Why The Friar Is Responsible For Romeo And Juliet's Death

Have you ever thought that maybe just one person was responsible for a person’s death, instead of multiple people or groups of people. For example, have you ever thought that instead of groups of people maybe one person is responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s death, instead of themselves and or their families too. I believe that one person, the friar, is at fault. Three reasons the friar is blamed, are: the friar for wedding them, the friar for giving Juliet the potion, and the friar for not making sure that Romeo got the letter that told him his plan for Juliet.

First, many people think that since the friar married Romeo and Juliet that he is at fault for their deaths. The friar knew that their relationship would come to a bad end. The friar says “These violent delights have violent ends…” (Act 2 Scene 3) the friar knows and is implying that their marriage/relationship is going to end badly. Even though he knows all of this, he still marries Romeo and Juliet. In the end, if the friar hadn’t married them, nothing would have ever happened.

Another reason the friar is at fault for both the death of Romeo and Juliet is for giving Juliet the anesthesia.

The friar says “Take thou this vial being in bed…” (Act 3 Scene 4) he is talking about taking the anesthesia. He tells Juliet that if she drinks the potion that she will resemble a dead lifeless person. “...The doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss A dateless bargain to engrossing death.” (Act 5 Scene 3) This is where Romeo finds his loving wife that he “loved” so much “dead” in her family’s monument and spoiler alert, kills himself right there and then with a potion of his own from the apothecary to kill himself to be with Juliet his star crossed

lover.
Lastly, the friar is also at fault, for not making sure that Romeo got the letter intended for him. Basically, the friar wrote out a letter to Romeo telling him his plan for Juliet. The text states, “Who bore my letter then, to Romeo?... I could not send it…” (Act 5 Scene 2) This is when the friar finds out that Romeo his “student” did not receive his letter that was intended for him, so that he could find out the friar’s plan, and live happily ever after with his dear love, Juliet. As a result of not receiving the letter Romeo will believe that Juliet is really dead. This ends up causing Romeo to think that she is dead, so he commits suicide so that he could be with his ever loving wife. The effect of this, is Juliet killing herself to be with her family’s enemy, Romeo a Montague. This all happened just because of Romeo not receiving a letter from the friar. This is all his fault.
After both reading and analyzing this play, Romeo and Juliet by: William Shakespeare many people do think that it is truly the friar’s fault for the death of the duo, Romeo and Juliet. I do as well. Overall I did not enjoy reading this, because I am not into love stories, drama, and romance, so this was not at all anything for me. If there is anything I would like anyone who reads or goes to see this play, is that mentors like the friar, or any mentor might lead you down the wrong path, some results not so extreme, and in other cases like this the results are extreme and lead to death. Just remember that things can go wrong, even when you do have a mentor, that you think is leading you down the right path. Things can change in a matter of seconds.