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

“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