Avoidable Ending Of Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

The Friar had good intentions when he married Romeo and Juliet, as shown in this quote, “For this alliance may so happy prove/ To turn your households’ rancour to pure love” (2.4.91-92). In this quote, Friar Lawrence explains his reasoning behind marrying Romeo and Juliet, he thought that by marrying the two, he could stop the feud. This did not work as no one told the rest of the families and the Capulets tried to marry Juliet to Paris. The Friar also failed to get the letter to Romeo that would have told him that Juliet wasn’t dead. If Romeo had received this letter, he would not have committed suicide in Juliet's grave when he returned to Verona. Also, if the Friar had gotten to Juliet’s grave any earlier, he could have saved both Romeo and Juliet. The following quote is from the final scene of the play, “Miscarried by my fault, let my old life / Be sacrificed, some hour before this time, / unto the rigour of the severest law” (5.3.271-274). In this scene, the Friar admits the part that he played in Romeo and Juliet’s deaths. He volunteers himself to be punished for this, but the rest of the families and the Prince don't want to punish him. Although he meant well, Friar Lawrence’s actions resulted in the deaths of Romeo and

We can all agree that the tragic deaths of faithful Juliet and brave Romeo could've been avoided. The suicides may have been avoided if it weren't for Friar Lawrence, he made a drastic decision to fake Juliet's death, he failed to notify Romeo before finishing his plan, he also married Juliet and Romeo. It could be argued that Friar Lawrence may have just wanted peace between the Montague and Capulet but his decisions took may lives. To begin with, Friar Lawrence had a plan of giving Juliet a sleep potion so that she would sleep for many hours and appear to be dead. When Romeo saw that she looked dead to him he killed himself with poison.

Friar Lawrence is responsible for the marriage of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Lawrence is completely aware of the feud between the Montague and Capulet families, which does not deter him from organising the marriage of this young couple. With the hope of restoring peace between Montagues and Capulets by turning the “households' rancour to pure love” Friar Lawrence agrees to organise the marriage (II, iii, 92). Friar Lawrence expresses his doubts about this marriage only a few scenes later by saying, “so smile the heavens upon this holy act, that after-hours with sorrow chide us not (II, vi, 1-2).” Friar Lawrence hopes the heavens will approve of his decision to organise this marriage, as he does not want to regret it later. He says this as he recognises that Romeo is far too young to understand what love is and that he should not be in such a serious relationship. Even though Friar Lawrence knows that this marriage could have Romeo and Juliet punished by their families and that this decision

dead and killing himself. The two families might have understood there children’s to marry each other if it was coming from a Friar. Lawrence could have also told Paris to not marry Juliet when

Friar is seen by the town as a man of God. However, the Friar quickly shows his egotistical tendencies. Friar at first did not want to marry Romeo and Juliet but, once he realises he would go up the social ladder his egotistical tendencies got the better of him. The Friar wants to be esteemed by the town and by marrying Romeo and Juliet and uniting their families he could feed this egotistical desire for recognition; as see in this quote “For this alliance may so happy prove To turn your households’ rancour to pure love.” (Act,2,3,91-92) These greedy tendencies ultimately lead to the deaths of both Romeo and Juliet. The Friar’s lust for glorification did not help his battle against

The wedding of Rome and Juliet could not have occurred without Friar Lawrence. Friar Lawrence who, was very, unwisely agreed to take part in tying the knot for Romeo and Juliet, even though he knew it would cause problems later. The Friar thinks that “For this alliance may so happy prove To turn your households’ rancor to pure love.”(2.3,99-100)This quote shows that Friar Lawrence has hope in their marriage. He thinks that there mariage could be the key to end their family's feud. Therefore, he ends up marrying the two lovers. However, as the play goes on, The Friar feels that “ These...slow” (2.5,9-16) Friar lawrence compares Romeo’s passion to gunpowder and the fire that ignites:both are destroyed. If Friar

The first reason Friar Lawrence is responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s tragedy is that he is only marrying them for his own selfish greed. [William Act iv, line 91-92] For example in this quote Friar Lawrence says “For this alliance may so happy prove, To turn your households’ rancor to pure love.” This quote connects to my first reasoning because Friar Lawrence is talking about the hatred between the two houses. He only agreed to marry Romeo and Juliet because he knew that if it worked he could be the town hero. He’d be praised for bringing the two families together. Moreover, He caused many problems because of this marriage.

The bond between Friar Lawrence and Romeo is a brotherly type relationship.This is because, considering the age gap, they seem to know each other for a long time. Also, because the Friar is willing to help Romeo and Juliet get married. Not only because it is his job to marry anyone who asks, but because he thinks it will the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets. On page 105, Friar Lawrence says, "There's one good reason why I'll assist you: this marriage could be the happy cause of turning the enmity between your two households

Juliet’s drastic outbreaks and dishonesty are results from her father’s actions that take a toll on her happy ending. Initially, Juliet’s dishonesty to her parents is consistent from beginning to end, including her lies to Lady Capulet about having any feelings toward Romeo. By way of example, when Lady Capulet talks about vengeance towards Romeo, Juliet does not express her true feelings and instead says that, “[she] never shall be satisfied with Romeo, till [she] behold him-dead” (3.5.93-94). That being the case, Juliet keeps her newfound love with Romeo Montague a secret from her parents and does not try to tell her parents about her new feelings. In contrast, if Juliet is honest with her parents about her secrets, then they can step in

Friar Lawrence imprudently agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet, even though he knows that it will cause later consequences. At first, Friar thinks that “For this alliance may so happy prove/To turn your households rancor to pure love” (2.3.98-99), meaning that he thinks the marriage will bring about peace to the two opposed families, the Montagues and the Capulets. Immediately, however, he tells Romeo,” Wisely and slowly, they stumble that run fast” (2.3.101). Friar Lawrence warns Romeo that if he is too hasty, then it leads to bad consequences. Friar Lawrence is clearly aware that if he and he alone marries the two, then their marriage will collapse, yet he decides to marry Romeo and Juliet. This causes both of them to sink into depression after Romeo gets banished from the city of Verona, his home town. Without Friar Lawrence, the two would not have married, which would not lead to their depression and further

Friar Lawrence’s role in Romeo and Juliet Who is to blame for the deaths in the end of the play Romeo and Juliet? Friar Lawrence is a main character who definitely affects the storyline. Some people might believe that Romeo and Juliet are to blame, but I believe, ultimately, Friar Lawrence is to blame. Romeo could be to blame because he stupidly fell in love and made Friar Lawrence marry him and Juliet. Romeo’s careless actions brought devastation to the Capulet and Montague’s families.

The night these lovers discover each other, they fall in love with their enemy, so much so that they marry the next day, without receiving permission from their families. They don’t remind their relatives, because they’re afraid of their relationship melting away due to the family squabble between the houses of Montague and Capulet. However, if Juliet told her father that she was in love with Romeo, he would have understood because he doesn’t think harshly of Romeo, as stated in the Capulet feast scene, and in fact, he wouldn’t have to force his daughter to wed Count Paris and threaten her with disownment. Her obsession had led her father to believe, “That God had lent us but this only child, But now I see this one is one too much..”

What would help with the tragedy is if Juliet was honest and told her parents about her feelings for Romeo. When Juliet falls for Romeo she expects the worst reaction from her parents. The thing is they could

Friar Lawrence plays a big part in causing the death of Romeo and Juliet because he secretly marries them knowing something either negative or positive will happen. Friar even tells Romeo the cautions for he says 'Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.' (Act II Scene III 97) Friar marries them because he thinks that the marriage is going to end the feud between the families of Romeo and Juliet. He knows that even though Romeo and Juliet are in love they will never be able to see each other. Not in a grave to lay one in, another out to have” (Act II scene III 85) Also, if Friar Lawrence did not give Juliet the potion that she was going to use to deceive her family into thinking she was dead to get out of her marriage to Paris and make Romeo aware of what was going to happen, their deaths would not have occurred. Romeo goes to the tomb thinking Juliet is really dead after Balthasar accidently informed him of Juliet’s apparent death not knowing of her plan. If he had stayed there longer without taking the poison he had obtained from Apothecary they both would not have killed themselves. He brought the poison to the tomb to end his own life next to Juliet after seeing for himself if she was really dead. Romeo did not want to live without Juliet.

Reasons why are Paris tried telling Juliet’s father but he stated that “Romeo was thought of highly in the montigu family.” (Shakesphere). Even if their parents did not agree that he was a montagu they might respect Romeo for telling them about their love. Juliet has still has part for killing her self because she knew that he was someone that she was not supposed to see but still fell for the sexual temptation.