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Friar Lawrence In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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Friar Lawrence, a flawed man who had caused the deaths of two young lovers, Romeo and Juliet. Friar is the most to blame because he wanted to end the feud between the two families but used to young lovers as his servants to end this feud. Both families The Montagues and The Capulets are also to blame because if the feud never even happened Romeo and Juliet wouldn't be dead and resolved their issues after it was too late. Friar knew that Romeo and Juliet liked each other, but he also knew that their families were each other's enemies. He wanted to end this feud and failed because he managed destroying their marriage and having the couple kill themselves due to his Romeo and Juliet is a romance story by William Shakespeare about how two families the Capulets and Montagues were in a feud that has killed multiple people in both families. …show more content…

The Families could have came together and resolved the conflicts they’ve had way before Romeo or juliet and could have avoided so many deaths. It is unknown why the 2 families were fighting but it is rumored that it was about one one upping the other family. Lady Capulet is one of the family members (Juliet's mom) that caused their deaths because she forced Juliet to marry someone who she didn't really want to and which caused her to think that if she didn't marry Romeo he would kill himself. The Family also ties in with Friar too because if this feud never happened Friar would have never had to try and end the family feud. Balthasar is also to blame because he shouldn't had just assumed that Juliet was dead and told Romeo, if he was a true servant he would’ve went with and helped but he didn't stop him or atleast try to stop

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