Friar Lawrence To Blame In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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Romeo and Juliet, a play by William Shakespeare. A tragedy for sure, a story about two star crossed lovers who were doomed from the start. Romeo and Juliet fall in love and after many, many complications and miscommunications, they inevitably kill themselves in the end. However, who is to blame for these miscommunications that lead to the tragic end of these kids? Many people have many different opinions on the matter and that's because everyone does have fault in this. But who has the most fault? Friar Lawrence is the most to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. According to the play, Friar Lawrence married Romeo and Juliet without their parents knowing. He had positive intentions to do so, but that never made it right. He did it in …show more content…

A plan that went awfully awry. He planned to send a letter to Romeo, who was in Mantua at the time. However, Friar John, who was delivering the letter, ran into a setback and Romeo never received word of this plan. This resulted in the only people knowing of the plan being Friar Lawrence and Juliet. (Acts 4-5) This shows that Friar Lawrence was thinking and acting far too quickly. He was creating these plans and acting on them before they were fully thought out. There was also an immense lack of communication between all parties involved. The only reason Romeo came back to Verona was because Benvolio, who wasn't aware that Juliet was faking, delivered the news to Romeo that his wife was dead. Romeo believed it too, because he wasn't aware of the Friar's plan. Some might say that it wasn’t Friar Lawrence’s fault because he had positive intentions. While this is true, it does not mean he has no fault in this. He did many risky things that put these kids' futures in danger and he was shocked when a strong wind blew them over the line of life and death. It's his fault for acting on risky plans before they were completely thought out, when the whole thing would have been safer to just stay out of it. He only wanted to help, but sometimes it's better to know when to step out of something. He had a lot of faults, which I'm sure caused him a lot of guilt. Let this be a lesson in knowing when

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