In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, the decisions and actions of Romeo’s and Juliet’s parents, friends, and family contributed to the death of the teenagers. Romeo and Juliet were lovers who came from the two feuding families of Verona, the Capulets and the Montagues. After various people complicated and weakened the marriage, Romeo and Juliet committed suicide. Knowing that several people are responsible for the couple’s death, Prince Escalus stated, “some shall be pardoned, and some punished (5.3.319).” But who is unequivocally at fault for the tragedy, and who should be righteously pardoned? Many believe that Friar Lawrence is the chief culprit for this sorrowful calamity. Although Friar Lawrence made rash and spontaneous decisions, he was not responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because his sincere kindness and his honorable intentions fueled his actions. Although Friar Lawrence had respectable …show more content…
When Juliet threatens to commit suicide, Friar Lawrence took the necessary measures and provided Juliet with a plan. After hearing about the marriage her father arranged for her, Juliet ran to Friar Lawrence to receive advice. Feeling depressed and anxious about her forced marriage, Juliet exclaimed, “If in thy wisdom thou canst give no help, Do thou but call my resolution wise, And with this knife, I’ll help it presently (4.1.53-55).” Juliet implied that if Friar Lawrence didn’t formulate a solution to help her, she would kill herself. Feeling pressured by the threat that Juliet made, Friar Lawrence created a plan with the resources he had at hand. One might argue that this plan was what ultimately killed Romeo and Juliet. However, since Juliet’s suicide threat coerced Friar Lawrence, he was forced to rapidly create a plan to calm Juliet. To conclude, Friar Lawrence’s love towards Juliet led Friar Lawrence to make hasty and spontaneous decisions in order to safeguard
The plan that Friar Lawrence aided Juliet in executing might have been a clever plan, but it was not a responsible decision. It was highly irrational, and should never have been carried out. This plan, as everyone knows, did not succeed. Friar Lawrence's failure to warn Romeo of what was truly going on with Juliet, caused Romeo to end County Paris’ and his own life, because he thought his true love was dead. Consequently If Friar Lawrence had not acted so rashly, and so quickly in giving Juliet the poison, and had perhaps taken some time to think of a safer, more practical way to help Juliet, much pain could have been
I think Friar Lawrence is the most responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet and here are my
The play Romeo and Juliet, had many tragic events such as the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. So many that we start to wonder what caused the deaths of these tragic lovers. I think that Friar Lawrence played a very big part in the deaths of Romeo and Juliet for these reasons. Friar Lawrence then married them in secret, he made too many promises that he could not keep and his plan is too rushed and that is why it backfired. This is why I believe that Friar Lawrence is responsible for the deaths Romeo and Juliet.
First, Friar Lawrence is responsible for Juliet and Romeo death. First of all Friar Lawrence not make only one, but three mistakes that all lead to Juliet and Romeo death. First one is he gave Juliet the sleeping potion which makes her look dead so she wouldn’t have to marry Paris. In act 4 scene 1, he shouldn’t have given the potion to Juliet because of the potion Romeo thought Juliet was dead. Second one is trusting someone else with the letter who wasn’t even part of the plan. In act 5 scene 2, Friar Lawrence gives the letter to Friar John but friar john didn’t take the letter, no one did because they were all scared of the infection. Lastly, agreeing to marry Juliet and Romeo. In act 2 scene 3, he agreed to get the lovers married thinking
Had he done so, he could have informed Romeo that Juliet was alive, thus he could have prevented Romeo's death. Also, Friar Lawrence did not physically stop Juliet's suicide; he simply said "Come, come away... I'll dispose of thee among a sisterhood of nuns"(V. iii. 154-157), and ran away. Had he not been so hasty, he could have realized that the consequences of being caught trespassing are less punitive than those of abandoning Juliet. In fact, Friar Lawrence knew that if he abandoned Juliet, she likely would have committed suicide, because she threatened to so in the past "...And with this knife I'll help it presently"(IV. i. 54). Furthermore, he planned on solving the family feud with the marriage "...To turn your household's rancour to pure love"(II. iii. 92), but he did not make any arrangements to inform Montague and Capulet that he married Romeo and Juliet; he simply disappeared. Had he explained the situation to Montague and Capulet, at any time before the catastrophe, they would have trusted the friar, a holy man who everyone respected, and they would have hopefully dissolved their family feud. They did so in the end after the friar was forced to explain (V. iii). In brief, Friar Lawrence should have been more proactive, and he should have stepped in at the right time.
Gulp! There goes the poison out of Romeo’s bottle. Ugh! There goes Juliet stabbing herself once she sees her husband dead. Romeo and Juliet’s death was tragic, but who was most responsible for their death?
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Friar Lawrence attempts to help Juliet before running away, when he says, “Stay not to question, for the Watch is coming; come, go, good Juliet, I dare no longer stay” (5.3.158-159) but he is still more concerned about himself, instead of Juliet, which results in her death. Friar Lawrence also acted very careless and self-centered. He basically leaves Juliet to kill herself, even though it is entirely his fault that she is even in that situation in the first place. If he Had he stayed, he could have attempted to grab the dagger out of her hand, or tried to talk her out of killing herself , but he instead ran
In Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet are in love after seeing each other at a function held at the Capulet’s residence. Romeo and Juliet wanted to be together but their families were opposed because they had animosity, moreover making them not permitted to be with each other. This severance makes Romeo and Juliet end up killing themselves. Although everyone made choices which affected the admirers decision to end themselves, there is a culprit who is guilty. Friar Lawrence is liable for Romeo and Juliet’s tragic death because he helped them get married without their parents consent, which further alienated them from their families (Act 2).
Who is responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet in William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet?
Romeo, a nice, smart, carefree man, and Juliet, a lovely princess, should make a great couple, right? In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo, a Montague, and Juliet, a Capulet, have a love relationship that ends with their death. At the beginning, Romeo falls in love with Rosaline. Benvolio, Romeo’s friend, tells Romeo to find a new love when Romeo and his friends go to the Capulet's party. They figured out about the Capulet’s party after a servant brought them a letter to read.
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.
Without even thinking about it Friar Lawrence's plan was a terrible plan just out of common sense as there were too many things out of the Friar’s control that could have happened. First, he has to worry if the potion even will work when Juliet takes it or even if she takes it at all. Then he has to worry about getting the word to Romeo about the plan which of course never happened. “But look thou stay not till the watch be set, For then thou canst not pass to Mantua; Where thou shalt live, till we can find a time To blaze your marriage, reconcile your friends, Beg pardon of the prince, and call thee back With twenty hundred thousand times more joy Than thou went'st forth in lamentation.” (4.2.100-105). Here Friar Lawrence explains his badly thought-out plan. His impulsive acts and plans end up getting him in trouble and costing Verona to Young people's lives. His plans failed because he did not take his time and did not think of being more reasonable because his Solutions were completely unrealistic. In a way, Friar Lawrence could be seen as a little bit selfish. Friar Laurence's religion does not permit already married people to get married. This would mean that the Friar would be going against his oaths. Marrying Romeo and Juliet when Juliet already has an arranged marriage with Paris would have
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.
Romeo and Juliet death, The person to blame for Romeo and Juliet death is Friar Lawrence. Friar Laurence is the most blame person their death because He married Romeo and Juliet, Make Juliet fake her death, and Left Juliet in tomb alone.