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The Contribution of Juliet's Relationship with Her Parents and Friar Lawrence's Single Mindedness to the Tragic End of the Play
Juliet was a young lady who lived with her parents. Also living with
her, in her home was a nurse and servants. Juliet's relationship was
very different with each individual that she lived with.
The relationship that Juliet had with her father was different to the
relationship that she had with her mothers. This could be seen clearly
throughout the play. Lady Capulet was Juliet's mother and they did not
have a very close relationship, this can be seen through a number of
events that occurred during the play. One particular event that shows
that they did not have a close relationship was when Lady Capulet
didn't know that it was Juliet's birthday, and how old she was.
'She's not fourteen.'
Lady Capulet being Juliet's mother should know when she gave birth to
her own child, but to forget or not know when your own Childs birthday
is shows that there is no real bond between them and even if they did
have a bond, what kind of mother would forget their own daughters
birthday? I think that Lady Capulet didn't really show any love and
care for Juliet. Where as the Nurse on the other hand knew when it was
her birthday.
'Faith, I can tell her age unto an hour.'
When Juliet was first born it was the nurse that breast-feed her, not
her mother. This shows that either she couldn't breast-feed or she
didn't want to, and if this was the case then it shows that she did
not care for Juliet, as she could not even provide her own child with
the milk and nutrition that she needed. Where as once again it was
once t...
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...ave to hind from and this wouldn't have resulted to
their death. Friar Lawrence needed to look carefully at his actions.
He should have considered that everyone would be effected by his
actions and that there were going to be consequences and things did
not go his way so the consequences did exist and he had to pay for the
death through guilt. I believe that if Friar Lawrence told the
parents, things would have ended in a different way, where Romeo and
Juliet could be together and the family feuding could have ended. I
think the families feuding would have ended if things were dealt with
much better consideration and if everyone considered each other's
views. The reason why I believe that the feuding could have ended
early was because it had so why not earlier. In the end it was at the
cost of Romeo and Juliet's death.
Friar Lawrence's actions at the end of the play are partly to blame for the death of Juliet. He walks into the tomb and finds Juliet
In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence is the antagonist as seen in his “mistakes” of marrying children from two feuding, noble households, giving the desperate Juliet the sleeping potion, and leaving Juliet at her tomb to kill herself. He schemes and has the characters believe it is out of his love for Romeo and Juliet; as in their eyes, he is a fatherly figure. He is an older man who should be out to help the citizenry of Verona, but being egotistical, he uses Romeo and Juliet for his personal desires to end the feud between the families. Being egocentric has the Friar make rash decisions in situations that he had not planned for. When the Capulets and the Montagues come together after the death of their children, Friar Lawrence says, “Her nurse is privy; and if aught in this/ Miscarried by my fault, let my old life/ Be sacrificed some hour before his time/
Friar Lawrence felt an internal conflict within him – the conflict of self against self. He knew in his mind that it was wrong to help a teen run away with her lover, who happened to be a murderer. But he also felt himself reach out to them, as he had known them as his own children for a very long time. He knew what a desperate situation Juliet and Romeo were in, and knew that he could prevent their lives from being ruined. But the problem was that the only way to solve everything, was to take a ‘wrong path’, that everyone opposed. In the end, he ends up helping his fellow children. But by this decision, he affected the whole plot of the play, and caused it to turn greatly. This plan would have turned out marvelously, but he made a few mistakes.
In Romeo and Juliet, a tragedy by William Shakespeare, Friar Lawrence plays a dominate role in the eventual death of Romeo and Juliet even though he is not on stage for most of the play. There are basically three major parts that lead to the tragedy; the marriage, the plan, and the inevitable deaths in all which Friar Lawrence plays a vital role.Friar Lawrence plays an essential role in the marriage of young Romeo and Juliet. At Romeo’s request Friar Lawrence states, "In one respect I’ll thy assistant be; for this alliance may so happy prove, to turn your households to pure love" (Act 2 Scene 3.) Friar Lawrence believes that this holy marriage would bring the Capulet family and Montuague family closer together, for he anticipates that the families will stop hating each other and be peaceful. His attempts to make the marriage of Romeo and Juliet are admirable but poorly planned.
His advice to Juliet to fake her own death is a result of her love for Romeo, and the fact that the Friar can’t stop her from marrying Paris, will lead her to the violent act of killing herself. Friar Lawrence’s character is a representation of the idea that love can lead to irrational decisions and violent actions. In conclusion, Friar Lawrence is obligatory to the action, character development, and themes of Romeo and Juliet. Without Friar Lawrence, the steps leading up to the tragedy at the end of the story would not have been possible, along with the strong characterization of Romeo.
... David Kortemeier depicts his earnest but ineffectual Friar Lawrence with dry humor and real fondness for Romeo. Shakespeare briskly paces the concluding scenes. He emphasizes the swiftness of events and multiplying misfortunes rather than lingering on moments as he had done with earlier sequences. This approach works welI in evoking the rapidity of the tragedy, but it deprives the play of some of its power. For example, Romeo's dying kiss with Juliet is followed immediately, almost comically, by the entrance of the Friar, well before the tragic nature of the double-suicide has had a chance to be fully absorbed. Nevertheless this production is effective drama, due especially to directorial prowess and a slew of rich supporting perfommances.
her and need Brett, but they find no hope or comfort in their relationship with her
Friar Lawrence is the town cleric in the play who is kind and trusted by everyone. He has a great concern about the rivalry between the two houses, Montague and Capulet and serves as the father of confession for the two houses. He is also a great supporter and guide for Romeo and Juliet, but in the end, his choices lead to both of their deaths.
In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, two households of the name Montague and Capulet fight a constant feud that eventually ends in tragedy. Friar Lawrence, a local churchman, provided heavy influence into the events regarding their love. Although he had well intentions, the friar was flawed in his efforts to unite Romeo and Juliet. Throughout the play, Friar Lawrence proves himself to be irresponsible.
“Have lost a brace of kinsmen: all are punish’d” (V iii 312). The Prince states this at the end of the play after the death of Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare's tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, tells the story about a long feud between the Montague and Capulet families. This feud causes tragic results for the main characters in the play, Romeo and Juliet. The events contrast hatred and revenge with love and a secret marriage, forcing the young star-crossed lovers to grow up quickly and die tragically in despair. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the person who holds the most responsibility for the deaths of the lovers is Friar Lawrence because of marrying Romeo and Juliet, abandoning a suicidal Juliet at the tomb, and helping Juliet fake her death.
In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet I believe the Friar Lawrence is at fault, there were many warning signs that he wasn't doing the right thing and he did what was in his best interest. Sometimes you don’t mean to mess things up, but you end up anyway. That's what ended up happening to the friar in my opinion. He found himself caught in a terrible situation that turned for the worse after some of his controversial decisions. Those decisions range from when he first agreed to marry the two young lovers to when he failed to inform the families after things started to get grotesque. Then his last and final tragic mistake was when he came up with an irrational plan to keep Romeo and Juliet together and keep Juliet from marrying Paris.
Upon Romeo and Juliet’s first meeting, the Nurse fails to guide Juliet towards a good moral decision, instead she heeds Juliet’s requests, “And there she shall at Friar Lawrence’s cell Be shrived and married… This afternoon, sir? well, she shall be there” (2.4.86-91). The Nurse’s fixation with Juliet’s happiness hinders her role as an effective role model. Losing her common sense through this fixation directs her towards giving Juliet poor advice. Thus, the Nurse’s initial choice to bring Romeo and Juliet together results in several subsequent conflicts. Based on the support from the Nurse, Romeo and Juliet meet in secret to be wed so that they can be together and embrace their love for one another, “but come what sorrow can, It cannot counterveil the exchange of joy that one short minute gives me in her sight” (2.6.3-5) Due to a lack of moral grounding, Romeo and Juliet become too distracted by their love and therefore become very vulnerable. By giving Romeo and Juliet her approval, the Nurse greatly influences their decision to immediately be wed. The Nurse does not act morally and in this case does guide Romeo and Juliet towards the correct decision. Furthermore, lacking the guidance Romeo is need of from an adult, he meets Tybalt, Mercutio and Benvolio, which results in a major conflict: “Romeo, away, be gone!
Romeo and Juliet is a well known play written by William Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet is a love story about two teenagers who fall in love despite the fact they are from feuding families. The play ends with two tragic deaths of the main characters and the end to an interesting story. You could say a lot of the characters were responsible for their death, but I think Friar Lawrence had the biggest role in the cause of their deaths. Friar Lawrence is the cause of their death because he married Romeo and Juliet, failed to get Romeo the letter, and made the sleeping potion for Juliet.
Both Romeo's relationship with Friar Lawrence and Juliet's relationship with the Nurse, in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, provide the parental support and guidance they seek as they navigate the dangers of their affair.
The play Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, contains various twisting plots and remarkable themes. One of the main messages is that fate is meant to be and no opposing actions may reverse it. Throughout the play, Friar Laurence unknowingly proceeds with Romeo and Juliet’s desires, ultimately bringing them to their tragic death. Deciding to marry them and giving the potion to Juliet are the two most important ways that Friar Laurence contributed to the theme.