Friar Lawrence: Catalyst of Tragedy in Verona

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the city of Verona there was violence, mayhem and murderous these past days. Which lead Romeo the son of Montague and Juliet the daughter of Capulet breathe one's last beside one another. One man, one brutal man, one coward man and holy man caused for all the blame in this tragedy, that man is Friar Lawrence by tracing back to his first words.
The incident involving Romeo and Juliet is a huge tragedy, caused by this tragedy is Friar Lawrence by letting two teenagers getting married which the friar knew that they were rushing in to things which he said " These violent delights have violent ends"(2.6.9) which means that the joy your having, might have sudden endings and it what's foreshowing for the Friar to see …show more content…

Then friar comes up with the worse idea ever, "Take thou this vial, being then in bed. And this distilling liquor drink thou off."(4.1.94-95). Which means drink this potion and you will fake your death and not wake up for forty- two hours with a pale skin tone and no pulse and heart beating. The friar thinks that to make Romeo and Juliet mess end she pretend to die on her bed the day of the wedding which is a risky move to do as the audience can see the Friar hopeless and come up with a outrageous idea to save two "star-crossed lovers" be happy which is a 13 year old i know that because old Capulet says " My child is yet a stranger to in the world , she hath not seen the change of fourteen years"(1.2.8-9) which Capulet's trying to say that she is to younger and not even fourteen yet which means she is 13 and Romeo is 16 when William Shakespeare cut three years off of her. As the reader is reading this play he/she see how much things the Friar did so far in this play but there is more of what the Friar

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