could properly deal with the situations but didn’t. Friar Lawrence was a major reoccurring part in this story and problem. Friar Lawrence wed the love stricken couple which he thought was a good idea to end the feud which in turn didn’t, although his heart was certainly in the right place, his decision ignored the possibility that several things could go wrong. He gave a potion to unstoppable love stricken 14yr old which put her in a deathlike state doing so created many more problems for everyone just to avoid a marriage. Another reason Friar Lawrence was to blame if

Friar Lawrence, where to deliver the letter that was to inform Romeo himself instead of Friar John, Romeo would not have taken his life. Friar Lawrence was careless for giving a letter of importance of life and death to just anyone he should have delivered the letter himself. Friar Lawrence himself understands how important the letter is “The letter was not nice, but full of charge, of dear import, and neglecting it May do much danger...” (Act 5, scene 2). Yet he knows about how important the letter is but doesn’t attempt to deliver it again. When Juliet was in the tomb about to commit suicide Friar Lawrence was more concerned about himself instead of helping Juliet “Stay not to question, for the watch is coming. Come, go, good Juliet. I dare no longer stay.” (Act 5, scene 3). Even though Friar Lawrence put them in that situation he still decides to flee only caring for his own skin instead of trying to help Juliet if he had helped he might have prevented her from killing herself. In the end when Friar Lawrence is confronted by the prince himself begins to tell all the events that take place and even admits and confesses his mistakes & wrongs. Frair Lawrence in the text says “And if aught in this Miscarried by my fault, let my old life Be sacrificed some hour before this time Unton the rigor of the severest law.” (Act 5 scence 3). Based on the text one might insist/think Friar Lawrence was the one at fault for Romeo’s & Juliet’s death based on what we’ve read in the story and what all the information and text presents.