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Friar Lawrence In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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“Anything that can go wrong will go wrong”-Murphy’s Law. This is awfully true when it comes to the story of Romeo and Juliet, and to think, it all could have been avoided if one person was a little more cautious. Being an intelligent man and counselor of the people, you would think Friar Lawrence would be less inept when it comes to giving a young, impressionable, foolish, naive, teen girl consultation over a boy she can’t be with under normal circumstances. Friar not only tells the girl to kill herself to be with a guy he married her to 3 days ago, but he tries to tell the dude about this through a third party. All of Friar’s decisions are poorly made right from the get go. The most wise and noble man defeated by teenage drama. Friar’s first

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