Friar Lawrence's Savior Complex

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Imagine that your friend is in a difficult situation, such as deciding whether or not to quit their job. Since you are a helpful and compassionate friend, you guide your friend through the situation and give them advice. You come to the realization that there are two possible outcomes: you make the situation significantly better or extremely worse. However, you use your savior complex and help your friend to the best of your ability. According to LaKeisha Fleming, savior complex is “your sense of purpose from helping or “saving” others” (Fleming). With Fleming’s definition, it suggests that individuals possessing a savior complex may seek validation through their accomplishments that are ultimately a result of their savior complex. This validation …show more content…

Since Romeo never received the letter that he was intended to receive, he was under the impression that Juliet was truly dead. Once arriving at the catacombs, it appeared to Romeo “that the lean abhorred monster keeps” (Shakespeare 5.3.104) Juliet “in [the] dark to be his paramour” (Shakespeare 5.3.105). Therefore, Romeo drank a vial of poison that he got from the apothecary and stated, “thy drugs are quick thus with a kiss I die,” (Shakespeare 5.3.120) showing that Romeo killed himself after seeing his lover lie dead. Romeo’s death, caused by his mistaken belief in Juliet’s death, shows the devastating consequences of Friar Lawrence’s savior complex. Friar Lawrence’s plan did not go as expected and was entirely miscommunicated. If the Friar’s plan had been less complex and not as risky, Romeo wouldn’t have ever committed suicide. Romeo committed suicide entirely out of grief of seeing Juliet dead. Although it was miscommunicated, the Friar’s savior complex is to blame because he suggested a plan that was very risky. Friar Lawrence arrived at the catacombs shortly after Romeo committed

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