Harrison Davis Davis 1 English 1 Ms. Truitt 18 May 2023 Romeo and Juliet: The Tragedy Lewis B. Smedes once said, “The problem with revenge is that it never evens the score. It ties both the injured and the injured to an escalator of pain.” When a family feuds, it causes innocent bystanders to be hurt in the crossfire. In William Shakespeare’ play Romeo and Juliet, Friar Laurence tries to aid Romeo and Juliet in their endeavors so they can live a good life as a married couple, and Lord Capulet abuses his power to manipulate what he wants for Juliet. In Romeo and Juliet, there are two kids from feuding families who hate each other. Romeo and Juliet start to love each …show more content…
But other events lead them to their demise. Lord Capulet and Friar Laurence are the most responsible for what happened in the play Romeo and Juliet. Frain Laurence makes many hazardous plans that lead to dangerous mistakes. First, Friar Laurence decides to marry Romeo to Juliet. In Act II, Scene 4 Friar Laurence says to Romeo “Wisley, and slow, they stumble that run fast” (102-103). When Friar Laurence said this quote he knew that there was a chance that this could be an awful idea, but since he could not see past the fact that this marriage might end the feud, he decides to marry two teenagers that just met the evening before. Second, Friar Laurence gives Juliet a death-like potion. Since the wedding was moved to Wednesday, Juliet runs to Friar Laurence’s cell in desperation, hoping he could save her from marrying Paris. “And in this borrowed likeness of shrunken death. Thou shalt continue for two-and-forty hours” (4.1.114-115). When Friar Laurence decides to give Juliet the sleeping potion he should have perceived the amount of things that could go wrong. His
Friar Laurence is most responsible for the deaths of Romeo & Juliet because he married them when he knew that their love was dangerous and created a horrible plan for them. Friar Laurence is the most responsible to blame
James wisely Ms. Antle English 1 March 11 2023 Romeo and juliet deaths Romeo and friar Lawrence are to blame for the deaths of Romeo and juliet. Is this story they both make bad decisions that lead to the death for the both of them. Romeo wanted to marry juliet. Also friar Lawrenc wanted to get juliet poison to make it look like juliet died. In romeo and juliet by william shakespeare friar laurence and romeo are foils in the play because romeo is really impressive and easy played and fryer lawrence should have not have given them stuiped ideas to romeo and juliet and they both have a lot of bad ideas.
Friar Laurence was responsible for the deaths of both Romeo and Juliet because of his quick decisions and not thinking things through. Due to Friar Laurence's quick decisions and inability to think things through, the lives of Romeo and Juliet were taken. If Friar would've planned things better and made better decisions they could've stayed alive. In the story Friar Laurence states, "And if thou darest, I'll give thee remedy. "(Act
In William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Friar Laurence is the most to blame for the death of the young couple because of his poor decision making and uncommunicative planning. Friar Laurence is the most to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s death because of his poor decision making. First, Friar Laurence agreed to marry Romeo and Juliet without their parent’s permission. Friar Laurence said “but come, young waverer, come go with me. In one respect I'll thy assistant be;” (Shakespeare,1031).
There are numerous characters in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare that can hold partial responsibility for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. However, Friar Laurence exhibits the most responsible for their deaths through his actions because he marries Romeo and Juliet, helps fake Juliet’s death and fails to tell Romeo his and Juliet’s plan. Love causes people to do irrational things without contemplating their decisions beforehand. A day after meeting one another, Romeo and Juliet decide to get married and Romeo asks Friar Laurence to marry them. At first Friar Laurence is hesitant and disapproves to marry them, but after some persuasion he believes their marriage would help an alliance form between the Montagues and the Capulets “For
Firstly, Friar Laurence was to be blame for marrying Romeo and Juliet and convinced them that something will happen in the future. In the beginning of act two scene six, Friar Laurence convinced the desperate couple to “come, come with me, and we will make short work” (Shakespeare 2.6.36-37). Friar Laurence wants Juliet to escape from the Capulets. Friar Laurence wants to give potion to Juliet, so that she can pretend that she is dead and it will stop her from breathing, it makes him blame because Friar Laurence made juliet fall asleep. In act two scene three, Friar Laurence was “in one respect I’ll thy
Romeo and Juliet's ageless story has fascinated audiences for decades by delving into themes of love, tragedy, and the fallout from rash decisions. In this tragic tragedy, the individuals who determine the fates of the star-crossed lovers are also responsible for their untimely deaths. Friar Laurence stands out among these characters as a pivotal figure whose misguided acts and poorly thought out ideas directly contribute to the eventual disaster. It is clear that Friar Laurence played a crucial role in the deaths of Romeo and Juliet by looking at his character and evaluating his key scenes in the play. Friar Laurence killed Romeo and Juliet because of his poorly thought-out schemes and misdirected acts.
Characters with tragic flaws are characters that decide their fate based on a decision they made during their life. Shakespeare loved to use characters with tragic flaws in his drama, Romeo, and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet is about 2 lovers of different families that hate each other fall in love and their love leads to their death. Romeo and Juliet has so many characters with tragic flaws, but the ones that stick out the most are Romeo, a impulsive lover and his love tragedy, Tybalt, a hostile swordsman, and his hate for another family causes his death, and Mercutio, a cheerful friend of Romeo and his overprotective flaw. Romeo’s tragic flaw is his love life, which leads his carless death.
Mistakes Made in the Name of Love Many were responsible for the downfall of the two star crossed lovers. William Shakespeare's renowned tragedy Romeo and Juliet, makes its way as a great classic of the romance genre. It tells the tale of the two forbidden lovers, Romeo and Juliet, which because of impossible the circumstances and poor decisions, they take their own lives. Capulet and Friar Lawrence came to be the two most at fault, because of Capulet’s choice to have Juliet marry another man, and the Friar’s dreadfully bad decisions in marrying the two secretly and giving Juliet the fake-death potion.
We all make bad decisions everyday. For example, watching TV when you have a bunch of homework to do, or playing video games all day instead of going outside to play. Now even though these are bad decisions, they don’t really seem to affect us long term. In the play, Romeo and Juliet, so many bad decisions are made that it leads to the death of two young teenagers that are in love, even though their families are bitter enemies. Throughout the play, their decisions keep getting worse and worse.
As they arrange a marriage behind everyone’s back, everything seems to be testing them; including a fight that broke out and ended in Tybalt’s murder and Romeo being banished from his hometown, Verona. Juliet could not go without being with her love, Romeo, and quickly had to find a way to be with him before her other marriage that her father arranged for her took place. As the friar arranges a plan for the two star-crossed lovers to reunite, things don’t work out the way they’re supposed to and end in the deaths of both characters. In Shakespeare’s, “Romeo and Juliet” Friar Laurence is to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s deaths because he is devious and has a poor planning ability.
Romeo and Juliet, widely known as star crossed lovers, took their own lives and evidently restored peace between the once feuding families of the Montagues and Capulets. Throughout the play written by William Shakespeare, there are many opposing characters and forces acting against Romeo and Juliet’s relationship. Their love story ended in their deaths, and it was Friar Laurence’s mistakes that led them to do so. The events that led to their death was when the Friar gave a sleeping potion to Juliet, entrusted someone else with a very important letter, and ran and hid during the tomb scene. Thus unintentionally, Friar Laurence was the one responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet.
In the play Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare tells the tragic tale of the deaths of Romeo, a Montague, and Juliet, a Capulet. Various characters interact with Romeo and Juliet throughout the play in ways that result in their suicides. One such character, Friar Laurence, consistently encourages the irrational actions of these primary characters throughout the novel. The actions he insists that Romeo and Juliet carry out often prove to result in negative consequences. His involvement in their lives influences their actions the most, ultimately resulting in Romeo and Juliet’s deaths.
When tragedy strikes, people often look for somebody to blame. In William Shakespeare's play Romeo & Juliet, Friar Lawrence, Romeo and Juliet themselves and the feud between the Capulets and Montagues are to blame for the tragedy of the two lovers. These two both die because of a series of chain events mainly caused by these three reasons. Firstly, Friar Lawrence plays a large role in leading to their deaths, as he agrees to marrying the two without thinking it through and only thinking about what will come out of it for himself. Friar Lawrence is also quite irresponsible and makes unorganized plans, thinking impulsively and on the spot.
William Shakespeare's “Romeo and Juliet” is about, two young people falling in love two different rivaling households. Having faced the utmost odds, Romeo and Juliet fall in love upon first sight, and pursue each other. However, while trying to be together, they make some unfortunate decisions that ultimately lead to the tragic end. In the story