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Friar Lawrence In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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Friar Lawrence and the Capulet family were most at fault for the tragedy between the star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet. His intentions were in a good place, he wanted them to be together. He had plan, that should’ve worked, but with the events that occurred, like the plague, it did not go as planned. When the plan failed it made a big impact to their lives. He confessed his whole plan and the marriage between Romeo and Juliet. He took responsibility for what he had done when he said, “All this I know; and to the marriage her nurse is privy; and, if aught in this miscarried by my fault, let my old life be sacrificed, some hour before this time, unto the rigour of severest law” (scene 4 act 3). Balthazar did not receive Friars letter so he didn’t know Juliet was alive, while everyone believed that she was dead. …show more content…

Juliet took Friar’s advice and drank the “poison” to fake her death. If she hadn’t faked her death like Friar insisted she did, Romeo probably wouldn’t have died. The Capulet family affected Romeo and Juliet’s lives. The fighting forbids them to love each other and makes them keep their love a secret. Their families would never allow them to be together because of the family feud. The Capulets arranged Juliet’s marriage to Paris in which they did not care about what was best for their daughter nor did they consider if he was the man she loved. Juliet desperately begged not to marry Paris and in return her parents threaten to disown her. If they would’ve showed some support, Juliet would’ve eventually told them about Romeo. Her parents scared her and she knew they would never approve of Romeo, with him being a Montague. When Juliet’s parents find out about her feelings towards Romeo, he is in rage and tells Juliet if she doesn’t marry Paris, he will disown her and never speak to her

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