Who really killed Romeo and Juliet? Romeo and Juliet’s death wasn’t normal. Romeo died of the apothecary’s poison, and Juliet killed herself with Romeo’s dagger. This happened because Friar John could not get Friar Lawrence’s letter to Mantua in time. With the help of one person, all of these incidents could have been avoided. The person who killed Romeo and Juliet was Friar Lawrence. We see Friar Lawrence for the first time when Romeo goes to the friar to ask if he will marry him and Juliet. Friar Lawrence could have rejected Romeo’s request, or he could have asked Lord Montague and Lord Capulet if they were okay with the marriage, but Friar Lawrence chose not to do any of this and married them in secret. As seen in Act 2, Scene 3, Friar Lawrence said, “In one respect I’ll thy assistant be; for this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households’ rancor to pure love.” He didn’t marry Romeo and Juliet because they asked; he accepted Romeo’s request to marry Juliet in …show more content…
Friar Lawrence did not express the importance of the letter and instead chose to act like it was a letter to a friend. Friar Lawrence also chose to have Juliet fake her death instead of telling her parents she was already married. In Act 4, Scene 1, Juliet comes running to the friar, begging for help, and he pulls out a sleep potion that’ll put her in a temporary state of death for 40 hours. He could have done anything rational, but he decided to do something completely unnecessary to avoid complications. People try to pin the blame on others, like Friar John and the apothecary, because they also played parts in Romeo and Juliet’s deaths. Sure, Friar John got them killed because he couldn’t get the letter to Mantua, but it wouldn’t have been an issue if Friar Lawrence had used his mouth to tell Friar John the importance of the
Friar Lawrence is responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s stronger affections for each other because he married them and therefore binding their love. Friar Lawrence also came up with a risky solution to get Romeo and Juliet together for the rest of their lives without anyone knowing. However, it consisted of faking Juliet’s death and Romeo did not know she was not actually dead, but alive. Friar Lawrence’s messenger did not tell Romeo the plan in time because Romeo had already heard of Juliet’s death and had gone to her tomb to die with her. Friar Lawrence is responsible for the star-crossed lovers’ death because of his miscalculated
Primarily, the lazy and neglectful Friar Lawrence is to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s death. First of all, Romeo discovers Juliet supposedly dead, unaware that she is actually not dead. Romeo is obviously not informed about the plan, Friar Lawrence’s thoughtlessness is clearly shown when Romeo says “Come, bitter conduct, come, unsavoury guide! / Thou desperate pilot, now at once run on / The dashing rocks thy sea-sick weary bark! / Here’s to my love! [Drinks]. O true apothecary” (Shakespeare V, iii, 116-119). If Friar personally went to tell Romeo about Juliet’s plans, instead of promptly assuming that Romeo would get the letter, then Romeo would have not killed himself. The Friar should have taken the time and energy to make a face to face verbal exchange with Romeo, therefore it would have been merely impossible to
Friar Lawrence is directly at fault for Romeo and Juliet’s death. Friar Lawrence is at fault for the Romeo and Juliet’s death because he proposed the dangerous plan of giving the “poison” to Juliet when she threatened to commit suicide. In Act 4 Scene 1 Friar Lawrence says, “Thou has the strength to “slay” thy self… take thou this vial, being then in bed… a cold and drowsy humor; for no pulse shall keep his native progress.” (Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet 4.1, 73, 95, 98-99.)
Who is the most to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet? In William Shakespeare's play, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence gives Juliet a fake poison and when she takes it, she goes into a deep sleep that makes her appear dead. Juliet is then buried in her family's tomb and when Romeo goes to the tomb, he drinks actual poison and kills himself because he cannot bear to be without Juliet. After he dies, Juliet wakes up and sees that Romeo is dead so she stabs herself to death. Friar Lawrence is the one who caused all of this. Friar Lawrence makes three mistakes in this play. His first is when he marries Romeo and Juliet because they came from two feuding families. His second mistake is when he gives Juliet the fake poison to make her look dead. Finally, the friar gives the letter about "the fake death plan" to Friar John when he should have delivered it himself. Despite any other "at fault" characters in Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence is the most responsible for the tragic events that occur in the play because of his miscommunication, dishonesty and poor decision making.
The Extent to Which Friar Lawrence is Responsible for the Deaths of Romeo and Juliet Friar Lawrence is partially responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, however, I believe he is not totally responsible. There are also other characters that have reason to be held responsible for the deaths of the ‘star-crossed’ lovers. Friar Lawrence was the man who married the two. This marriage caused a many of the problems which led up to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. For example if they had not been married Juliet would not have been so.
...it has been debated endlessly on who is the real culprit of Romeo and Juliet's death. The most logical suspect as to why they really are dead is Friar Lawrence. Whether it is his unthoughtful actions or his bad timing, he is the one to blame. Before the untimely event of their deaths, Friar Lawrence was respected by almost everyone in Verona. However, his bad decisions including: marrying Romeo and Juliet without their parents' consent, giving Juliet a risky potion and plan, and not following through with his promises, led to his downfall. Friar Lawrence is the person closest linked to the event of Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet's death.
Friar Lawrence showed that he was impatient when he rushed everything and didn’t wait to see if Romeo received the letter, instead he gave her the potion. When she drank the potion and Romeo came to see her, he assumed she was dead and drank a poison and fell dead at her side, after awakening Juliet sees Romeo dead beside her and takes his dagger and says “O happy dagger, this is thy sheath; there rust, and let me die.” And plunges the dagger into her stomach and too falls dead with her beloved Romeo. If Friar Lawrence hadn’t been so sympathetic with marrying the two and hadn’t been impatient when it came to the letter, Romeo wouldn’t have drunken the poison and Juliet would have never stabbed herself. In conclusion, the tragic death of young Romeo and Juliet can be blamed on their family and friends.
To conclude, Friar Lawrence is to blame for Romeo's and Juliet's deaths. He was the one who married them in the first place. This caused Juliet to go into hysteria and vow to kill she would kill herself before being married to Paris. He did not go to Mantua so that caused communication issues with Romeo which ended up killing Romeo. Friar Lawrence fled the scene when he saw Romeo dead. He was also the only one who took the blame for everything. Friar Lawrence was very irresponsible, illogical and he is the main reason why the play Romeo and Juliet ended so
It is often believed that fate plays a role in the end result of peoples’ lives, however, in this tale of star-crossed lovers, fate is not the case. Three characters are to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet in William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet. They are Friar Lawrence, Lord Capulet and Romeo. Friar Lawrence is the first character responsible for the deaths of the two young lovers because of his immoral actions. Romeo Montague constantly acts too hastily which never works in his favour or any of the other characters. Lord Capulet brings about the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because he doesn’t stay true to his promises. Friar Lawrence, Lord Capulet, and Romeo Montague all have character faults that majorly contribute to the catastrophe in the play.
Friar Lawrence is responsible for the deaths of the lovers, because he was secretive, did not communicate well, and he was a coward. He had the potential to stop everything and prevent the deaths. If he only had thought things through Romeo and Juliet would’ve survived. The deaths of Romeo and Juliet solely rest on the Friar’s shoulder. The Friar set up everything that happened and created a huge mess that could have been prevented. Sure other character contributed to the deaths but Friar Lawrence is the biggest contributor.
The fact that the letter had been handed back to Friar Lawrence makes it feel even more so tragic since the letter is very far from where it should be so that it can prevent a disaster. The audience might also blame Friar Lawrence for the tragedy because he did not take further action to get the message sent to Romeo when it returned to him. Another fact that blames Friar Lawrence is that he was also the schemer of the plan to fake Juliet’s death;
He sends this important letter to Romeo through Friar John and fails to tell him the content of the letter. The letter never reaches Romeo as Friar John is quarantined with other people that are suspected to have traces of the plague. Friar Lawrence was outraged and he is quoted, “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” (V. ii. 17-20). From his statement, Friar Lawrence had clearly failed to tell Friar John of the importance of the letter. Since he had failed to think of other ways to get the important message to Romeo, Friar Lawrence is to be blamed for not warning Romeo in time. His plan of relying the delivery of the letter to just one person had caused Romeo to believe that Juliet’s death was real. In the play, when Romeo’s friend sees the news about Juliet’s apparent death at the tomb, Friar Lawrence sees him and should have known that Romeo was going to be misinformed. Instead, he does not wait for Romeo to arrive and then to reinform him about his plan of reuniting them. Therefore, Friar Lawrence still had a second chance to correct the situation but does not do so, letting the two lovers’ confused ending in their tragic
But, once reading the book thoroughly and consulting several sources, it is obvious who is solely to blame- Friar Lawrence. Because of the actions of Friar Lawrence, the play ended with two grieving families instead of two happy newlyweds. Although many characters contributed to their deaths, only Friar Lawrence was solely responsible for them. Friar Lawrence’s cowardice, secrecy, and miscommunication led directly to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. The first factor that played a key part in the deaths of Romeo and Juliet is the fact that Friar Lawrence was a coward.
The tragedies present in the world-renowned drama of Romeo and Juliet, which ultimately lead to the main characters deaths, have numerous complicated aspects which lead to many contradicting opinions on who is responsible for the devastating events that occur. Of the many aspects of the story one could blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, one of the most prominent and clear is the ancient feud itself, and those who are enthralled by it. From the prologue of the play itself explaining to the audience that an ancient feud prohibits any relations, let alone one of pure love to occur, to characters such as Lady Capulet being so blinded by the unwarranted hatred of the petty feud which leads to irrational decisions; there are many examples present throughout the play which come to
Beauty and the Beast is a musical I saw on October 2, 2015 in Charlotte at the Belk Theater. This production was put on by Blumenthal Preforming Arts. Those who attended were expected to wear formal attire. Men, mostly, wore kakis or slacks, with a button down shirt, and some wore sports coats. Women, except for a select few wore dresses, heels, and a coat.