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Dramatic elements in Romeo and Juliet
Characteristics of the play ROMEO and JULIET
Factors that contribute to Romeo an Juliet as a tradagy both character and circumstances
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In my point of view, love guides you into making wrong decisions. In the play, Friar Lawrence plays a huge role in both the alliance of Romeo and Juliet and their deaths. He makes many mistakes, because his actions were never thought through. This is why, I think that Friar Lawrence is the main person responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s death. He has several bad timings, secrets, and ambition.
One of the many reasons that Friar Lawrence is to blame is because Friar Lawrence had too many miscalculations.When he gives the letter to Friar John, containing information on the “death” of Juliet, the letter does not make it in time. Romeo’s servant Balthasar announces that Juliet is dead. Romeo is surprise after hearing the news, and says ”Well, Juliet, I will lie with thee tonight.” (V,I,34). Meaning that he will kill himself, so that he could be with Juliet. Friar Lawrence tries to do good by giving Juliet the potion, but it went wrong. His decision leads Juliet to making a bad choice. After taking the potion, she fears that she might never see Romeo again. Friar Lawrence thought that it would
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benefit Romeo. I think that he should send the letter to Romeo first before giving the potion to Juliet. Thus, Romeo would not have the poison to kill himself. Friar Lawrence is really great at keeping secrets. Secondly, Friar Lawrence keeps everything a secret.
I think that this could be the second reason to why he is to blame. He is hiding the fact that he marries them, and does not want to get in trouble. He does not tell the families for his own good and the both of theirs. If he told them, the families might work something out, and they would avoid death. This one action might change the course of their deaths. When Juliet drinks the potion, and everybody thinks she is dead. Friar Lawrence did not tell anybody about what really happens. This makes it hard for everybody, because it could resolve the problem between the two families. Capulets and Montagues could deal with their relationship in another way, and find a better conclusion. He could not find a better solution for this problem. Friar Lawrence is trying too hard to get Romeo and Juliet
together. Thirdly, Friar Lawrence’s ambition for getting Romeo and Juliet together lead to their deaths. He gives Juliet the potion to help Romeo with their love. Friar Lawrence was not thinking about the consequences of offering Juliet the potion. (). In the beginning, he was hesitant to marry them because of when happened between Romeo and Rosaline. He thought that it would cause more chaos between the neighbouring houses. Once he sees that Romeo actually found his true love, he was no longer hesitant to marry them. At his cell, he says “Come, come with me, and we will make short work. For, by your leaves, you shall not stay alone. Till holy church incorporate two in one.”(II,VI,35-37), and this confirms the marriage. In conclusion, Romeo and Juliet’s death is caused by the mistakes that Friar Lawrence makes. I think that Friar Lawrence should have found out more ways to resolve the problem rather than making it worst. I know that he has good intentions of getting those two together, but it just ends brutally. I do not think that any of this would have happened if Friar Lawrence was not a part of the situation. He has made multiple mistakes, but I guess everybody does.
Although some believe that Friar Lawrence is to blame for the death because he came up with the plan for Juliet to drink a liquid so she can be with Romeo, Juliet’s cousin, Tybalt, is all to blame and is the reason the drama has happened. Friar Lawrence told Juliet, when in the chamber, “Take thou this vial, being then in bed, and this distilling liquor drink thou off,” (IV.i.93-94). Friar Lawrence wants Juliet to take this while in bed so that it looks like she collapsed and died. Although he wanted her take this, there was no other option, other than suicide. People of Verona thought she was dead, as did Romeo. Romeo wanted to be with Juliet, so he slain himself. Although all of this is true, Tybalt is still to blame for many reasons. Tybalt got Romeo banished from Verona from fighting. Tybalt started the fight. The Prince made an announcement,”And for that offense immediately we do exile him hence,” (III.i.185-186). Since the Prince banished Romeo, he can’t see Juliet anymore. Juliet came up with the plan with Friar Lawrence because of Tybalt causing this.
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.
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's good intentions of marrying Romeo and Juliet to create peace with the two families is also to blame for the tragedy. The secret marriage does not help the feud at all it just results in the Friar having to make some risky decisions about the fate of Romeo and Juliet. His plan for Juliet to take the poison and the letters to be sent to Romeo ends up being fatal. If the Friar had not given Juliet the potion then Romeo would never had come back to Verona to kill himself.
Friar Lawrence should be blamed for the Tradegy of Romeo and Juliet because he acted to quickly. The Friar arranges for Romeo and Juliet to be married in secret, without thinking of the consequences of his actions. For instance, Friar hurriedly says ““…come, come with me, and we will make short work.””(2:4:101) Not only does Friar Lawrence marry Romeo and Juliet but he rushes their marriage. Although earlier he wisely states “wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.” (2:3:101) Friar tells Romeo that slower is wiser, yet he rushes their wedding. Furthermore, the Friar is hiding Romeo after he has ki...
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is one of the most well known love tragedies of all time. Within four days they meet, fall in love, get married, and kill themselves. One bad thing after another, and Friar Lawrence is to blame. He married Juliet even when he knew about the feud, he even married them when he knew that Romeo was head over heels for a completely different girl just a few hours prior. Friar Lawrence is also the reason for their death...he gave Juliet the potion, as well as failed to get the letter to Romeo in time. Friar Lawrence was selfish, he’s to blame for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.
WHO IS THE BLAME? Good afternoon, my fellow audience. I am here today to persuade you on who I believe to be the character most responsible for the death of the two main characters in the play, Romeo and Juliet, a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is almost an ironic play because of its open and easily known ending, but yet its ending raises the controversial question, WHO IS TO BLAME FOR THE DEATH OF ROMEO AND JULIET? I believe every character in the book contributed to their deaths, even Romeo and Juliet themselves, but Friar Lawrence bears a monumental deal of the blame because he was the principle and most reliable adult that could have steered the ‘inexperienced’ couple, but his incompetency led Romeo and Juliet to a violent death.
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)
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.
His advice to Juliet to fake her own death is a result of her love for Romeo, and the fact that the Friar can’t stop her from marrying Paris, will lead her to the violent act of killing herself. Friar Lawrence’s character is a representation of the idea that love can lead to irrational decisions and violent actions. In conclusion, Friar Lawrence is obligatory to the action, character development, and themes of Romeo and Juliet. Without Friar Lawrence, the steps leading up to the tragedy at the end of the story would not have been possible, along with the strong characterization of Romeo.
Whenever something bad goes down, we always want to blame someone else but ourselves. In the case of Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence is the real person to blame. People think that he's the one who was trying to put things back together for the families, but really he wasn't. Giant problems that the Friar ended up causing happen include about three different deaths, lying people and his own selfishness. The Friar may look like the innocent one here, but he isn't. People may think that he is innocent because he was trying to make the two children happy towards the end, but really he was trying to save his own skin. If there is anyone to blame here, it's the Friar.
He then failed to inform Romeo of his plan, resulting in him committing suicide at the expense of his sadness. Finally, he abandoned Juliet alone in a room with three of her dead relatives. His intentions may have been pure, but he wasn’t able to devise a strong, quality plan to unite the Capulets and the Montagues. However, in the end, they did bury the hatchet over the mournful deaths of their dear family members. This shows that in human nature, some good can come from disastrous situations. That outcome wouldn’t have transpired without Friar Lawrence, but he is also by far the most guilty for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. His punishment should have been banishment from Verona and revokement of his authoritative position. Friar Lawrence is the most accountable for Romeo and Juliet’s death because he choose to make rash and thoughtless
Even though his initial decision was completely against the marriage, he decided the benefits would outweigh the disadvantages. He told Romeo, “If e’er thou wast thyself, and these woes thine.” (II.III.78) Friar Lawrence also gave Juliet the idea to fake her death, instead of telling her parents about her secret marriage. Friar Lawrence only made matters worse by giving Juliet the poison so she could temporary appear dead. Although Friar Lawrence wasn’t the one who directly killed Romeo and Juliet, his poor choices inevitably doomed the young couple to their
...uliet because he was a coward, secretive, and had a lack of communication with the other characters. Friar Lawrence had the potential to prevent the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, and instead, because of his choices, he caused them. Yes, the other characters may have contributed to Romeo and Juliet’s death, but Friar Lawrence caused it. The blame rests solely on his soldiers.
This is because he manipulated the whole city of Verona into believing that Juliet was dead. He created his biggest scheme to drug Juliet and provide her with happiness. When Juliet took the drug, the Friar was there and acted surprised in front of the Capulets faces, stating “Confusion’s cure lives not in these confusions. Heaven and yourself had part in this fair maid. Now heaven hath all” (4.5, 65-67). The quote means that heaven has taken Juliet from the Capulets or Juliet has died. Even though he knew that Juliet was alive, he explicitly lied to everyone in Verona and went against his moral code of being a Friar. Also, he manipulated Romeo into believing that he should leave and that everything would be okay. The moment that Romeo killed Tybalt and got banished, Friar Lawrence manipulated him into believing that everything would be alright. He created a scheme for Romeo, stating “Beg pardon of the Prince, and call thee back with twenty hundred thousand times more joy” (3.3, 152). Friar Lawrence made Romeo think that Friar Lawrence would help him, but they never did beg the Prince for pardon. This relates to the theme of a tragic hero because belief is a huge part of the story. Specifically, Capulet’s belief that Paris is good and Romeo and Juliet’s belief that true love exists. Since Friar Lawrence has shown that he is a master of manipulation, he is able to change other character’s beliefs and creates chaos through his