...William Shakespeare’s drama The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Throughout the play, Romeo and Juliet are met with countless opposition, from feuding families to failed plans, and it seems they are doomed by fate. What began as an innocent romance between two young lovers slowly turns towards a bitter ending and both of their deaths’. Although Fate and Friar Lawrence are partially to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, because the families cause the initial conflict, they deserve the most blame for the deaths of the star crossed lovers, Romeo...
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...tension to the story. Romeo and Juliet is a Shakespearean play that displays these qualities. In the play, there were many different types of loyalty that progressed over time and were constantly being tested. When the loyalties were being tested by risks and threats, some characters resisted them while others did not. The Friar remained loyal to Romeo while the nurse betrayed Juliet when the nurse was tested with threats. However, one of the strongest bonds in the play was the relationship of Romeo and Juliet. The Friar was very devoted to Romeo, as he was allegiant to Romeo even after Romeo’s death. The Friar took the role as Romeo’s father, although...
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...Lawrence Friar Laurence is presented as a holy man who is trusted and respected by the other characters. The Friar's role as the friend and advisor to Romeo and Juliet highlights the conflict between parents and their children within the play. The centrality of the Friar's role suggests a notable failure of parental love. Romeo and Juliet can't tell their parents of their love because of the quarrel between the two families. In their isolation, Romeo and Juliet turn to the Friar who can offer neutral advice. At first, the Friar can't believe how quickly Romeo has abandoned Rosaline and fallen in love with Juliet, so he reminds Romeo of the suddenness of his decisions. The Friar uses the formal language of rhyme and proverbs to stress the need for caution to Romeo. However, he agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet in the hope that their marriage will heal the rift between the Montagues and the Capulets. His decision to marry the lovers is well-meaning but indicates that he has been naive in his assessment of the feud and hasn't reflected on the implications of Romeo and Juliet's clandestine marriage. The conflict between youth and old age also manifests itself in the Friar's relationship with Romeo and Juliet. When Friar Laurence tries to soothe Romeo's grief at the news of his banishment with rational argument, Romeo quickly responds that if the Friar were young and in love, he wouldn't accept such advice any better. The Friar's knowledge of plants — especially their dual qualities...
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...The Adult Responsible for the Death of Two Teenagers Romeo and Juliet’s death is not fated, not written in the stars, and not decided by some all powerful being. It is caused by the actions of Friar Lawrence. He is the sole adult that both children put their complete trust in. As the adult he made poor decisions, and gave bad advice. Shakespeare uses the behavior of the misleading Friar Laurence as a device to orchestrate the demise of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo trusts the Friar from the very beginning of the play. After his first night with Juliet after the party, Romeo immediately tells Friar Lawrence, about it. “ Then plainly know my heart’s dear love is set on the fair daughter of rich Capulet” (2.3.63).Instead of the Friar, being the only...
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...Who is the most to blame for all of the deaths in the play Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare? To narrow it down to just one person, you would have to look at the big picture. Who brought Romeo and Juliet together and united them? Friar Lawrence is the culprit. Friar Lawrence is most responsible for their deaths, because he married the two star crossed lovers. He kept their union a secret, and tried to cover up his mistake by giving Juliet a sleeping potion . Friar Lawrence was “mixing oil and water” when he married Romeo and Juliet. The two teen lovers came from families that had been feuding with each other for generations and generations. Friar Lawrence knew that these families had grudges towards each other, therefore he was aware that he was potentially creating problems by marrying the two star crossed lovers. The Friar's original plan was to bring the two feuding families together. Yet he did not let the families in on the union. By not telling either family, he just kept Romeo and Juliet's love a secret. The Friar should have told the two young lovers to get consent from their parents or refuse to marry them at all....
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...So many times people die, but at the fault of who? In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, both Rome and Juliet die, from the cause of Friar Lawrence. Friar caused these two deaths because of his lack of planning. Friar failed to give an important message to Romeo, did not stop Romeo from taking the potion, and he should not have told Juliet to do any of his plan in the first place. If Romeo had received the message from Friar Lawrence, Friar’s plan would have worked quite well. However since Friar did not send the letter in the best way. Romeo received news that Juliet was actually dead, when in reality she was temporarily dead. Friar’s plan ended with, “Romeo by my letters know our drift,/And hither shall he come, and he and /I Will...
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...Who is Responsible for the Death of Romeo and Juliet? “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet”, written by William Shakespeare, is a story written in 1597 about young star crossed lovers. The two young lovers come from feuding families, fall in love, and marry in secret against their families wishes. The play ends in tragedy when the two lovers take their own lives but one must ask, who is really responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet? There are so many possibilities as for who could have caused Romeo and Juliet's death, but ultimately Romeo and his impatience is to blame. The main reason that Romeo is responsible for his and his lover’s tragic death is merely because of his rashness and impatience. The cycle begins when Romeo, heartbroken...
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...lives” (V.i.13-14, 18-19). In the play Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare in the 14th century, Balthasar, a servant, tells his master Romeo, that Romeo’s wife, Juliet is dead. This is because Friar Lawrence, who lives and works as a priest in Verona, has made a grave mistake. Friar Lawrence’s mistakes eventually lead to the death of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet are children of two feuding families, therefore making them star-crossed lovers who take their own lives. Friar Lawrence is an anxious person and he is overly concerned about...
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...Romeo, a teenage boy who does not think ahead and acts on impulse according to his emotions, like passion and hatred, is blamed for the tragic deaths of Juliet and himself. First of all, when Romeo meets Juliet at Capulet’s party, instantly falling in love with her, but when he learns of her family name, he decides to blame his family for this ill-fated love, stating, “Is she a Capulet?/O dear account! My life is my foe’s debt”(I,v,117-118). Instead of acknowledging the consequences their love has and ending his “relationship” with Juliet, he immediately chooses to blame his family and does not think logically of the situation. This also shows how hasty he is to fall in love and think only with passion, considering the fact that he was mourning over his one-sided love with Rosaline only a few hours before the two misfortuned lovers met....
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...------------------------------------------------- Romeo and Juliet Mini Essay 3.4 The idea of love for young men, especially Romeo is more attraction than relationship. Both Romeo and Juliet are fairly young, so the qualification for their love is either 'fake' or 'real'. Both Romeo and Juliet saw each other as deep, true lovers but realistically the love both of the character developed was infatuation. Romeo sees Juliet as the beautiful woman in the world or the most beautiful girl he saw far. Simultaneously Juliet sees Romeo as the most handsome guy she has ever seen. Both of the lovers based their love on appearance of the other. Romeo's love is only the desire of lust. According to the character list Romeo is described as someone who likes the idea of love. Being in love is appealing to him. Towards the beginning of the play Romeo decides to be in love with Rosaline. After being supposedly rejected by Rosaline, sulking Romeo goes to the Capulet banquet to see Rosaline but instead he "falls" in love Juliet. Friar Laurence correctly describes Romeo's case of love regarding the fact of his fairly fast movement from heart break to new love. "Holy saint Francis, what a change is there! Is Rosaline whom thou didst love so dear, so soon forsaken? Young men's love then lies, not truly in their hearts but in their eyes." (I. ii 61-4). Romeo's respond to friar's comment by justifying his cause, "I pray thee chide me not, her I love now, doth grace for...
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...and slowly. Those who rush stumble and 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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...Romeo and Juliet was William Shakespeare’s last play, and quite possibly one of his most popular. There are many hidden themes and metaphors, one of which is fate. This play is about 2 teenages from feuding families that fall into a forbidden love, and the plot of this play describes the issues they run into and the hoops they jump through in order to be together. In this story, Shakespeare uses the age and timeline of the story to show the theme of fate through misdelivery of Friar Lawrence’s letter, the resolution between the Montagues and the Capulets, and the love between Romeo and Juliet that lead to suicide. One event that was prudent to the future of Romeo and Juliet was the delivery of Friar Lawrence’s letter, which was quite unforgiving when it came...
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...young people in the play. Do these two people do the “right thing” by Romeo and Juliet? The nurse and Friar are sophisticated characters that act as parental figures within the prolix and truculent play. The timeless classic Romeo and Juliet (RJ) by William Shakespeare revolves around the notion of determinism, death, love and deception. Despite Romeo and Juliet having warring parents who pay little regard to them, the Nurse and Friar act as parental figures towards them who guide through vexed situations in their best interest, however, this only prolongs their declivity, with the Friar acting as a motif of death and the Nurse acting as a beacon of hope. By understanding the way Shakespeare has shaped the characters of the Friar Lawrence and the Nurse, the audience can understand the way they are presented in the play and the role they play in foreshadowing Romeo and Juliet’s’ cataclysmic fate. In the midst of this thespian play, the Nurse is depicted as a more favorable parental figure rather than Juliet's Parents. This decision is reasonable considering the social taboos of the historical context during the Elizabethan era, which depicts parents of high status as being stern and adamant, making it fairly uncomfortable for the young to discuss personal affairs. Juliet is preferable of the Nurse over her own mother because the Nurse has been looking after her from a very young age, stating that Juliet is like her own daughter, and even remembers that ,"Come Lammas Eve at...
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...In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet Friar Laurence is a very important character when it comes to the people who influence Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet make decisions based on advice received from Friar. He helps them with their plans to be together and ultimately leads them to their death. Friar was only trying to help them and was only looking out for their best interests. Friar Laurence proved great feats of loyalty to Romeo and Juliet, and even after he failed, he still was deemed an honorable man. Through Friar, Romeo and Juliet got married and had a chance to live together peacefully and keep it a secret from their parents. At first, Romeo comes to Friar with the idea that he is going to marry Juliet in secret. Friar warns Romeo...
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...The Tragic Love Story Romeo and Juliet brings affection but when taken to extreme, it can lead to an incident. Romeo and Juliet’s love story may be the most famous of them all. Who is to blame? Who would kill such a strong love story? Romeo and Juliet is about a story which takes place in Verona and is about a huge feud between the Montague family and the Capulet family. The feud causes a terrible result that leads to the lovers death. The events contrast hatred and secret marriage. While several characters share the blame for the deaths of the star-crossed lovers, the guiltiest of them all is Friar Lawrence. Friar’s decisions in this strong love story end in tragedy. “For this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households rancour to...
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