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
Friar Lawrence is a valuable person in the book Romeo and Juliet. He offers advice and helps tries to help Juliet find a way out of marriage. He is a wise and sympathetic man. He is always looking out for people in need. When Romeo comes to Friar Lawrence because Romeo thinks he is in love with Juliet. Friar Lawrence takes his opinion into consideration, and tries to help him out, at the best of his abilities. Some critics argue whether or not it it was his fault for their death. It was truly his fault. Friar Lawrence is guilty for the death of Romeo and Juliet is because he gave Juliet the potion, he knew how Romeo would react the way he did, and he had left Juliet by herself when she found out Romeo was dead.
Friar Lawrence plays a major role in Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet. Through his lack of organization and judgment, Friar Laurence is highly responsible for the deaths of both Romeo and Juliet. He is a member of a group of wise priests that only want good in the world but, at the end of the play, you realize that Friar Lawrence makes many mistakes throughout the story. There are three major points that lead to the that's of both Romeo, Juliet, and even Mercutio. The first was the marriage of which Friar Laurence had questionable intentions, the second was the plan that Friar Lawrence thought of which was risky and could have been taken care of another way, and finally the last is the disorganization and miscommunication responsible
Friar Lawrence’s role in Romeo and Juliet Who is to blame for the deaths in the end of the play Romeo and Juliet? Friar Lawrence is a main character who definitely affects the storyline. Some people might believe that Romeo and Juliet are to blame, but I believe, ultimately, Friar Lawrence is to blame. Romeo could be to blame because he stupidly fell in love and made Friar Lawrence marry him and Juliet. Romeo’s careless actions brought devastation to the Capulet and Montague’s families.
Friar Lawrence is the one to blame for Romeo and Juliet's deaths because he fell upon several faults that he should not have encouraged. Some things Friar Lawrence did that was not good is providing the poison and sleeping potion to Juliet so
Although this wasn’t both Romeo and Juliet, he still could have saved Juliet. In the book on lines 103-1-4, it states “Come out of the tomb a greater power has ruined our plan.” This is a metaphor relating death to a power. It means since Romeo is dead our plan to go to Muntau has been ruined. Another evidence comes from lines 170-172, it states “The watch is coming, let's go juliet, i don't dare stay any longer.” This is explaining how he dont want to stay any longer because he don't want to be captured. The last evidence from this comes from lines 172. It states “Go get out of here, i not going anywhere. (Friar Lawrence runs offstage).” Although this isn't said by the Friar, it explains how he runs off of stage to keep from getting captured. He could have stayed and kept Juliet from killing
These three reasons, along with others, prove that Friar Lawrence is to blame for the events that occur in Romeo and Juliet. He married young Romeo and Juliet together, which emotionally tied them to each other. He gave Juliet the escape idea and the sleeping potion. He also failed to inform Romeo of the rescue plan. He could’ve been a very desperate man in search of peace in Verona, but it led to the deaths of many; including those of the star-crossed
Friar Lawrence is responsible for the marriage of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Lawrence is completely aware of the feud between the Montague and Capulet families, which does not deter him from organising the marriage of this young couple. With the hope of restoring peace between Montagues and Capulets by turning the “households' rancour to pure love” Friar Lawrence agrees to organise the marriage (II, iii, 92). Friar Lawrence expresses his doubts about this marriage only a few scenes later by saying, “so smile the heavens upon this holy act, that after-hours with sorrow chide us not (II, vi, 1-2).” Friar Lawrence hopes the heavens will approve of his decision to organise this marriage, as he does not want to regret it later. He says this as he recognises that Romeo is far too young to understand what love is and that he should not be in such a serious relationship. Even though Friar Lawrence knows that this marriage could have Romeo and Juliet punished by their families and that this decision
Friar Lawrence is most likely the biggest to blame for these lovers’ deaths due to the fact that he has given the poison to Juliet which causes Romeo's death and then Juliet's. Friar Lawrence comes up with what seems like a phenomenal plan; fake a death, escape the city, and live happily ever after! Sadly, Friar Lawrence is making a fatal mistake; instead of simply telling Romeo of his and Juliet's plan, he plans on sending a letter through Friar John. To his surprise the letter does not go through! "After I found him, the healthy officers,/suspecting we were in a house infected by the plague,/boarded up the doors, and wouldn't let us out. So I couldn't go/ to Mantua"(5.2.6-9). As Friar John explains, he was suspected of having the plague and was not able to deliver the letter to Romeo. Although the letter seems like a liable idea, it is not nearly as reliable as simply informing Romeo of the actual situation. By simply speaking face to face with Romeo, Romeo will know the situation of Juliet and the poison and will not kill himself. Therefore, by giving Juliet poison and not informing Romeo, Friar Lawrence is to blame for Romeo and Juliet's
In the Shakespearean tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence was a monk, and a counselor, who came up with intricate plots and concocted a seemingly magical elixir in order to solve problems that the lovers encountered. Friar Lawrence had a profound impact on the outcome of this Shakespearean play; however, in a way that led to catastrophe. There are many factors that caused the deaths of the lovers, but two of the most important were how Friar Lawrence disregarded his own logic, and how he missed numerous opportunities to save the lovers.
Friar Lawrence was the most responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet in several ways. He was just out of his mind. He made not only one mistakes, but many mistakes that all caused Romeo and Juliet's death. First of all, he made one major mistake that he could have prevent. He trusted a teenage girl, Juliet. Teenagers aren’t stabilize, and the most scaring thing is that most of them don’t think of the consequences of love. Friar gave her fake-death poison. This is crazy! This decision was a very poor choice on the Friar's behalf. Here, he shows his irresponsibility by saying, "If... thou hast the strength of will
Friar Lawrence is to blame because his second part of the plan was a disaster. In Act 4, Scene I, Friar Lawrence is talking about the plan to Juliet at night. They are talking about this to help Juliet Escape with Romeo. Friar Lawrence says, “Shall Romeo by my letter know our drift, / And hither shall he come; and he and I / Will watch thy waking, and that very night /
The deaths of Romeo and Juliet is technically suicide, but who cause the fate of their death. There are two main victims who helped them commit suicide. Friar Lawrence and both of their parents had many reasons why they are the criminals of the misconception who had killed whom. Friar Lawrence always talks down to them. The parents wanted them to be separated in the first place. Love is what is the fate of their death, but these explanations had something to do with the outcome.
To begin with, Friar Lawrence is a person to blame because he didn’t communicate wit nobody. He kept everything to himself like a little secret. He was actually was supposed to tell Romeo about juliet taking the sleeping potion instead he made romeo believe that she was dead. “ I will hence tonight” (V.i.9). Friar Lawrence had a major part of the couple deaths. Not because he didn't tell anyone it is because if he would’ve communicated the couple would still be living there happy lives.
Friar Lawrence is the one person with the most blame for the lovers’ grave fate. When the Friar told Juliet to “Take thou this vial, being then in bed, and this distilling liquor drink thou off: when presently through all thy veins shall run a cold drowsy humor…” (IV.ii.95-98 Friar told Juliet to conduct his risky plan which went horribly wrong leading to the death of the lovers. Juliet’s father, Capulet, forced Juliet to resort to drastic measures to be able to stay with her true love after he told his daughter that, “Hang thee, young baggage! Disobedient wretch! I tell thee what: get thee to church o’ Thursday, or never after look me in the face…”(III.iii.166-168) These drastic measures later led to her death, therefore Capulet unknowingly was a cause for the death of his daughter. Tybalt’s actions caused Romeo to be exiled when he challenged Romeo to a fight after saying “Romeo, the hate I bear thee can afford no better term than this,-thou art a villain.”(III.i.61-62) This eventually led to Romeo killing Tybalt in revenge and then being exiled. These 3 actions led Romeo and Juliet closer to their demise in the name of love, but could their end have been
In Romeo and Juliet, two families constant bickering, fighting, and arguments caused the death of their children, Romeo and Juliet. In this tragic love story, Romeo meet Juliet and falls in love. Friar Lawrence decides to wed them in secret. When Romeo gets banished, and Juliet is forced to marry someone else, Juliet becomes distraught. She and the Friar coordinates a plan so that she would seem dead until Romeo can come and get her. Romeo, however, did not receive the Friar’s message and assumes Juliet is really dead. He then kills himself right next to Juliet’s dead body. Juliet sees Romeo’s dead body upon waking us from her deep sleep. Distraught, she kills herself too. Romeo’s irresponsible and impulsive actions led to the death of Romeo and Juliet.