Friar Lawrence Is To Blame In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

In the play, Romeo and Juliet, there are several significant details that help the reader choose who take the blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet. First, the character Friar Laurence should have never married them in the first place. Another important detail is that Friar Laurence it might have ended the feud between the two families they always fighting with each other. The third detail important to the play is that he should have never given Juliet the sleeping drug to make her fake her own death. Finally, the Shakespeare that tells the reader that Romeo has killed himself to be with his love in the afterlife because he couldn’t be with her while she was living. These details are significant because it shows how friar Laurence is responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet just days after the weeding.

Friar Laurence makes not only one, but three mistakes that will eventually lead up to Romeo and Juliet’s death. The Friar’s first mistake was giving Juliet, an unstable fourteen year old, a powerful potion that would make her look dead, so she would not have to marry Paris. Friar Laurence actually shows his irresponsibility by saying, “Thou hast the strength of will to slay thyself…take thou this vial…no warmth, no breath shall testify the livest”( Act 4.1.). Had Friar Laurence not given Juliet the poison, she never would have been put in the position that she was in, which lead to her death.

Now Juliet is left alone in a tomb alone knowing that her is dead. Friar Laurence also was suppose to give Romeo a letter with a plan but it never got delivered to Romeo. Friar Laurence ask Friar John “ Who bare my letter, then, to Romeo”. Friar John answered back “ I could not send it- here it is again-”. That’s another reason why Friar Laurence is at fault for Romeo and Juliet death, Never got the plan out letter to Romeo.

In the play, Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, Friar Laurence is responsible for their deaths. So many things were done wrong by Friar Laurence, that lead to their deaths. The first mistake that Friar Laurence made was to agree to marry the two in secret and without the permission of their parents. The next bad advice he gave, was when he instructed Juliet to fake her own death. The last wrong thing was giving the message for Romeo to an unreliable messenger. If any of these events did not take place, their deaths could’ve been avoided.

Romeo and Juliet, the famous story of two star crossed lovers whose love and death couldn’t be prevented. Is fate really portrayed here? Or is someone in the play to blame?

"Love looks not with eyes, but with the mind; and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind" (William Shakespeare). William Shakespeare, an English play writer and poet who in which is regarded as one of the best writers in the English language. Shakespeare is the proud creator of Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet, two of many plays written by him, but also two of the most famed plays in the world! Romeo and Juliet, a devastatingly romantic story between two unconditional lovers. This jaw-dropping play reveals the true picture of love between a man and a women, but also shows how true love's bond can be broken in the blink of an eye. Even when Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet, their love was overpowering and could not be

Who was at fault for the death of Romeo and Juliet? The facts in the book “Romeo and Juliet”, written by William Shakespeare, all point to Friar Lawrence, because of the “help” he said to be doing with his plan. He entrusted a poison to juliet, he fled from the tomb, and above all he admitted to killing them himself.

The Friar, knowing that the poison could harm Juliet, decides it is best to let Juliet decide, Juliet is not in the right mind nor is she old enough to decide these things yet the Friar allows her to decided and even tells her there is hope, this decision brings light on just how ignorant Friar Laurence was. All these mistakes can be filed up as just mistakes but there is one thing the Friar did that is the true reason Romeo and Juliet died. The Friar decided to send his own priest to Romeo instead of giving Romeo’s servant the message, we can tell the Friar has done this when Romeo ask his servant “Dost thou not bring me letters from the Friar?”(3.6.38). This leads to Romeo believing that Juliet is dead and eventually leads to Romeo’s suicide.

Another mistake that Friar Laurence made was conjuring up a plan that involves Juliet taking a sleeping potion. “Take thou this vial, being then in bed, And this distilling liquor drink thou off...” “…stiff and stark and cold appear, like death, And this borrowed likeness of shrunk death, Thou shalt continue two and forty hours, And then wake as from a pleasant sleep. (Act 4- Scene 1, Pg. 99)” The plan that Friar Laurence was speaking of was Juliet taking a potion that made her seem as though she was dead for forty- two hours. The family, believing her to bed dead, would have her taken to the Capulet burial vault. When she would awaken, Romeo would have already been informed of the plan and be there to take there to Mantua. His convincing Juliet to take the potion is another reason to blame for the death is because he never considered what would happen if the potion did not allow Juliet to return from her “pleasant sleep”. Romeo would have thought that Friar Laurence had killed her by giving her poison and then he would be executed for killing Friar Laurence in his rage of anger.

Friar Lawrence made a plan, but still managed to fail the most important aspect, sending a message to Romeo informing him of the plan. When Juliet had taken the potion Friar Lawrence was supposed to send a message to Romeo explaining what his plan was to bring the two together. Friar Lawrence sent Friar John to send the letter. On Friar John’s journey a plague broke out and in fear of catching disease he was not able to deliver the message to Romeo.

Another mistake that the Friar has mad is giving the potion to Juliet. The Friar had many other options to delay the marriage. Another wrong thing the friar did in this situation was he did not tell Juliet’s parents and he was not careful with getting the right message delivered to Romeo. Some may argue that Tybalt is most responsible for the deaths of the two star crossed lovers but it is actually Friar Lawrence who should be held responsible for the tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Friar lawrence later comes to wake Juliet at the Capulet’s tomb.

Another reason, that Friar Lawrence is to blame for this tragedy is he was not sure if he could have found a way for Romeo to receive the letter about Juliet drinking a potion to put her in a temporary coma and that would've stopped Romeo from killing

Instead of Friar Laurence having the idea of making Juliet appear dead he should have just hid Juliet in his cell. Another idea and reason he caused the death of the two is because he didn’t go find Romeo right away after he found out the letter did not

Friar should’ve informed Balthasar that Juliet was alive incase something happened with the letter. He was too careless and sloppy in his warning, he should’ve been more devoted to getting that information to Romeo. Some may argue that Balthasar has a piece in Romeo’s death because he didn’t tell him that Juliet was alive, but he honestly had no indication that she was still alive. This leaves the only fault to be on Friar. “Romeo: By heaven, I will tear thee joint by joint And strew this hungry churchyard with thy limbs.”

When a person looks at any given situation, they most likely have a different opinion about how and why that particular event took place than the person standing beside them. In the play Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, there are different people who could be to blame for how the story ultimately played out with both Romeo and Juliet committing suicide. One opinion for whom to place the blame with is Romeo. If it hadn’t been for his dramatic yearn for Juliet and his intense need to avenge the death of his friend Mercutio, he wouldn’t have killed Tybalt, thus being banished from Verona. The other main reason for the result of the play is Friar Lawrence. When Romeo and Juliet first began to see each other, against his better judgment,