Friar Lawrence In William Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

    The play Romeo and Juliet  is a romantic tragedy written by William Shakespeare about two star-crossed lovers from feuding families who die at the end of the story. Romeo and Juliet meet at Capulet party and instantly fall in love. With the help of the local friar, Friar Lawrence, and Juliet’s nurse, they get married after knowing each other only a day, without their parents’ consent. Shortly after the marriage, Romeo is banished for fighting and killing Juliet’s cousin, Tybalt, forcing him to leave their city of Verona. At the same time, Juliet's father, Lord Capulet, tells her she has to marry Paris, a cousin to the Prince, or else he will kick her out of their home. Friar Lawrence comes up with a plan in which Juliet will take a sleeping potion which makes her look dead for 42 hours and then Romeo will come to Verona to get her and take her away with him to a city a day's ride away. Romeo does not receive the message that Juliet really isn't dead and believes her death to be true. He gets poison from a poor apothecary and dies beside Juliet in the Capulet tomb. Juliet wakes up to find Romeo dead beside her, along with Friar Lawrence who came to try and stop Romeo. Juliet refuses to leave and kills herself to be with him. After their deaths, the Prince declares that, “Some shall be pardoned, and some punished” (Shakespeare ???).  The characters in the play that should be pardoned are Friar Lawrence, Lord Montague, and the Nurse.

The character that should be blamed the most in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is Friar Lawrence. Friar Lawrence should be blamed because he was the one who married the couple after only knowing each other for like an hour. But what the Friar was thinking was a really good idea about marrying the two to maybe end the feud between the families. Then the Friar would be famous for the one who ended the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets.

Since Tybalt did not kill Romeo, the young Montague still retains his life. This is something to be glad about because as long as there is life, there may be hope that the circumstances will get better. Furthermore, Friar Lawrence reassures Romeo that once the young man is safe in Mantua the friar will “blaze your marriage, reconcile your friends, / Beg pardon of the prince, and call thee back” (3.3.157-158). Despite the seemingly hopeless situation, Friar Lawrence has come up with a plan to make everything okay again. He is trying to tell Romeo that there is still hope for the couple to live happily and in peace.

As the character Friar Lawrence, I was recently put through an incredibly difficult process by an investigator regarding the tragic death of Romeo and Juliet. My investigator, questioning me regarding details about the death of the loved couple, had an idea that I was guilty. He asked many questions that tried to reveal a deeper truth and hoped to exploit once that occurred. Thinking hard, long, and deeply about some of the questions, my mind was ultimately put to the test. The questions began as easy questions, such as basic information about myself.

Romeo and Juliet is one of the most famous tragedies. It is also a famous love story. One of the characters in the book, Friar Laurence, tries to help Romeo and Juliet’s marriage. However, he does the opposite. Friar Laurence is the most to blame for the outcome of the story because he makes Juliet drink poison, he doesn’t make the right decisions, and he doesn’t tell the families what is happening between Romeo and Juliet.

From the point where Juliet comes to the Friar’s cell to the point where the Friar has concocted a plan, the play spans less than a page. Realistically, it is not possible for one to conjure up such an elaborate plan, and to think of all the possible outcomes and how to solve the problems, in less than a page. The fact that Friar Lawrence is willing to quickly devise a plan that will put someone’s life at risk and in the hands of fate, demonstrates his hastiness and lack of caution. Within Friar Lawrence’s plan, there are other flaws that demonstrate his carelessness. For instance, the Friar fails to take into account that news of Juliet’s staged death may arrive to Romeo before his letter does; therefore, “[i]t is the Friar’s fault that Balthasar is unaware of her feigned death” (Cardullo 523). Had the Friar taken the time to notify those who may have brought the news to Romeo of Juliet’s death, Romeo would never receive the false

Several of Friar Lawrence’s actions throughout the play are meant to benefit only himself. As a church leader, Friar should put others before himself. After Friar Lawrence finds out his letter didn’t get to Romeo, he panics for a different reason than he should be. Friar says at this moment, “within this three hours will fair Juliet wake. She will beshrew the much that Romeo hath had no notice of these accidents”(219). Friar is solely thinking about himself and the response from Juliet when in reality, he should be worried about Romeo’s well-being; if Romeo didn’t receive the letter then he will think his one true love has died. After Juliet wakes, Friar realizes that he will be in a great deal of trouble since he helped Juliet fake her own

Unfortunately, due to his unwise decision to marry the impetuous lovers, many characters receive the terrible fate of death. At the end of the play, Friar Lawrence realizes that he should not have married Romeo and Juliet. “Miscarried by my fault, let my old life / Be sacrific’d, some hour before his time, / Unto the rigor of severest law” (5.3.278-280). Friar Lawrence knows that he has fault in the deaths and accepts whatever punishments he should recieve. If the feud did not exist, the Friar would not feel the need to mend it, Romeo and Juliet would not be married, and countless lives would be spared.

Friar Lawrence was one of the most important characters in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. He taught the couple some very important things and supported them throughout their journey. He progresses the plot in many ways and changes the destiny of Romeo, and Juliet. They call him Father not just because they’re supposed to, but because they respect, and believe what he says will someday be true.

A major theme which impacted both Romeo and Juliet was the meddling of a character named Friar Lawrence, his actions essentially contributed to their deaths. This meddling was seeming when the Friar’s plan for Juliet to fake her death went horribly wrong. Friar Lawrence’s original plan was to give Juliet a vial, and that she must drink it. By drinking this liquid, Juliet’s lips and cheeks will fade, acting as she is dead. Juliet must consent to marry Paris; then, on the night before the wedding, she must drink the potion from the vial, she will then be laid to rest in the Capulet tomb. This plan also intended for Friar John to send word to Romeo, for him to go to Mantua to help him retrieve Juliet when she wakes up. ‘Unhappy fortune!’ (5, 2, 17). Unfortunately, his plan backfired, when he discovered that Friar John was unable to give Romeo the message explaining that Juliet isn’t really dead. Although Friar Lawrence had good intentions the final result was what led to the deaths of Romeo and

In the famous play Romeo and Juliet, masterfully written by William Shakespeare, there is a great deal to learn about one of the main characters, Juliet. The complexity of Juliet’s character increases in Act 4, Scene 1. At this point in the play, Lord Capulet has just told Juliet that she must marry Paris; if she refuses to marry him, she will be kicked out onto the streets. Eager to find a solution, Juliet goes to Friar Lawrence's cell. Once she arrives, she and the friar have an intense conversation about her options.

In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet, which are houses that loathe each other in Verona, Italy. Romeo and Juliet believe they have fallen in love in a few hours and they are married by Friar Lawrence. Soon after, Romeo is in a fight and slays Tybalt, and is banished to Mantua. Juliet’s parents don’t know about her wedding so they plan she will marry Paris, but to fix the situation, she begs for a potion from Friar Lawrence which makes her seem dead, so she is taken into a tomb. Romeo believes she is dead, and he kills Paris and then himself, but Juliet wakes up and she sees Romeo is dead, so she kills herself. Friar Lawrence caused all of the trouble in Romeo and Juliet because he married them without

The play’s change from romance to tragedy all beings when Friar Lawrence demeanor changes and helps the young waverer prepare for marriage as he sees the opportunity to end the feud between two families. Tybalt becomes furious for their marriage and trades his life for Mercutio’s life and Romeo being banished keeping him away from Juliet. To reunite the couples, Friar Lawrence makes a plan which he gives Juliet a potion that will fake her death for a while and set a messenger to deliver a letter to Romeo explaining the plan. Romeo was told that Juliet was dead, he rushes to suicide next to Juliet, despite Friar Lawrence’s words before the wedding ‘go wisely and slowly – those who run fast often stumble’. In the final scene, Romeo finds Juliet’s “dead” and, rather than face life without her, swallows a vial of poison moments before Juliet wakes up. Juliet wakes up realising Romeo is dead and she tries to kill herself with the poison left on his lips, but since there’s not enough poison left, she stabs herself with Romeo’s dagger. Friar Lawrence’s plan which aimed to generate love completely failed changing Romeo and Juliet from a romance to a Shakespearean tragedy of a ‘…never was a story of more woe, than this of Juliet and her

Without sufficient foresight and logical thinking, the two lovers became victims to their own love. Friar Lawrence intended to end the enmity between the two families and therefore bring back peace to the community and this is depicted in “For this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households’ rancor to pure love” (Act 2, Scene 3). As an experienced man who was deeply embedded in the cultural understandings of the time, he should not have married a young couple who knew each for less than twenty-four hours. His motivation and good intentions shadowed his rationale thought and inevitable understanding that the marriage would not be accepted by the families. Juliet is presented as quiet and obedient; however, she possess an inner strength which enables her to have maturity beyond her years. Her obedience is depicted when her mother suggests that she engages in the marriage with Paris. Juliet politely responds: “I’ll look to like, if looking liking move/But no more deep will I endart mine eye/Than your consent gives strength to make it fly.” (Act 1, Scene 3) Her behaviour changes immensely upon falling in ‘love’ with Romeo, and she becomes prepared to defy her parents and marry him in secret. When confronted with the moment of truth in which she must contemplate

Frequently labelled as one of the greatest and most tragic, love stories of all time, Romeo and Juliet features two youths from dueling families whose abrupt, yet robust, love ultimately resulted in their deaths. However, it was not just their whirlwind romance that led to their demise, but also the actions of many characters who had tried to aid the two lovers. One such character is the Nurse, who acted as a messenger to arrange Romeo and Juliet's wedding. Despite the Nurse’s interference, which helped fester Romeo and Juliet infatuation for each other, which eventually led them to killing themselves; Friar Lawrence bears the most responsibility for Romeo and Juliet’s death because he was the one who married them in the first place, sent