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Friar Lawrence Responsible For The Deaths Of Romeo And Juliet

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The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet As the title states the story of Romeo and Juliet was a terrible tragedy, because not all stories have a happy ending. These two lovers end up killing themselves to be together. Friar Lawrence was responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Lawrence was responsible because he agree to marry Romeo and Juliet, without thinking in all the consequences this could bring. “I’ll help you with your secret wedding. This marriage may be lucky enough to turn the hatred between you famillies into pure love,” (Act 2, Scene 3, pg. 103). Friar Lawrence marries Romeo and Juliet not because what they feel but, because he thinks it would be a good excuse to end the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets. This impact Romeo and Juliet because they now have to do everything …show more content…

Friar Lawrence thinks to best way to prevent this is to fake Juliet’s death so she cannot get married, he sent a letter to Romeo to let him know their plan so he and Juliet can be together, due to many circumstances the letter never reaches Romeo so he thinks Juliet is actually death, he commited suicide to be with his love, “ Here’s to my love! Oh that pharmacist was honest! His drugs work quickly. So I die with a kiss,” (Act 5, Scene 3, pg. 269) then Juliet wake up and sees Romeo death and she end up killing herself, “Oh, good, a knife! My body will be your sheath. Rust inside my body and let me die,” (Act 5, Scene 3, pg. 275). Both killed themselves for their love, and although this was Friar Lawrence’s plan he cannot do anything to prevent them from dying. However there were some characters that didn’t impact Romeo and Juliet in a bad

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