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“For never was a story of more woe, than this of Juliet and her Romeo”, was said in the tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. This classic Shakespearean tragedy would not live up to its name, if Friar Lawrence had not caused the deaths of these two star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet. He had created the secret plans and gave most of the advice in the play, he did not check if the plans worked and he was worried about getting caught throughout the play after helping either Romeo or Juliet. This proves that Friar Lawrence is the cause for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Firstly, Friar Lawrence was an advisor for both Romeo and Juliet and he created many plans in the play, so since he helped the most, he started the events …show more content…

By not doing this, all the major schemes and plans he created had a downfall over the course of the play. An example is in act 4 when the Friar made a plan for Juliet to not marry Paris. This plan he made involved Romeo, so he asked Friar John to deliver the message, but since Friar Lawrence knows the importance of this plan, he should have made sure if Friar John delivered the message or he could have waited by Juliet’s burial vault in order to avoid confusions. Nevertheless, if Friar Lawrence made sure Romeo got the message, Romeo would not have killed himself, and this would lead to both Romeo and Juliet running happily away together. So Friar Lawrence should have assured all his plans to avoid Romeo and Juliet’s …show more content…

“So smile the heavens upon this holy act, that after-hours with sorrow chide us not” (2.6.1-2), which was a quotation said by Friar Lawrence as he was going to marry Romeo and Juliet. This shows that he was doubtful about the whole marriage, but still went on with it. Also, in act 5, Friar Lawrence went into the burial vault as Juliet was awakening to see Romeo dead and he told her, “I’ll dispose of thee, among a sisterhood of holy nuns. Stay not to question, for the watch is coming. Come, go, good Juliet. I dare no longer stay.” In the quotation Friar Lawrence was very worried about getting caught as he was hearing the watchmen, so he made a quick decision and left Juliet. By leaving Juliet, Friar Lawrence had given Juliet a chance to kill herself, so if it wasn’t for him he could have saved Juliet in the end. Therefore, Friar Lawrence proves to be very doubtful. In conclusion, the holy Friar Lawrence is more unreliable and profane than holy and saintlike. By giving most of the advice and plans, he caused the conflicts, and not ensuring his plans are followed accordingly, created more problems and the fact that the Friar was very skeptical made him cause the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. But if it wasn’t for his mistakes which caused the deaths, the play would not be as tragic and successful as Shakespeare planned it to

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