Romeo and Juliet is a st ory of star-crossed lovers, whose love, hate, family, and ignorance result in their death. The narrator is someone on the outside looking in who gives an overview of the tale. The author uses an unbiased tone to allow the reader to create their own interpretations and conclusions. Their death is a result of many different events and decisions. Friar Laurence could take the most blame for their deaths. Plenty of events leading up to the deaths of the couple link to Friar Laurence. Friar Laurence married Romeo and Juliet in secret . Before marrying the pair Fria r Laurence expresses, " So smile the heavens upon this holy act/ that after-hours with sorrow chide us not" (4.6.1-2). The friar knew that marrying the couple could come with consequences yet he still went on with it. Marrying the two without p er mission from their parents led to further complications when Juliet's parents wanted to marry her to …show more content…
another man. Juliet's parents wanted to marry her off to Paris. When Juliet brings the issue up to Friar Laurence he suggests, " Take thou this vial, being then in bed,/ And this distillèd liquor drink thou off,/ When presently through all thy veins shall run/ A cold and drowsy humor, for no pulse" (4.1.96-100). Instilling her trust into Friar Laurence, Juliet goes along w the plan. If Juliet would have tried a different solution and wouldn't have drank the potion things could have went differently. The plan was not entirely a poorly thought out one.
If Friar John would have delivered the news of the plan to Romeo the pair would have went to drastic measures. Friar John said he could not deliver the letter because " Suspecting that we both were in a house/ Where the infectious pestilence did reign,/ Sealed up the doors and would not let us forth/ So that my speed to Mantua there was stayed" (5.2.9-12). Since the letter was never delivered Romeo was unaware of the plan and actually believed Juliet was dead. Overall, if Friar Laurence would have not gotten involved and help the pair of star-crossed lovers do things without moderation and detailed thought there would've been a shift in events. The hole in his plan allowed Romeo to be decepted by his eyes and he killed himself. In turn causing Juliet to kill herself over the loss of her love and the fear of having to marry Paris. The criss cross mix of events can leave one to point fingers in all directions. Friar Laurence seems to receive the most
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His actual plan was to send Juliet with Romeo to Mantua after she regains her consciousness from the effect of the potion. He sent a letter to Romeo telling him about his plan but Romeo did not receive his letter. While telling about the plan Friar says, "Take thou this vial, being then in bed,/ And this distilled liquor drink thou off;/ When presently through all thy veins shall run/ A cold and drowsy humour; for no pulse" (4.1.94-97). Because Friar gave Juliet the potion and was not able to tell the plan to Romeo, Romeo thought that Juliet was dead. Eventually, this misconception leads to both Romeo and Juliet's
Friar Laurence’s involvement in the marriage of Romeo and Juliet has caused a tragedy. Romeo and Juliet thought that they fell in love, but the Friar should have known that they were just kids and they were really rushing into things. In Romeo and Juliet, Friar Laurence says, “These violent delights have violent ends. Is loathsome in his own deliciousness, and in the taste confounds the appetite: Therefore love moderately: long love doth so, too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.” When he says this, he is giving Romeo a warnin. Also, Friar Lawrence should have known at the time, that Romeo was loving with his eyes and not with his heart. For example, Romeo was in a relationship with Rosaline, before marrying Julliet. Inonclusion , the Friar did not have the expierence to know that they were kids.
In William Shakespeare's tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, Friar Laurence plays a major role. He makes not just one, but three fatal mistakes; he marries Romeo and Juliet, gives the potion to Juliet, and gets caught up in their love. Romeo and Juliet knew they could trust Friar Laurence because he was a priest, and he always did what was right. Since Friar Laurence was so quick to make decisions he made these three fatal mistakes, which is why he is most to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
Unfortunately, their love comes to an end, along with their lives, because of a misunderstanding and a persistent feud between their families. Although there are many characters in this play that have contributed to Romeo and Juliet’s death, Friar Laurence is the person most to blame. Friar Laurence’s actions throughout the play resulted in the two star crossed lovers’ death. He assisted the two when they wanted to get married, which began the disastrous events in the play. Friar Laurence says to Romeo:
The Death of Romeo and Juliet and Who is to Blame Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, in which a young boy and girl fall in love and commit suicide. They come from 2 different families which have a deadly feud against one another. Romeo goes to a masked ball at the Capulet's household where he falls in love with Juliet. He then proposes to her after the party in secret at Juliet's balcony. Romeo then arranges a secret weeding with Friar Lawrence and Juliet tells the Nurse.
Romeo and Juliet is Shakespeare's first authentic tragedy. It is about two lovers who commit suicide when their feuding families prevent them from being together. The play has many characters, each with its own role in keeping the plot line. Some characters have very little to do with the plot; but some have the plot revolving around them. While the character of Friar Lawrence spends only a little time on stage, he is crucial to the development of the conclusion of the play. It is Friar Laurence’s good intentions, his willingness to take risks and his shortsightedness that lead to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, it is clear that Friar Laurence causes Romeo and Juliet’s deaths. First, the Friar was not as responsible as Romeo needed him to be especially when he agreed to marry him and Juliet without thinking it through. Secondly, he put Romeo and Juliet, among others, in danger with his uncertain plans. Lastly, he had other priorities when he married Romeo and Juliet which caused poor judgment to cloud his decision. While he did not plan to kill them, his actions landed them dead. In conclusion, if he had not acted so rash and irresponsibly, Romeo and Juliet would still be alive along with others who died in the destructive pathway that was Romeo and Juliet’s relationship.
His plans to unite them with one another fell apart. After sending Friar John to give Romeo the letter telling him about Juliet, Friar Lawrence does not realize that he never left Verona. Before Friar John left Verona to go and give Romeo the letter in Mantua, he stopped at a shelter for the sick people. The people inside the shelter supposedly had the plague, so Friar John was quarantined and was not allowed to leave the city of Verona. Friar John did not tell Friar Lawrence right away. Friar Lawrence ran into him in town and asked why he was not on his way to Mantua. Now Friar Lawrence had to hurry to Mantua to deliver the letter to Romeo before he found Juliet “dead”. In the play Romeo and Juliet, it states, “ Unhappy fortune! By my brotherhood, the letter was not nice but full of charge, of dear import, and the neglecting it may do much danger. Friar John, go hence. Get me an iron crow and bring it straight unto my cell.” ( V, II, 17-21). The poor communication between Friar Lawrence and Friar John has led to the letter being delivered late to Mantua and the death of Romeo, Juliet, and even
Romeo and Juliet is a tragic story about a pair of star-crossed lovers whose demises were unexpected to most. However, their deaths were a result of their impulsiveness. It caused their problematic marriage, Romeo’s preventable death, as well as Juliet’s preventable death.
Romeo and Juliet died for they're love, they did everything they could to stay together as lovers. They're deaths wasn't planned it was all in the hands of one person. In my perspective Friar Laurence was the main blame for the death of the couple. I believe this because if Friar Laurence could have went to the families and told them that the feud between them would have to end. Everyone trusted Friar Laurence, if he would've asked them to stop there's a good chance Romeo and Juliet would still be alive.
The tragedy of their deaths could not have happened if Romeo had received the message in time. This is due to Friar Lawrence not planning how he was going to fake Juliet's death. Due to his dauntless attempts to keep the two lovers together, he still failed. This was shown in Act 4 Scene 1 " I do spy a kind of hope, Which craves as desperate execution As that is desperate which we would prevent". One of his faults in the plan is shown in Act 5 Scene 3 when Friar John does not know the importance of the letter and does not give it to Romeo. "I could not send it. Nor get a messenger to bring thee, so fearful were they of infection". Another fault to his plan is in Act 3 Scene 3 when he tells Romeo that he will send a friend of his to inform him the news. Instead of telling him that a fellow friar of his was bringing the message. "I'll find your man, and he shall signify from time to time every good hap to your chances here".
Friar Laurence’s decision to leave Juliet alone was because he was afraid to get caught and face the consequences of all of the things he has done to the lovers. With his disappearance, Juliet is given an opportunity to end her life; therefore, the Friar can be blamed for the two lover’s death. In conclusion, Friar Laurence’s irresponsible actions to marry the couple, provide Juliet with a potion, and leave Juliet alone to commit suicide. Were all actions he did not correctly think of leading to the star-crossed lover’s death?
William Shakespeare’s plays are different from other plays because of the language he uses and his way with writing. His writing makes his plays different than other authors and special. The play Romeo and Juliet is one of the most popular plays of Shakespeare, where Romeo and Juliet die and there are a lot of people to blame for their death such as: their own families, Paris and Friar Laurence. However, Friar Laurence is the most person to blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet, because he is the one who helped them to get married secretly and he knew the couple before they met. He is the one who gave Juliet a very powerful potion to put her in a deep sleep, to fool the people around her by acting like she is dead. Friar Laurence was also very careless with the letter that he wrote to Romeo.This essay explains why Friar Laurence is to blame for their deaths.
In Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet, Friar Laurence has a major role. As a member of the Order of St. Francis, a group of wise and generous priests, Romeo and Juliet trusted Friar Laurence completely, turning to him for advice, and solutions. He was there throughout Romeo’s and Juliet's lives; he married them, came up with a plan to keep them together, and was a friend throughout their tragedies. However, Friar Laurence’s rash action in marrying Romeo and Juliet, his shortsighted plan for rescuing Juliet from an unwanted marriage to Paris, and his fear of committing sin all contributed to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
“People think that the most painful thing in life is losing the one you value. The truth is, the most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of valuing someone too much and forgetting that. You are special too.”-Anonymous. Both Romeo and Juliet were so lost in the love that they had with each other that they forgot about themselves and what they are living for. Friar Laurence made multiple mistakes throughout the drama that ultimately led to Romeo and Juliet committing suicide just to be with each other. However, if Friar Laurence had done things differently throughout the story, the outcome of the drama may have been different. Friar Laurence had the biggest impact on Romeo and Juliet’s death.