Friar Lawrence's Death In Romeo And Juliet

In the play Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare, both the main characters, Romeo and Juliet, died at the end, but what caused their death? There is many characters and factors that had a hand in it. First, Friar Lawrence's support for them and his carelessness had a direct impact on their death. Second, Lord Capulet, as being Juliet's father, affected her internally by insisting on her to marry Paris and obliging her to hate the Montagues. Lastly, the impracticality and senselessness of the Nurse and the Prince of Verona, Prince Escalus, had a great influence on the stories resolution. Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet shows how teenagers mistake love for lust. 
Friar Lawrence's character being supportive, thoughtless and careless

was the first and most and direct cause of Romeo and Juliet's death.

He was careless while setting the plan and applying it, as well. Friar Lawrence's plan went wrong, not only his message did not reach Romeo, but also knew about her death. Furthermore, no one was going to be there when Juliet wakes up, as he thought, but Romeo was there before him with fake news. When the plan wenwrong that is a proof for his carelessness while planning and fulfilling it. Also, when he discovered that it went wrong, his reaction was not fast enough. The plan not working was a result of his unplanned steps, not ensuring Romeo got the true news before the fake one and that he was there when Juliet wakes up. While it may be true that his incautious moves resulted in Romeo and Juliet dying from the thought that their partner is dead, but it also resulted in the Prince Escalus and the families feeling guilty, stopping the arguments and reuniting in keeping this memory shinning. Likewise, Friar Lawrence's support to Romeo and Juliet gave them more courage to move further and doing it secretly, which made everything worse and laid more responsibility on him. Friar Lawrence, " Well, come with me, young man. I shall do this for one reason: perhaps this marriage will turn your families

hatred for each other into love." (Shakespeare Act 2, Scene 3, Page 36). Friar Lawrence helped them without their parents' knowledge, which made them think they are doing the right thing. Without his help, they would not have necessarily been able to do it. He helped them to turn their families hatred into love, which is good but not really wise. He did not ask for the families' permission or thought of the affect of this action on them and their lives as a mature person between to youngsters. His continuous support for them ended their lives and laid the hugest sector of the responsibility on him for he set the plan and carried on with this marriage on his own guarantee.  

In the second place, Lord Capulet's flighty actions and continuous pressure on Juliet also had a great impact on her secret marriage and plan decision.

His pressure on Juliet to marry Paris without knowing or understanding her reasons behind the refusal caused her to think of fleeing as an option. When Juliet proclaimed her refusal to marry Count Paris, her father, Lord Capulet, did not show acceptance to her decision, but instead he got angry and reacted by forcing her whether she liked or not. He pushed her without negotiating with her or asking for clarification for refusing Paris, he just wanted her to do what he wanted, which left her with no choice except reacting herself. He was not glad, even angry, that she argued about the marriage and did not give her the chance to explain or refuse, she had to pretend the approval, but she can not marry Paris, so she had to fake her death to evade from this marriage. He did not show welcoming to any decision or suggestion, he only wanted to do what he thought is right without delay, so she thought another way to stop it, which ended her life and Romeo's, too. Secondly, Lord Capulet's obligation on everybody to feud the Montagues affected Juliet's decisions and the story's plot line. The Capulet's servant, "Come and have a glass of wine with us – as long as you are not a Montague. Good day, sir." (Shakespeare Act 1, Scene 2, Page 17). The servant's emphasize that they are welcome unless they are a Montague is surely not unasked,

it is a command given by Lord Capulet to ensure no Montagues entered the house, so technically, he would not welcome Juliet's love to Romeo, which urged her to keep it as a secret. The servant and every individual related to the family is expected to hate the Montagues for the old arguments between the families, so Juliet could not dare to tell her father about their love or marriage, she had to take another way to reach her destination. It affected her decisions for the future, like choosing to escape with Romeo to be loyal to their marriage, fulfill her duty to God and keep their love. Lord Capulet's pressure on Juliet and stubbornness caused to take other paths to do what she has in mind, which ended terribly by their Romeo and Juliet's death. 
Lastly, the Prince and Nurse's unwise and irresponsible actions played a role in the death of Romeo and his Juliet. To start Prince Escalus's decision of exiting Romeo was so instant and unwise to take in a couple of seconds. "And for what he did, I exile him from Verona at once." (Shakespeare Act 3, Scene 2,  Page 48). Exiling Romeo made him far from Juliet and harder to deliver news to, so he did not receive the true news. Also, exiling Romeo caused Juliet's sadness, which blinded her, so she was not able to see right from wrong. The Prince took the decision instantly, which tells that he did not think much and considered the dangers and consequences, he only thought of taking revenge for Mercutio. So, his unwise decision was a factor that fueled the ending of the story by Romeo and Juliet dying. Eventually, it resulted in Juliet being sad, so her father wanted to make her happy, and he believed it is by marriage, which concluded by her applying the plan and dying after Romeo, who died after her, as he  thought. To conclude, the irresponsibility and irrational actions of the Nurse also played a role in this sad ending. The Nurse started advising Juliet to go in the opposite side of her plans and previous actions carelessly, so Juliet pretended to approve, but then revealed her true motives and feelings after the Nurse exited. The Nurse did not think deeply before helping Juliet, and that was immature, but quitting on helping her had much worse impact on Juliet, for she trusted the Nurse with her secrets. Next, Juliet started working on her own without taking advice, which lead to much worse drop in the story's ending because Juliet's decisions were made with no one advising her or being on her side. By  no one on her side, Juliet started thinking of unreasonable solutions, ended up picking the wrong decision and brought on Romeo's death, and eventually her death. So, the irresponsibility of those two characters gave rise to this severe ending. 
Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet reveals that youngsters love by their eyes not hearts. Briefly, Friar Lawrence's support and carelessness, Lord Capulet's insistence on Juliet to marry Paris and loathe the Montagues and , lastly, the capricious decisions taken by the Nurse and Prince Escalus precipitated the downfall of Romeo and his Juliet. To conclude, overall the moral of Romeo and Juliet is to present that the excessive emotions painful and that it is better to be calm and rational and to expose its consequences.