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

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Romeo and Juliet were only teenagers when they fell in love, married, and died for each other. Their story was tragic, but blame was everywhere throughout the story. Some of the blame can be put on the couple because they were the ones who made the decisions to act how they did. The parents are to blame as well, because they didn’t fill the traditional parental roles and they were selfish. Friar Lawrence and the nurse played a part in the blame too when they took matters into their own hands and didn’t inform the families. Romeo and Juliet are both in their teenage years. Just like teenagers in other cultures, they are impulsive and have high hormones due to human nature. Romeo has proven that he experiences these things through his past love for Rosaline and how upset he got over her. Juliet has also shown these things while on the balcony expressing her love for Romeo. Their teenage side effects play into the quickness and extremity of their love through marriage and suicide at such a young age. Due to their impulsivity, they didn’t think ahead they just thought about what they were currently in need of and wanting. Similar to other teenagers, the couple snuck around and tried to keep their lives a secret from their families. Part of Juliet’s sneaking was …show more content…

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