...The death of Romeo and Juliet is surprisingly caused by the one of the least suspected characters in Shakespeare’s most renowned play. Friar Lawrence’s interference in the two rivaling families introduced much of the fighting, rage and death in these characters. Friar Lawrence causes untimely demise of Romeo and Juliet because he marries the two star-crossed lovers, helps Juliet escape the marriage to Paris, and also confesses his wrongdoings. Assisting Juliet in escaping the marriage with Paris, Friar Lawrence contributes majorly to giving Juliet the remedy that makes her fall asleep for 42 hours. When Romeo is banished from Verona and the Capulet parents force Juliet to marry Count Paris, Juliet tries to avoid marriage...
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...Although many characters in William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, shared the blame of the newlywed's death, Friar Lawrence was ultimately at fault due to his countless naive and rash attempts at holding their doomed marriage together. The Friar had been the one to marry Romeo and Juliet in secret, provide Juliet with the sleeping elixir, and lastly, in act of cowardice, had left Juliet to her own self imposed death when guards could be heard on their way to the Capulet’s tomb. To start, the Friar had been the one to unwisely marry the couple in secret. Although offering little hesitance at young Romeo’s proposition, Lawrence had quickly agreed, thinking that the marriage between the two feuding houses would somehow force them into setting their differences aside for the sake of the young couple. What Friar Lawrence hadn’t realized was that in order to see this happen, the marriage would have had been made public, otherwise the two families would have no idea that their long held grudges would need to have been let go. As consequence to these actions, Tybalt had slain Mercutio, which in turn led to Romeo being responsible for the revengeful...
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...In Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet, two "star crossed lovers" (Romeo and Juliet) kill themselves because of many actions of the people around them. Friar Lawrence is most at fault for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Throughout the play, Friar Lawrence's plans all seem to fail: he married Romeo and Juliet even though the families hate each other, he didn't tell Romeo about the plan to rescue Juliet, but he went through with it anyways and, finally, he did nothing to prevent Juliet's death. As the audience can see, his plans were flawed. Friar Lawrence's first big mistake happened early in the play. The Friar married Romeo and Juliet, even though the families hated each other. He said that he wanted the families to get along: "I'll thy assistant be; For this alliance may so happy prove, To turn your households' rancour to pure love." (Act 2, scene 3). If...
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...of somebody you love. In Shakespeare's “Romeo and Juliet”, the two lovers ended their own lives because they refused to live forever without one another. However, Prince Escalus wants to know who the real cause of their death was. While both Friar Lawrence and Capulet are somewhat responsible, the Capulet-Montegue feud deserves the most blame. Friar Lawrence devised a desperate plan to get Romeo and Juliet back together, but it fails horribly. Romeo never gets the letter and is informed by Balthasar that Juliet is dead. He kills himself soon before Friar Lawrence Arrives, Juliet waking up soon after and stabbing herself with a dagger. Juliet proves to the Friar that she loves Romeo so...
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...Friar Lawrence’s plan for Juliet to escape from Verona and Paris to live with Romeo by faking her death. He gave her a potion that will make her appear dead for three days, long enough for her to avoid her wedding to Paris and be placed in her family tomb. It is there where she will awake to find Romeo waiting for her so they can live happily together in Mantua. I think Juliet trusts Friar Lawrence because of the fact that he agreed to marry Romeo and Juliet in secret. Because of this, Friar would be executed if he wed Juliet to Paris as he already marrying Juliet twice while Romeo is still alive. Juliet trusts him because if he doesn’t help her out of this situation he will be executed and his soul will be damned for doing such a thing. Juliet...
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...Friar Lawrence is not a gambling man, one would assume, but he decides to play a high risk/high reward game by marrying two new lovers together. While speaking to Romeo Friar Lawrence says, "For this alliance may so happy prove/To turn your households' rancor to pure love" (2.3.90-91). The friar is marrying the couple for one reason, the chance of stopping the Capulet-Montague feud, and while it being a noble reason, in doing so he puts two young adults at risk. Any sane person would not risk the only heirs of powerful families, lest they get targeted by the families themselves. But the friar, even as a wise holy man, is not in the right mind when he marries Romeo and Juliet. If the friar had refused to marry the couple he would have saved...
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...Friar Lawrence is to blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet. It is clear that Romeo killed himself because he believed Juliet was dead because of the potion Friar Lawrence gave her.“Take thou this vial”(4.1.103).This passage suggests that Friar Lawrence is to blame because he gave Juliet the potion that made her seem to be dead which then led to Romeo committing suicide because he was depressed without Romeo, Juliet felt no reason to live which is then why she killed herself. Also, the letter did not make it to Romeo in time, he killed himself believing the false news that Juliet has passed.“The letter was not nice, but full of charge of dear import” (5.2.19-20).This evidence shows that Friar Lawrence is to be blamed because even though he...
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...Poor decision making and bad advice can have devastating consequences. Usually, adults do not possess these qualities and provide helpful consultation to children. In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, however, many adults go along and create plans which attempt to unite the young couple. Specifically, Friar Lawrence's advice to the young lovers leads to their passing. Therefore, Friar Laurence is most culpable for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because of his irresponsible decision making. Friar Laurence incorrectly guides Romeo and Juliet by agreeing to marry them. The Friar takes little time to think the situation over and instead hastily makes plans for Romeo to marry Juliet. By allowing them to be together, he gives the couple...
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...Romeo & Juliet (My naked weapon is out: quarrel, I will back thee” (Shakespeare Act I Scene i 32). In “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare it is how Romeo and Juliet fell in love and how they died for each other. In Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet”, Benvolio and Friar Lawrence should be pardoned and Lord Capulet should be punished. Benvolio should be pardoned because he is peaceful. He is peaceful when the families get in a fight in the town and he tries to stop the fight. Benvolio says this to Mercutio and Tybalt in the town where they fought. “We talk here in the public haunt of men./Either withdraw unto some private place,/Or reasons coldly of your grievances,/Or else depart. Here all eyes gaze on us” (Shakespeare Act III Scene i 46-49)....
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...In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, a tale of great loss and tragedy is told. I believe that Friar Lawrence is to blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet because he helped them get married and encouraged their relationship, his plan had many flaws, and he gave up on trying to save Juliet. After Romeo and Juliet met at the balcony, they made plans to be married. Romeo goes to Friar Lawrence to get his help for their marriage. Friar Lawrence agreed to marry them: “In one respect I’ll thy assistant be, for this alliance may be so happy prove to turn your households’ rancor into pure love” (2.397-99). The friar believed that this forbidden marriage might mark the end of the bitter feud between the two families. The friar proved himself to be loyal and peaceful throughout the play, but he was oblivious to the chaos he created by marrying the...
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...Though they themselves are ultimately the cause of their own deaths, Friar Laurence should be charged with the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Laurence didn’t directly kill Romeo and Juliet, quite obviously, but many of his actions led to their demise. However, many people belie that The Nurse, not Friar Laurence is responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s deaths. A plethora of people are under the misconception that the nurse is responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet; this is incorrect, the true culprit is Friar Laurence himself. One of the main reasons many people believe so is by The Nurse going to find out who Romeo is for Juliet: “His name is Romeo, and a Montague, the only son of your great enemy.” Though this seems like a harmless...
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...the ultimate downfall of Romeo and Juliet, the character that was responsible for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet was Friar Laurence. One reason that Friar Lawrence is responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet is because he agreed to marry the two in opposition of his judgment and wisdom. He states, “For this alliance may so happy prove/ To turn your households’ rancor to pure love” (II.vi.10-11) Friar Lawrence married Romeo and Juliet so that their families would stop fighting, which did not work, as a result contributing to their deaths. When he married both of them it was a selfish act because he did not think how it would affect Romeo, Juliet, and their families. Friar Lawrence's judgment to marry Romeo and Juliet contributed to their deaths. Another reason that Friar Lawrence is responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet because he did not do enough to warn them of the risks. He says, “These violent delights have violent ends/And in their triumph die, live fire and power” (II.vi.10-11). Friar did not emphasize his point enough, he could have said this many times to Romeo and Juliet. He contradicted his words with his actions because he said this and then he agreed to marry both of them to each other. Friar Lawrence did not do enough to warn Romeo...
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...though some characters are to blame for their unfortunate suicide. In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, the character to blame for the star-crossed lovers death is Friar Lawrence because he knew Romeo and Juliet’s marriage was not a good idea, he was not honest, and because he never helped Romeo and Juliet with anything. The first reason Friar Lawrence is responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s suicide is because he knew that he should not have married...
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...The characters to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s death are themselves, along with Friar Lawrence. Romeo and Juliet are both to blame because of their impatient attitude and quick decision making, along with their adolescence. I believe that several characters are to blame for other than Romeo and Juliet, but if I had to choose, it would be Friar Lawrence. His encouragement towards Romeo and Juliet being together was a huge impact on how the story turned out. In my opinion, Friar Lawrence is most to blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet. From the beginning of the play, Friar was the one to agree to marry the two of them. Friar should’ve been the practical one, knowing that it was a bad idea to have Romeo and Juliet together, but instead he...
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...fall.” Friar Lawrence knew that Romeo and Juliet’s relationship was bad all along. So if he didn’t stop it shouldn’t he be guilty too? Well, Romeo and Juliet is a tragic story of that ends with the couple suiciding themselves, although, everybody wonders who are guilty for Romeo and Juliet’s death. I think Friar Lawrence is responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s death because he married them when he knew it was wrong, he could have told the families what was happening, but instead he kept it all secret, his plans were not thoughtful and he ruined everything. One of the non wise choices that the Friar Lawrence did was to marry Romeo and Juliet. ”Go wisely and slowly. Those who rush stumble and fall.”This quote shows us that Friar Lawrence knew that Romeo and Juliet’s relationship was bad all along. Friar knew that Romeo was desperate for love and wanted to rapidly wanted to marry Juliet. ”I love rich Capulet’s daughter. I love her, and she loves me. We’re bound to each other in every possible way, except we need you to marry us. I’ll tell you more later about when and where we met, how we fell in love, and how...
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