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“From forth the fatal loins of these two foes, a pair of star cross’d lovers their life, whose misadventured piteous overthrows. Doth with their death bury their parent’s strife.” (Romeo and Juliet, Prologue 5-8). There are many minor characters that are involved in the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, but the Friar is most responsible because of his mindless ideas and actions. Friar Lawrence is the cause of the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. He marries the two lovers in secret, comes up with a faulty plan for Juliet, and abandons Juliet in the tomb when she needed him the most.
In marrying Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence contributes to their deaths because he is aware that they had just met, that their families are feuding, and that they are
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quite young and not ready to be married. The wise friar knows that Romeo and Juliet had just met and that it had not been long since Romeo was heartbroken over Rosaline. This thought process is shown yet not acted upon in Act 2 Scene 3, when Friar Lawrence says “So soon forsaken? Young men’s love then lies/ not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes. / Jesu Maria, what a deal of brine, / hath wash’d away thy sallow cheeks for Rosaline!” (Romeo and Juliet 2.3 67-70) As well, the Friar is fully aware that Romeo and Juliet’s families are feuding. In Act 2 Scene 3, Friar Lawrence unwisely believes that the marriage of the young couple would end the feud between families. “For this alliance may prove, / to turn your households’ rancor to pure love” (Romeo and Juliet 2.3 91-92). Finally, Friar Lawrence should have been mature enough to tell Romeo that they are too young, and too naïve to be married. He attempts to tell Romeo but does not get the point across “Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast” (Romeo and Juliet 2.3 95). Friar Lawrence is known to be wise and insightful, but in these cases, he is quite witless. Friar Lawrence always tries to do what is best for Romeo and Juliet, but when he comes up with Juliet’s plan to appear dead to her family, he ends up doing more harm than help.
His plan is very sudden, it involves many lies, and he neglects to include important details when carrying out the plan. Friar Lawrence is never usually one to rush into things without reason. He comes up with Juliet’s plan to take a vial that will make her appear dead the day before her wedding, have her parents mourn her death, and wake up to run away to Mantua with Romeo. This plan is very sudden and not well thought out. There are many flaws in his plan that he may have not even noticed. When Friar Lawrence is telling Juliet of the plan he speaks about many lies that need to be told. Juliet does not want to marry Paris, but the Friar tells her to lie and give consent to be married to him. “Hold, then. Go home, be merry, give consent/ To marry Paris…” (Romeo and Juliet 4.1 89-90) Juliet may not be able to carry out that lie until the wedding resulting in a flaw in the plan. In Act 5 Scene 2, Friar John comes back to Friar Lawrence and tells him that he could not deliver the letter to Romeo. Friar Lawrence did not inform Friar John that the letter was important before he sent it out, nor does he try to let Romeo know of the plan in any other way afterwards. Because Romeo does not know of the plan, he will not be there when Juliet awakens and he may find out that she is dead from someone else. After …show more content…
all of the mistakes the Friar makes creating and preparing the plan for Juliet to be with Romeo, he continues to put a strain on the plan by not continuing to help Juliet at the tomb. In the tomb, Friar Lawrence does not continue to help Juliet as he is supposed to as part of the plan.
He takes his time before coming in to save Juliet, he abandons Juliet when he hears the watchmen coming, and he leaves her knowing that Juliet is already considering killing herself if she can not be with Romeo. When Friar Lawrence first gets to the graveyard, instead of rushing in to be there for Juliet as she awakes, he takes his time speaking to Balthasar. “Bliss be upon you! Tell me, good my friend, / what torch is yond, that vainly lends his light/ to grubs and eyeless skulls? As I discern, / it burneth in the Capels’ monument.” (Romeo and Juliet 5.3 124-127) When the watchmen come in, Friar Lawrence only once tries to take Juliet away before fleeing. “I hear some noise. Lady, come from that nest/ Of death, contagion, and unnatural sleep. / A greater power than we can contradict hath thwarted our intents. Come, come away” (Romeo and Juliet 5.3 151-154). Friar Lawrence should have known that Juliet is planning on killing herself. In Act 4 Scene 1, she speaks to Friar Lawrence of killing herself if she can not be with Romeo “Be not so long to speak; I long to die/ If what thou speak’st speak not of remedy.” (Romeo and Juliet 4.1 67-68) Therefore, Friar Lawrence should have known and watched over her more carefully. In the tomb, Friar Lawrence abandons Juliet. That will be the final time Juliet and Friar Lawrence will speak to each
other. Friar Lawrence always tries to be helpful, wise and give good advice, but his thoughts and actions lead to a tragedy. Friar Lawrence is indirectly to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. He agrees to marry the two star crossed lovers whose love is doomed to fail anyhow, he structures a faulty plan for Juliet, and does not follow through with the plan at the tomb. In Act 4 Scene 3 Juliet question if Friar Lawrence was trying to kill her with the vial, “What if it be poison, which the friar/ Subtly hath minister’d to have me dead” (Romeo and Juliet 4.3 24-25) Could she be correct in thinking this?
In the story,Friar caused many reasons for the death of Romeo and Juliet. He starts by making her drink the potion and marrying them thinking he was going to help but it made matters worse he too did not help Juliet when she was dying he just left. Friar Lawrence is a good friend of the Montagues. He was an advisor and friend to Romeo, and when they asked him to marry them, at first he denied them,but soon after that he accepted their mariage because it was going to be a pure marriage, But the marriage made the situation worse because they were rival families and of course they won't accept the marriage between the two rival families.
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
Friar Lawrence is responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s stronger affections for each other because he married them and therefore binding their love. Friar Lawrence also came up with a risky solution to get Romeo and Juliet together for the rest of their lives without anyone knowing. However, it consisted of faking Juliet’s death and Romeo did not know she was not actually dead, but alive. Friar Lawrence’s messenger did not tell Romeo the plan in time because Romeo had already heard of Juliet’s death and had gone to her tomb to die with her. Friar Lawrence is responsible for the star-crossed lovers’ death because of his miscalculated
...ace, but it made people wonder who was responsible. Friar Lawrence is at fault for Romeo and Juliet’s death. He was the one who gave the sleeping potion to Juliet, which caused the domino effect which would lead to the death of Romeo. His faith in Friar John in delivering the message to Romeo was flawed, therefore leading to Romeo’s misinterpretation that Juliet is dead and kills himself with the poison next to Juliet. Finally, Friar Lawrence’s cowardice in the tomb with Juliet would lead to Juliet’s death next to her Romeo. As the Prince of Verona says, “Some shall be pardoned, and some punished. For never was a story of more woe, than this of Juliet and her Romeo.” (Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet 5.3 319-321.)
Although Friar Lawrence is a member of a religious order, he too is also to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. The Friar can be described as quick to think or secretive. For example, he agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet without even informing the parents about the marriage. Friar Lawrence says to Romeo before the marriage, “So smile the heavens upon this holy act, that after-hours with sorrow chide us not!” This shows that Friar Lawrence, the adult in the situation, knew of the consequences they would have to face if they were caught (2.4.1-2). He even has the secretive idea to hide the marriage from both families. He knows that the families were not fond of each other, but still thinks it is right for him to marry them without notifying the parents. If Friar Lawrence had decided to inform the parents that Romeo and Juliet were going to be married, he would not be in this mess. Near the end of the play, Friar Lawrence realizes the mistake he made by marrying Romeo and Juliet. He admits to his actions saying, “Miscarried by my fault, let my old life be sacrific’d some hour before this time, unto the rigor of severest law” (5.3.267-269). Friar Lawrence took the blame for his impulsive actions because he knows it was mainly his fault for marrying Romeo and Juliet, and he does not want to feel guilty anymore. Although Friar does not die, he is going to be jailed for his
Throughout the next few lines spoken, is where I believe the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is initiated, for if Romeo had not trusted and spoken of his love with an enemy; saying “I have been feasting with mine enemy “Juliet, Romeo also explains that Juliet feels the same for him. Then Friar Lawrence would not have felt the responsibility to try and reunite and mend the strife between the Montague’s and Capulet’s. In the final scene of this act Romeo, then asks the priest to bless their love and join them in marriage. Friar Lawrence, does question the true feelings of Romeo and doesn’t light -heartedly make a quick conclusion to marry them, asking Romeo” Holy Saint Francis what change is here?... ...
With all the conflict arising between Juliet’s family, Friar Lawrence creates a plan that unfortunately does not succeed. His plan for Juliet is to tell her father she will marry Paris, then go to bed with no one, not even the nurse. After, she will drink a potion to make her seem dead for forty two hours and then have a messenger tell Romeo about it. He will have her put in a vault to wait for Friar to bring her out so she and Romeo can elope. The plan was perfect until tragedy occurs, Benvolio sees Juliet dead and immediately tells Romeo about it.
Juliet is to drink a potion to make her appear dead, and later wake to be free of the shame of marrying Paris. Here, Friar Lawrence is assuring Juliet that he will send a letter to Romeo, explaining their plan. Romeo doesn’t receive that letter, and he does not know what is to happen. Free will comes with great consequences. Friar Lawrence and Juliet inflicted their own wounds by not telling Romeo of their plan. If they had taken the time to make sure that Romeo got the information, their plan might have succeeded, and Romeo and Juliet would be free to marry each other. A greater power than we can contradict hath thwarted our intents. (V, iii, 154-155)
It is often believed that fate plays a role in the end result of peoples’ lives, however, in this tale of star-crossed lovers, fate is not the case. Three characters are to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet in William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet. They are Friar Lawrence, Lord Capulet and Romeo. Friar Lawrence is the first character responsible for the deaths of the two young lovers because of his immoral actions. Romeo Montague constantly acts too hastily which never works in his favour or any of the other characters.
In greater detail, when Juliet desperately visits Friar Lawrence in his cell, he immediately advises, “Tomorrow night [...] take thou this vial [...] No warmth, no [breath] shall testify thou livest. [...] Thou [shalt] be born to that same ancient vault/Where all the kindred of the Capulets lie [...] Romeo by my letters shall know are drift [...] [giving Juliet the vial]” (4.1.93-124). Basically on impulse, Friar Lawrence directs Juliet to take a potion, which will allow her to mimic death and flee an arranged marriage. Continuing this, he explains that after Juliet’s parents place her in the family tomb, she will be able to escape with Romeo (her husband). However, Romeo never receives a letter notifying him of Friar Lawrence’s plan. With this in mind, Romeo finds Juliet and thinks she is dead; from heartache he kills himself. This tragedy was the outcome of Friar Lawrence’s plan, which he hastily puts together the moment Juliet explains her predicament. Furthermore, if Friar Lawrence took the time to consider possible flaws and their consequence in his plan, Romeo would have never thought Juliet was dead. Nonetheless, haste prevents Friar Lawrence from analyzing his plan, which causes Romeo to commit suicide. Considering this, Friar Lawrence conveys that haste is the paramount cause of tragedy when he urgently advises
In Romeo and Juliet, a tragedy by William Shakespeare, Friar Lawrence plays a dominate role in the eventual death of Romeo and Juliet even though he is not on stage for most of the play. There are basically three major parts that lead to the tragedy; the marriage, the plan, and the inevitable deaths in all which Friar Lawrence plays a vital role.Friar Lawrence plays an essential role in the marriage of young Romeo and Juliet. At Romeo’s request Friar Lawrence states, "In one respect I’ll thy assistant be; for this alliance may so happy prove, to turn your households to pure love" (Act 2 Scene 3.) Friar Lawrence believes that this holy marriage would bring the Capulet family and Montuague family closer together, for he anticipates that the families will stop hating each other and be peaceful. His attempts to make the marriage of Romeo and Juliet are admirable but poorly planned.
This is a catalyst in triggering tragic events, consisting of the deaths of many other characters, including themselves. Friar Lawrence plays a crucial role in the action, character development, and themes of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Lawrence plays an integral part in the action and plot of Romeo and Juliet by secretly marrying them, and giving Juliet the idea to fake her own death. Romeo and Juliet meet in the Friar’s cell for their marriage and the Friar says, “Come, come with me. For, by your leaves you shall not stay alone, Till the Holy Church incorporates two in one.
A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life…” The fate of both Romeo and Juliet is inevitable as expressed in the prologue. The long-lasting feud between the Montagues and Capulets is also to blame. Evidence can be found in Document A in a specific excerpt from the prologue, “Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona, where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny...” The love between Romeo and Juliet may have been successful, if there had not been mutiny between the two families. In my opinion the biggest person to blame is Friar Lawrence. Friar Lawrence is seen throughout the play trying to be helpful to everyone, though each of the attempts fail and conclusively end in tragedy. Evidence can be found in Document C, “But come, young waverer, come, go with me, In one respect I’ll thy assistant be; For this alliance may so happy prove, To turn your households’ rancour to pure love.” There is another quote made by Friar Lawrence in this document also, “ So smile the heavens upon this holy act… These violent delights have violent ends, and in their triumph die, like fire and powder, Which as they kiss consume…” Friar Lawrence marries the young couple believing that it will dispel the feud between the two
Following Romeo’s banishment, Juliet was so stricken with grief that she did nothing but cry for hours on end. Her father thought this to be a result of Tybalt’s (Juliet’s cousin) murder, the very reason Romeo was exiled. He arranged her a marriage to the county Paris in the hopes that it would cheer her up, but she was already married to Romeo. Outraged over this, she went to the Friar in the hopes that he would provide counsel. Instead of coming clean and telling the Capulets about Juliet’s marriage, he told her “Hold, daughter. I do spy a kind of hope, which craves as desperate an execution as that is desperate which we would prevent.” (Act 4, Scene 1). Friar Lawrence came up with a risky plan, in which Juliet would fake her death and be placed in her family’s tomb. After two days, Juliet would wake up and be escorted out of town by the Friar and Romeo. A plan so risky and unpredictable as this should never have been carried out, and the Friar knew that. Instead of taking the fall and admitting that he married Romeo and Juliet, he opted to save his own hide and risk Juliet’s life. The Friar put his well being before that of Juliet, and over complicated the scenario in an attempt to protect his reputation. An argument can be made that this risky plan was the sole cause of the double suicide, and there is logic to it. If the Friar had not gone through with this plan, and simply told the families of Romeo and Juliet about their love, maybe we wouldn’t be in this awful situation. The plan to fake Juliet’s death was way too risky and should never have happened, yet the Friar chose to go through with it just to spare his reputation. For this and more, he is responsible for the deaths of Romeo and
This could also be apart of the reason Friar Lawrence gave into Juliet’s plea for help because he is a priest who preaches the word of God and the one responsible for marrying them. When Friar Lawrence agreed to help Juliet he devised a plan allowing for Juliet to avoid marriage to Paris and be reunited with Romeo. However his plan was flawed because there wasn’t a way to notify Romeo when the letter detailing the plan of Juliet’s supposed death wasn’t delivered.”Who bare my letter, then, to Romeo?”-Friar Lawrence ” I could not send it,-here it is again,-...”- Friar John, the messenger. (Doc E- A5,S2). Without the knowledge Juliet wasn’t dead but under the effects of a sleeping potion Romeo committed suicide in the name of love, so he could forever be with his Juliet.(Doc E). Friar Lawrence was an active participant in both their marriage and planned reunion,yet he knew it would lead to their demise. He could've stopped it or refused to be involved in their love affair, but he didn’t and this is why he too is at fault for the death of Romeo and