Friar Lawrence Responsible For The Deaths Of Romeo And Juliet

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Often in a haste people move at a pace without considering the place they're in and causing waves of problems and soon you could find yourself in a daze not knowing how to face the case you're in. In William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet it shows us how when people move without thinking and processing the situation there they could cause more problems to arise and it could end up badly for the person and also having stress upon your shoulders. Although many may blame Capulet for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet (counter-reason), what is more important is that Friar Lawrence and Romeo are to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because they were unable to think through the process which caused more reckless action towards them because they never stopped to think about the …show more content…

For instance, when Romeo came up to Friar Lawrence because he wanted to get married to Juliet and had forgotten about Rosaline Friar said, “If e'er thou wast thyself and these woes thine,/ Thou and these woes were all for Rosaline./ And art thou changed?” (Shakespeare 2.3, 77-79). In other words, we could tell that Romeo is not taking the love that he has for the person and even Friar is asserting this, but Romeo keeps on insisting on getting married to Juliet and Friar gives into the pressure without thinking. Also, when Romeo gets mad because Tybalt killed Mercutio, Romeo says this to Tybalt, “Either thou or I, or both, must go with him.” (Shakespeare 3.1, 91). We could infer from this quote that Romeo made things worse by killing Tybalt, which made him a worse enemy against the Capulets and made the situation more difficult. This reason clearly shows that Romeo is playing around with love and letting his emotions just take over him and him not controlling his emotions can actually lead to a wrong

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