Friar Lawrence To Blame For Romeo And Juliet Research Paper

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Friar Laurence is to blame for the tragic death of Romeo and Juliet. “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare is a play about two loves destined for each other but unable to be together due to family feuds. Their priest decides to marry the two lovers without either family knowing, all while knowing himself that it would only cause more problems than it could fix. Friar Laurence is at fault for the death of Romeo, and Juliet because he knew about the possible consequences but ignored them, was a reckless advisor to Romeo, and didn’t complete his already shaky plan. Friar Laurence knew about the possible consequences of marrying Romeo and Juliet and even said it, but didn’t do anything about that information. Friar says to Romeo,” These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumph die, like fire and …show more content…

The problem with this is if Romeo hears that Juliet is dead and not from the Friar that she is, then both Juliet and Romeo could die. Romeo first hears from his madman Balthasar who says, “... Her body sleeps in Capel’s monument, And her immortal part with angels lives.”(5.1.18-19) This means that Juliet is dead and all that remains is her body on Earth and her soul has risen to a higher power. This isn’t a part of the plan that Friar and Juliet made, where Friar promised to tell Romeo in time for their plan. Romeo, being young and impulsive, decides that his best plan of action is to kill himself next to Juliet and to do this he buys poison from a broken apothecary. Friar learns about his plan not working out when Friar John says,” Suspecting that we both were in a house Where the infectious pestilence did reign,”(5.2.9-10) Friar then tries to beat Romeo to Juliet's tomb and stops him till Juliet wakes later that day but when he gets there, Romeo is dead next to a bloody Paris and a newly dead

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