There are many characters to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, and yet only one holds most of the responsibility for it. Romeo and Juliet both died by suicide after finding out the other died. They were young lovers, who met less than 24 hours before their marriage. The same person who married them, is at blame for their deaths. Friar Lawrence. Friar Lawrence married them in hopes that the Montague and Capulet houses would stop their feud, "In one respect I'll thy assistant be, for this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households’ rancor to pure love"(Rom. 2.3.97-99). Although he knew it might end badly, he still decided to help marry them. "These violent delights have violent ends and in their triumph die, like fire and powder, which, as they kiss, consume”(Rom. 2.6.10-11). Friar Lawrence shouldn't have agreed, knowing this may end violently. To add onto this, Juliet was 13 at the time of her marriage and her death. "She hath not seen the change of fourteen years. Let two more summers wither in their pride ere we may think her ripe to be a bride"(Rom. 1.2.9-11). This quote is said by Capulet, Juliet's father, showing that even he thinks his daughter is too young to get married. As shown, Juliet was …show more content…
4.1.95-99). This vial will cause Juliet to appear dead for 42 hours. His plan is to have Juliet drink this vial, she will be put in the Capulet monument, and Romeo will come to see her once she wakes. The way Romeo will know this plan is through letters Friar Lawrence will send to Romeo. As he explains the plan to Juliet he says, "Shall Romeo know by my letters our drift” (Rom. 4.4.116). This quote leads me to my third reason as to why Friar Lawrence is at fault for the young lovers'
Friar Lawrence agrees to marry them, and says, “For this alliance may so happy prove,/To turn your households’ rancor to pure love” (Doc. C). Friar Lawrence married Romeo and Juliet without knowing that Juliet was engaged. Since Juliet was already engaged to CounPariss she did not want to tell the Friar because she knew he would say no. The Friar says “And, if thou darest, I’ll give thee remedy” ( Doc. C)
William Shakespeare’s most known play is Romeo and Juliet for the tragedy that happened to these two star-crossed lovers, but who is to blame for the deaths of these two? In the play Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence, Love, and Family are the cause of Romeo and Juliet’s death. Friar Lawrence is the most to blame for the deaths of these two, he could have prevented the death of Romeo and Juliet if he had thought things more through. Love is second most to blame for their death because when people are in love mistakes and dumb things are done. Family is least to blame out of these three, but still played a big part in the deaths of these two because of how they influenced their decisions..
Friar Lawrence is most to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. All of Friar Lawrence's actions throughout the play had a common factor: he was selfish. In the beginning of the play, Romeo went to Friar Lawrence and asked the Friar if he could wed Romeo and Juliet. Instead of thinking of the impact
When Romeo and Juliet fall in love they go to him. Friar Laurence says, “In one respect I'll thy assistant be, For this alliance may so happy prove, To turn your households' rancor to pure love.” (Shakespeare 2.3. 90-92). Friar Laurence married them for his own benefit, to make peace between the Montagues and the Capulets. He did not thoroughly think it through or consider what this may lead to.
In one respect, I’ll thy assistant be, for this alliance may so happy prove, to turn households' rancor to pure love”2.3, 88-92. In act two Friar Lawrence did not want to be a part of the marring of the two households, the Montagues and the Capulets but, he gave in to him thinking that this would solve the feud that these two families
This is an example that Friar Lawrence is not as trustworthy as was once
Friar Lawrence tries to advise against Romeo and Juliet’s fast-moving relationship. Even after his advice the Friar still decides to marry Romeo and Juliet. This decision to marry them after knowing how dangerous their relationship would be is one of the main reasons the Friar is to
But as you will not wed, “I’ll pardon you; graze where you will, you shall not house with me” (3.5.185-188). Juliet was being forced by her father to marry Paris or be disowned. She had to find a way out of the marriage. Lady Capulet did not support Juliet either.
In the tomb he says, “Stay not to question, for the watch is coming; come, go, good Juliet. I dare not stay longer. ”(5.3.158-159). Instead of staying with her, he was afraid of the consequence if he was caught there, so he fled and soon after he fled Juliet sacrificed herself to be with Romeo. If Friar Lawrence had stayed with Juliet and not have been scared over the consequence, Juliet could have
He was the one who married the two, hoping that the marriage would cause an end to the feuding. Romeo and Juliet getting married was banned and wouldn't be able to take place without Friar Lawrence. Friar Lawrence stupidly chose to marry Romeo and Juliet even though he knew that it would cause issues in the future. The Friar says in the beginning of the story "this alliance may so happy prove To turn your households' rancor to pure love." (II iv 91-92) This shows that the Friar has doubts and only has a small bit of hope that Romeo and Juliet's marriage will actually be successful.
In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because he married Romeo and Juliet in the hopes that it would end the feud between their two families, and he gave Juliet a sleeping potion and wrote a letter to be delivered by Friar John to Romeo. To begin with, Friar Lawrence can be blamed because he married Romeo and Juliet in the hopes that it would end the feud between their two families. Friar Lawrence is speaking in the room in his cell when someone has the idea to marry Juliet and eventually friar Lawrence agrees and says to Romeo, "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
Friar Lawrence questions Romeo asking him was Rosaline not the love Romeo was just heartbroken over? The Friar believes that Romeo is moving on too quickly from Rosaline, now wanting to marry Juliet, some girl Romeo had met a few days ago. Friar Lawrence knows that Romeo marrying Juliet after being so heartbroken about Rosaline is bad idea, but that does not stop the Friar from marrying both Romeo and Juliet anyway. Marrying Romeo and Juliet just proves that Friar Lawrence fails to provide proper guidance. Friar Lawrence knows all of these consequences of marrying kids from opposite feuding families but still marries Romeo and Juliet.
In the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare demonstrates that Friar Lawrence's tragic flaw is the effort to end the feud through his constant protection of Romeo and Juliet, his futile attempts to keep their marriage a secret, and his deep efforts to make everything turn out good. Friar Lawrence was a mentor and supporter to Romeo and Juliet, he was one of the only people that knew about them wanting to get married throughout the story. He also gave a lot of good advice to Romeo throughout the story about not rushing things and doing things the right way and the right ones aren't what always comes to mind first. The character Friar Lawrence shows us that we don't need to say what first comes to mind and to think about the consequences of the words that we
When the problem began and just continued to persist, Friar Lawrence had said, “In one respect I’ll thy assistant be, / For this alliance may so happy prove / To turn your households' rancor to pure love”(II. Iii. 90-92), before he agreed to secretly marry Romeo and Juliet. He only did this because he wanted to be the one to resolve the feud between the two families whether anyone else knew what had done it or not. Later on when he stated, “Hold, daughter. I do spy a kind of hope, / Which craves as desperate an execution /
Friar Lawrence was to blame is because he was an adult, and shouldn’t have put that much reliance on the two teenagers to not cause trouble. He should have known thought about the consequences that would occur if his plan had