Friar Laurence’s Role in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare

In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Friar Laurence is to blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet. Friar decided to marry Romeo and Juliet, to attempt to mend the feud between their families. As the play continued, Friar Laurence had provided dangerous medicine to Juliet, leading to Romeo and Juliet’s deaths. Because of mishandling the medicine and marrying Romeo and Juliet Friar Laurence is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.

In the classic play Romeo and Juliet, Friar Laurence plays a major part. Romeo and Juliet trusted him entirely as he was the priest of their town. They turned to the Friar for help and advice at a few crucial points in the play. Little did these two lovers know that their decision to turn to Friar Laurence for help would eventually lead to their deaths. Friar Laurence was responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because he married Romeo and Juliet, he was afraid of committing a sin, and because of his faulty plan for saving Juliet from a marriage to Paris.

Romeo stanted in Act II scene III he stated, “I stand on haste.” when he asked friar to marry him and Juliet. Although Friar could have easily denied his

in order to unite the families; as in Act 2, Scene 6, when he marries

Friar Lawrence was one of the most important characters in the novel. Even though he was not on the stage for most of the play he greatly contributed to the tragedy that would soon happen at the end of the play. There was basically three major parts that lead to the death of Romeo and Juliet, which Friar Lawrence was involved in all of them. Friar Lawrence played a vital role in the marriage, planning and death of Romeo and Juliet. His attempts to do the right thing were noble, but because of poor planning they would soon lead to the inevitable tragedy.

In the play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Friar Lawrence acts as a spiritual advisor and a confidant to Romeo since the early scenes of the play. Romeo can confide in him, because the Friar always listens, and provides advice. The Friar is available to Romeo in regards to Rosaline, and all other times from Romeo’s youth when he has needed guidance. However, later in the play, Friar Lawrence can also be seen as having another purpose; to aid Romeo with the difficulty of marriage with Juliet. Since he now has the task of keeping the marriage a secret while fulfilling the position of a truthful and trustworthy friar, he is seen as a dynamic character, having more than one purpose.

Even though Friar Laurence was aware of Romeo’s prior love for Rosaline, he quickly accepts Romeo’s newfound love for Juliet. Instead of continuing to urge Romeo to slow down, he soon forgets his initial opinion and gut feeling and encourages Romeo's unrealistic ideals even more. He also gives Romeo a false sense of hope that by being with Juliet they can end their family’s feud. Friar Laurence later tells Juliet, “Come, come with me, and we will make short work...till holy church incorporate two in one” (2.6.177). Friar Laurence personifies the church, or marriage, stating that it will make them one, continuing to mislead them into believing that their relationship can overcome their family’s dispute. After Romeo is banished for murdering Tybalt, Friar Laurence tells him, “Go; get thee to thy love as was decreed… but look thou stay not till the watch be set, for then thou canst not pass to Mantua, were thou shalt live, till we can find a time to blaze your marriage, reconcile your friends, beg pardon of the Prince, and call them back with twenty hundred thousand times more joy than thou went’st forth in

Playwright, William Shakespeare in his play, Romeo and Juliet, suggest Friar Laurence was responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet. He develops his claim by first utilizing a logical appeal propounding Friar Laurence was the person who formulated the plan, then using a logical appeal revealing Friar Laurence failed to admonish Romeo about the arrangement, and finally employing an emotional appeal expounding Friar Laurence admittedly could have influenced the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, however he could also be uninvolved, considering he was constantly trying help Romeo and Juliet, displaying his intentions were always good. Shakespeare’s purpose is to entertain and show the actions people are willing to do for love in order to convey the

In the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet there are always questions about who is to blame for

The play Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, is plagued with death and misfortune. A very controversial topic is who is to blame for the unfortunate deaths of Romeo and Juliet, however any educated mind can easily see past the ‘smoke and mirrors’ and see that Friar Laurence is obviously the killer in disguise. Everything he has done has paved the way for Romeo and Juliet’s life to come to an untimely death. Even that he didn’t know that his actions could lead to fatal consequences, he was being too careless, such as when he married Romeo and Juliet only thinking that it would end the feud between the two families and also when he devised a plan without thinking what would happened if he failed. Friar Laurence could be seen as being heroic when attempting to end the fighting between the families by allowing Romeo and Juliet to marry each other.

Even though Shakespeare’s play: Romeo and Juliet wasn’t real, people still repeatedly ask who influenced and is responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s death. Three reasons that explain why Friar Laurence and Romeo had an impact on the tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet are because Friar Laurence thought their marriage would stop rivalry between the family, he didn’t deliver the letter for Romeo in time, and Romeo rushed into a new relationship.

The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is a timeless story about two ill-fated lovers who are separated by their rivaling families. The families unwavering hatred of each other along with a faulty plan to bring them together eventually cost them both their lives. However, most of this fault can be put on one person. That person is Friar Laurence. Friar Laurence's exploits to join these two lovers and their families eventually end with the two together but dead. Some of these attempts include agreeing to marry the two in secret and devising the faulty plan of Juliet faking her death. If not for Friar Laurence’s mistakes when trying to join the two lovers they would not have ended up dead in a double suicide. The devastating deaths of Romeo and Juliet show an aspect of human characteristics: your actions and their outcomes are greatly influenced by the actions of others.

Friar Lawrence is the person who caused the death of Juliet and Romeo. Friar Lawrence was the one to set up everything. He made a plan for Juliet and Romeo to be together but it didn’t go so well. Friar Lawrence sent a letter to Romeo and Romeo didn’t receive the letter. Which then made Romeo go crazy and go to Juliet. He killed himself because he thought that Juliet died but she didn’t it was all a plan. And that’s when Romeo killed himself when he saw her. And after he killed himself she woke up and saw him dead next to her and she killed herself. All this would've not happened if Friar Lawrence did not come up with a plan.

“Some shall be pardoned, some shall be punished, for there never was a tale of more woe, than Juliet and her Romeo” (Act 5 scene 3) Was the closing line of Shakespeare's “Romeo and Juliet”, and one man who should face punishment is Friar Lawrence. He could have stopped the conflict in its tracks on multiple occasions, but kept coming up with various plans that only leads to the deaths of the couple. At best, he has good intentions, but poor planning; At worst, Friar Lawrence is selfish and let two teenagers die rather than facing the consequences of his actions. For engaging Romeo and Juliet when he knew they barely knew each other, then desperately trying to avoid admitting his mistake to their parents and even leaving Juliet in the tomb alone with Romeo's body with the watch coming, Friar Lawrence is at fault for what he didn’t do.

In Shakespeare's famous play Romeo and Juliet, Friar Laurence is to blame for their deaths. Juliet is the only child of the Capulets and is supposed to marry Paris on her 14th birthday. Romeo is the only son of the Montagues. Romeo and Juliet meet when Romeo comes to a Capulet party without being invited. The two fall in love and are married the next day, but are then forced to separate when Romeo is exiled from the city. Juliet is forced to marry Paris, but the night before the wedding she takes a potion to make her appear to have died. Romeo thinks she has died and kills himself while lying next to Juliet in the tomb, minutes later Juliet wakes up to find Romeo dead next to her and kills herself. So Friar Laurence is to blame for their deaths