Friar Lawrence To Blame For The Death Of Romeo And Juliet

The sad story Romeo and Juliet, where both Romeo and Juliet die is at the hands of Friar Lawrence. He is to blame for a variety of reasons,such as the fact that he marries them, makes the plan to fake juliets death, and leaves Juliet all by herself in a tomb of dead bodies , distraught and still mentally recovers from all the prior events. Friar lawrence lays the foundation for such a tragedy.

Firstly, the fact that the Friar marries them both, is the first of many mistakes. “Thy love did read by rote, that could not spell. 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' rancor to pure love.”(11.111.88-92). Simply put, he believes the marriage of Romeo and Juliet will help fix the family feud between the Montagues and Capulets, without even really thinking about the consequences of the marriage, which leads to the next point. Romeo and Juliet are far too young. They are just innocent teenagers and do not know each other for a long enough to truly know what love is. Friar lawrence sees

this but doubts his feeling and pushes it away..”These violent delights have violent ends”(11.v1.9). Teenagers should not be married.
Secondly, he is the mastermind behind the whole plan of faking the death of Juliet.

“Thou hast the strength of will to slay thyself, then is it likely thou wilt undertake a thing like death to chide away this shame, that copest with death himself to ’scape from it. An if thou darest, I’ll give thee remedy.”(1v.1.76) Here he plans the fake death of juliet, and asks her if she is willing to kill herself for the time being. The next point is that friar lawrence gives juliet a potion, and she drinks is soaly off the trust that she has for him, without even truly knowing what it will do for sure.”Thou shalt continue two and forty hours,And then awake as from a pleasant sleep. Now, when the bridegroom in the morning comes To rouse thee from thy bed, there art thou dead.”(1v.1.108) The fact that Friar lawrence creates the plan, an gives her potion, is another reason why he is held

responsible.
Finally, Friar Lawrence should not put young and fragile by herself in a tomb of dead family members, while she is not mentally ready and capable, because is still dealing with everything going on around her. For example, losing both her cousin Tybalt and Romeo, and being forced into marriage.If the Friar takes one moment to think about the outcome, he could know that this might not be the best idea, especially if he just hopes she wakes up perfect timing with Romeo by her side. All these events and all this pressure have a very negative psychological effect on the mind of a young teen, and can very easily cause them to make irrational decisions. Secondly , she is left there basically to die, as she is very clearly under pressure and not thinking straight, with the ways and means to kill herself. \
With Juliet not thinking straight and complete isolation with the bodies of her relatives is a recipe for disaster.
With Friar Lawrence laying the foundation of a tragedy for Romeo and Juliet to simply build upwards from, such as marrying them, create the plan without thinking about consequences and isolating juliet in a horrible state of mind, there is the perfect way to start the beginning of an end.