Friar Laurence: The Cause Of Romeo And Juliet's Tragedy

Was Friar Laurence the one to blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet? Romeo and Juliet, a play written by William Shakespeare, concerns two lovers from two feuding families, the Capulets and the Montagues. Throughout the story, many characters contributed problems leading to the death of the two lovers, Romeo and Juliet; however, I believe Friar Laurence had the most responsibility in this issue. Friar Laurence was a monk and a counselor who came up with underhanded plots in order to help the two star-crossed lovers succeed with their love. Unfortunately, these plots led Romeo and Juliet into wrongdoings and unwanted deaths.

Although Friar Laurence was just trying to help the couple, Friar Laurence’s misguided advice and impulsive decisions is what led to Romeo’s death. Many other characters contributed to Romeo’s death, it was Friar Laurence’s plan that primarily led to Romeo’s death. Firstly, Friar Laurence's decision to marry Romeo and Juliet in secret initiated a chain of events that ultimately led to their tragic end. In Act II, Scene 3, Romeo sought the Friar's help to marry Juliet, despite their families' enmity.

Friar Laurence then is told Romeo dint get the letter and decided to go to the tomb. When he arrived Romeo and Paris were dead. After Juliet killed herself Friar Laurence explained that he went through with all this admitting that he did it to get the families to stop

Friar Laurence is to blame for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet The deaths of Romeo and Juliet are the most well known tragedies in literary history; but could their deaths have been prevented by the actions of Friar Laurence? In William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, many characters contributed to the death of Romeo and Juliet, but Friar Laurence is truly the one to blame. He married Romeo and Juliet against their parents wishes, tried to unite them with a faulty plan and in general, did not behave like the adult he is. If not for him, Romeo and Juliet may have had a happy ending to their love story.

In the play, Romeo and Juliet, The Friar is to blame for the deaths of the teens because he was selfish in the decisions he made to protect his reputation. After the death of Juliet, Friar Laurence is caught hiding outside the tomb. The Friar is accused of knowing what happened to Juliet by the Prince. The Friar comes up with excuses of why he was hiding to the Prince and denies the accusations made against him.

Friar Laurence is behind Romeo and Juliet’s death, because he is the one who gave Juliet the potion to make her fall asleep for 24 hours, but things don’t go as planned. For instance, “Take thou this vial, being then in bed/and this distilled liquor drink

Romeo did not receive his letters from Friar Laurence so therefore he was not aware of this plan. Romeo, acting impulsively as the reckless teenager he is, goes to Verona to die and be by her side. Romeo does end up dead by Juliet but also kills Paris in the process. After Juliet wakes up, she sees Romeo dead by her side. Friar Laurence panics as soon as he gets to the tomb and leaves Juliet alone.

Friar Laurence is responsible for the death of both Romeo and Juliet because of his attitudes towards the situation. He is full of pride, short-sightedness, and is intentionally ignorant. These trait of his ultimately leads to the double suicide of Romeo and Juliet. When Romeo first asked Friar Laurence to arrange a marriage for him and Juliet, He Refused and rant about how young people are blinded by lust and can’t think clearly through love, but then he changed his mind and agreed to help them because he thought it would help end the feud between the two lovers families. “Wisely and slow, they stumble that runs fast” (Shakespeare

My second sub claim is that Friar Laurence is inconsiderate. Romeo is banished from Verona, so Juliet goes to Friar Laurence and seeks guidance from him or else she would kill herself, in the spot, Laurence makes a risky and inconsiderate plan. “Then is it likely thou wilt undertake A thing like death to chide away this shame, That copest with death himself to 'scape from

Friar Laurence is bringing up Juliet, his love, to save Romeo from “slay thyself”. In addition, after Friar Laurence compares Romeo to a powder in an inexperienced soldier’s flask, Friar Laurence says, “What, rouse thee, man! Thy Juliet is alive, / For whose dear sake thou wast but lately dead” (3.3.141-142). Friar Laurence attempts to calm Romeo down by bringing up that “thy Juliet is alive”. Friar Laurence is aware that by bringing up who Romeo loves, Romeo will come to the realization that Romeo should not be crying over banishment.

In the play, “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare, we witness the two lovers' commitment to their relationship which led to their suicides. Romeo and Juliet's death is blamed on Juliet's parents due to the actions that separated them. An opposing claim could instead place the blame on Friar Laurence because he married them too early and his plan for Juliet to fake her death caused their real deaths. Friar Laurence married the lovers a bit too early, causing them to panic when Juliet was being forced to marry Paris, and Friar gets them killed when he led a dangerous plan to avoid the marriage to Paris.

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: Friar Laurence is to Blame In Romeo and Juliet, Friar Laurence plays a major role in the deaths of the pair. The Friar is a member of the Order of St. Francis, a group of wise and generous priests, Romeo and Juliet trusted Friar Laurence and his insight, turning to him for advice, and solutions. However, Friar Laurence’s rash decision in marrying Romeo and Juliet, his reckless plan for rescuing Juliet from an arranged marriage with Paris, and his fear of committing sin all added to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. He was there throughout Romeo’s and Juliet 's lives; he married them, came up with a plan to keep them together, and was a friend throughout their tragedies. Friar Laurence, through his lack of good

The first reason that Friar Laurence is the blame for Romeo and Juliet’s suicide is that he married them secretly. “Thy love did read by rote, that could not spell. But come, young waverer, come go with me. In one respect I’ll thy assistant be; For this alliance may so happy prove To turn your households’ rancor to pure love. ”(2.3.88-92).

Friar Laurence had gave Juliet the sleeping potion so she didn’t have to marry Paris. The word had gotten spread out to Romeo in Mantua that Juliet was dead. Romeo had got back to Verona to see Juliet and he had killed himself in the tomb next to Juliet his last words were “Now with a kiss I die”. (Act 5, Scene 5). Friar Laurence was only trying to help Romeo and Juliet.