Examples Of Vice In Romeo And Juliet

First, Friar Lawrence agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet to end the feuding between the families. He says, “In one respect I’ll thy assistant be:/ For this alliance may so happy prove/ To turn your households’ rancour to pure love.” (2.3.90-92). Secondly, he organizes a plan for Juliet to take the potion to fake her death. In the plan he also decides to send a message to Romeo explaining their plans but Friar John says “I could not send it – here it is again –/ Nor get a messenger to bring it thee,” (5.2.14-15) to Friar Lawrence so Romeo was never informed of the plan. Lastly, at the end of the play when he finds Juliet and a dead Romeo, he leaves and says “Come go, good Juliet, I dare no longer stay.” (5.3.159). Once both sides are involved, it means Romeo and Juliet must be

Friar Lawrence has good intentions while making his decisions but the good intentions don’t equal good results. Romeo goes to Friar Lawrence to ask if he would marry his new love Juliet and himself. He asks the Friar this, the morning after he snuck to Juliet’s balcony. At first the Friar is hesitant because Romeo just met Juliet the night before, but then agrees in hopes it will end the feud between their two enemy families. The Friar believes “...this alliance may prove to turn your households’ rancor to pure love” (2.3 98-99). When Friar Lawrence says “this alliance” he is referring to the one that Romeo and Juliet have formed. Their families, the Capulets and the Montagues are hateful enemies, but the Friar believes that marrying the two could turn the “households’ rancor to pure love”, meaning Romeo and Juliet’s love could end the feud between the two foes. Friar Lawrence is supporting their love so the outcome of it could potentially be positive. He has right motives for making the decision to marry the two, but he seems to ignore

“Virtue turns vice, being misapplied, and vice sometime by action dignified” (Shakespeare, 85) is one of the many wise quotes from Friar Lawrence in Romeo and Juliet, though it may have a much bigger meaning that it seems. It helps people to realize how much this happens, not only in the play, but also in the real world around us. Basically, it means that in certain circumstances, an individual or an action by an individual is thought to be good, but is really bad in the end (or vice versa). This happens a lot in the play, Romeo and Juliet, there seems to be a lot of people who try to do good, but always ends up bad. In Romeo and Juliet, there are two families with a variety of people, two of which from opposite families fall in love. It may sound great, but really, these two families are sworn enemies and have been for an extremely long time. Juliet Capulet, and Romeo Montague meet at a party that ends in marriage the very next day. Then, only four days after, they both kill themselves because of their forbidden love, hence The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. So, over many different times in history, the present, Romeo and Juliet, and many other circumstances virtue turns vice, or vice turns virtue, just as Friar Lawrence says.

He took it upon himself and married Romeo and Juliet without any consent. Friar Lawrence states “Here comes the lady. O, so light a foot will never wear out the everlasting flint. A lover may bestride the gossamers that idles in the wanton summer air, and yet not fall, so light is vanity” (2.6.16-20). Juliet rushes to the cell to marry Romeo. Without questioning Romeo’s love for Juliet any further, he marries the couple. All along he knew they were star crossed lovers but continued with his plan. “Bid her devise some means to come to shrift” (2.4.160) says the Friar. He married the two in secret behind the backs of two feuding families which then added to the tragedy and made things worse. Friar lawrence's idea to secrecy was not a strong plan. Anger built up and secrets were not kept for

That he only wanted to stop the fights between the Capulet’s amd Montague’s. Evidence can be found in Act 2, Scene 3, when Romeo visits Friar Lawrence asking for him to conduct Romeo and Juliet’s marriage. At first, Friar Lawrence is angered at Romeo’s change in emotions toward who he loves, so quickly. Then, Friar Lawrence agrees to conduct the marriage, telling Romeo that he would “turn your household’s rancor to pure love”. However, there is a weakness in this argument; Friar Lawrence should not be the one making all the decisions for either Romeo or Juliet. He should have gotten the Capulet and Montegue parents’ consent before conducting the marriage. In Act 1, Scene 1, The Montegue parents are concerned in their son, Romeo. Noticing that he has been in deep depression and thinks “good counsel may the cause remove”. Romeo does not talk to his parents about any problems but will talk to Benvolio. This shows that Lord and Lady Montegue are willing to help Romeo and make decisions for him. Friar Lawrence should not try to break the tension between the two families, only leave it to the parents to

Friar Lawrence played a key role in their love’s failure. Without sufficient foresight and logical thinking, Romeo and Juliet became victims to suicide due to the irresponsibility of Friar Lawrence he gave a poison to Juliet, he trusted friar john with a letter of great importance to give to Romeo, he left Juliet’s tomb instead of trying to stop her. Had he not have made these mistakes, Romeo and Juliet probably would not have not killed themselfs. If only he had thought out his plan better. He trusted Juliet a unstable girl with a potion to make her look dead so she would not have to marry Paris.

“I’m not going to leave you two alone until after you’re married.” said Friar Lawrence. He then gestures for both Romeo and Juliet to follow him into the garden behind the church. Romeo and Juliet both stand in front of Friar Lawrence looking happier than ever. Friar Lawrence notices this and just thinks to himself about how dumb this is, but he is willing to do it in hope of stopping the feud. A feud that has been going on for so long that no one even remembers how it started and yet the family's hate each other because of it. Hate each other so much that some are willing to kill each other.

Juliet’s acts of loyalty would not happen without Friar Lawrence’s help, sacrifice, and loyalty. One of Friar Lawrence’s huge risks includes marrying Juliet and Romeo, because he is also chosen to marry Juliet and Paris. This is significant because Juliet cannot get married twice, and Friar Lawrence is responsible for both of the weddings, so that can ruin his reputation. In order to keep Juliet safe from her family splitting up her marriage with Romeo, Friar Lawrence does everything in his power to stop Juliet’s wedding with Paris. Again, Friar Lawrence sacrifices his reputation for his respect for the love of Romeo and Juliet. Through everything, Friar Lawrence stays loyal to Romeo and Juliet by keeping the secret of their marriage

First, when he married Juliet and Romeo, he did it with the best intentions and because he cared. He believed the relationship between Romeo and Juliet would help to repair the problems between their families. Friar Lawrence believed that by marrying Romeo and Juliet, the families would be forced to live in peace. The consequence for Friar Lawrence’s decision to marry Romeo and Juliet is not revealed until later in the play. However, Friar Lawrence’s actions would ultimately lead to some tragic, unforeseen consequences.

Romeo and Juliet fall in in love as they first see each other, since their families are rivals, hate between the families will cause them to separate. For example, as Tybalt says “Romeo, the love I bear can afford no better term than this: thou art a villain” (Act 3, Scene 1). Tybalt does not admire Romeo, and wants to kill him, for he believes Romeo is a villain. They then have a duel. In addition, Mercutio trash talks Tybalt,

This causes an uprising of events that leads to the great downfall of the play. At first, Friar Lawrence is startled at Romeo’s change of heart because he goes from loving Rosaline to loving Juliet so quickly. Friar eventually agrees to wed the two, stating “For this alliance may...turn your households' rancor to pure love” (2.3.91-92). Friar hopes that this marriage will dissolve the hatred that exists between the two families, and change the hate into love. Romeo’s rashness, along with his hormones, lead’s him down a dark road, for this event adds reasoning

Friar Lawrence should have never married Romeo and Juliet for the reason he did. He only married them to stop the fighting between their families. As the Friar was talking to Romeo he told him that “To turn your households’ rancour to pure love.” (II.iii.90). Friar thought that marrying Romeo and Juliet the hate between the families would stop. Even thought that hatred between the families stopped it was only from loss of both their kids.

Romeo and Juliet Essay Who was to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet? The novel Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is a play. It is considered a tragic love story. In the beginning, before the play starts, Shakespeare already says to the audience that all of the main characters will die in the end.

Everything Friar Lawrence said and did was done with good intentions but would have disastrous outcomes for the lives of Romeo and Juliet. For instance, all throughout the story he encourages Romeo and Juliet’s love even though the lovers’ families disliked each other and discouraged their love. I believe he thought the love of Romeo and Juliet could fix the feud. He encouraged Romeo and Juliet’s love so much he married them in private. I also think he was a bit of a romantic. He believed that Romeo and Juliet’s marriage would end the tension between the two families and although nothing turned out the way he planned, he had good objectives. But his encouragement of Romeo and Juliet’s love had gone too far when he helped Juliet fake her own

When Romeo claimed Juliet was the love of his life, Friar Lawrence countered by telling him that she’s “For doting, not loving, pupil mine.” (2.3.83). This shows that he knew that Romeo’s feelings weren’t love, but actually were more of a fleeting emotion. With the way Romeo was with his affections, Friar Lawrence knew this relationship wasn’t built to last. Romeo was young and carefree, but Friar Lawrence knew better. His knowledge was shown when he said, “And art thou changed? Pronounce this sentence then:/Women may fall when there’s no strength in men.” (2.3.79-81), but he still went along with their wedding plans, regardless. Romeo was more in love with Juliet’s looks than her personality. Lawrence told Romeo that “Young men’s love then lies/Not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes.” (2.3.67-68). This was, of course, understandable considering Romeo was still young and naive, but that didn’t mean that Friar Lawrence could just go along with his whims. He had a responsibility as an adult and mentor to protect Romeo and Juliet in the long run and not just have them be happy for the time