Friar Lawrence's Last Big Mistake

When Friar Lawrence went to send Romeo's letter that contained the whole plan, he didn't even tell Friar John the amount of importance in the letter. Friar Lawrence couldn't be bothered to take the letter, let alone tell Friar John the extreme importance of the letter. In Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence says "The letter was not nice but full of charge of dear import, and the neglecting it may do much danger." This shows he didn't even put any effort into delivering the letter to Romeo and didn't put any care or thought into the plan. Friar Lawrence's bad choices already put both Romeo and Juliet in grave danger, just by simply neglecting the letter being

“ Take thou this vial, being then is bed, and this distilling liquor drink thou off.” He gave her a potion that made her seem dead and Romeo did not get the letter that Friar Lawrence had sent him. Romeo had came to Verona to find his Juliet. Another reason is that he married them in the first place after 3 days most half of the people had died. Juliet was getting forced into marriage so Juliet had went to Friar Lawrence and he had come up with the plan. He had sent Romeo the letter so he could come and they could run away together, but Romeo had not gotten the letter. Friar Lawrence had given the letter to his brother Friar John, but his brother got stuck in a home, full of sick people. Friar Lawrence could have given the letter to Romeo himself. If he had given it to Romeo himself Romeo and Juliet would still be alive. He should be punished for their death because if he would have just told Romeo the plan face to face. Also if he had not given the option to fake her own death, he could have told her to go to Mantua to get Romeo and run away in the first place. This is why I think Friar Lawrence should be punished for the death of Romeo and Juliet. In Shakespeare's, Romeo and Juliet, Lord Capulet should be punished for the death of

Friar Lawrence made a crazy plan that involved potions and such crazy things that could have had safe alternatives. Juliet could have been sneaked to Mantua with Romeo, instead, she took a sleep potion. Because of the Friar's actions, 3 people died all because of his decision. Friar had many choices he could've made instead of using his "skills" of making potions. The actions could be argued that he had little time to think of a reasonable time, the marriage was only 2 days away but he was still responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet no matter the justification, he accidentally indirectly killed him.

Friar Lawrence was dishonest and didn’t try and protect young adults that made immature decisions. He let them die. A counter argument for Friar Lawrence shouldn’t have given Juliet the potion is that it was he only choice. It wasn’t Friar could have helped Juliet escape or just tell everybody the truth. Romeo and Juliet were too young to know what they were doing and Friar Lawrence didn’t help them at all. “Let my old life be sacrificed some hour before his time unto the rigor of severest law” Act V Scene III Line 268-69. Friar Lawrence realized what he did was

Friar Laurence is careless, his actions of carelessness really showed when the letter was never given to Romeo. This letter was to inform him that Juliet was not actually dead, she just appeared it. Romeo never getting the letters was a huge concern for Juliet. He was lazy and had Friar John go deliver the letters to Romeo back in Mantua,

Friar Lawrence was the biggest leader in Romeo and Juliet's downfall. Romeo and Juliet are star-crossed lovers. Their fondness for each other caused many deaths, including theirs. Friar Lawrence was a priest who assisted the couple on their journey of love. Friar Lawrence wedded the duo in secret, created a plan for Juliet when things went wrong, and provided them with advice.

The plan was, “...When you’re in bed, take this vial, mix its contents with liquor, and drink. Then a cold sleep-inducing drug will run through your veins, and your pulse will stop.” He goes on saying that Romeo will come and save her by digging her out of the tomb that her parents will put her in. Not only is this a very dangerous plan that could lead to having Juliet getting buried alive; but there are many flaws in this plan. One of the flaws that did end up happening was Romeo not getting the letter about the plan, which led to Romeo thinking that his Juliet is dead, and now he wants to be dead. If Friar Lawrence just came up with a less dangerous plan then the deaths of Romeo and Juliet wouldn’t have

Juliet wanted to get out of an arranged marriage with Paris so badly, she wanted to kill herself. She was also distraught because Romeo was banned from Verona, and she can’t see him. Friar Lawrence helped her plan to fake her death, he gave her a potion to make her fall asleep for forty-two hours. “Take thou this vial, being then in bed, When presently through all thy vein shall run a cold and drowsy humor; for no pulse shall keep his native progress, but surcease; no warmth, no breath, shall testify thou livest…”(Shakespeare 818). This quote helps show that Friar was helping Juliet.

”(V,iii,14) Here he speaks to Friar John about him not being able to send the letter. He was afraid of spreading a sickness. The result of this action was Romeo not knowing that Juliet wasn’t really dead and it was all apart of the plan. If Friar John had been able to get the letter to him he wouldn’t have gone to the apothecary to buy a poison.

Friar Lawrence is a character in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet that served as a mentor for Romeo and Juliet, the two star-crossed lovebirds. He served as a mentor and a friend throughout the entire play, and because of it, his life was forever changed. In the beginning of the story, we meet the friar and can see that he is a happy go lucky guy, frollicking through the fields and giving advice to Romeo. However, the friar has to deal with quite a bit more than a two lovestruck teens, and it changes him for the worse. By the end of Act V, all of the drama that had taken place had taken it’s toll on Friar Lawrence and he was very upset and seemed to have been broken by the events of the week. The first time that we hear him speak,

Friar Lawrence plays a big part in causing the death of Romeo and Juliet because he secretly marries them knowing something either negative or positive will happen. Friar even tells Romeo the cautions for he says 'Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.' (Act II Scene III 97) Friar marries them because he thinks that the marriage is going to end the feud between the families of Romeo and Juliet. He knows that even though Romeo and Juliet are in love they will never be able to see each other. Not in a grave to lay one in, another out to have” (Act II scene III 85) Also, if Friar Lawrence did not give Juliet the potion that she was going to use to deceive her family into thinking she was dead to get out of her marriage to Paris and make Romeo aware of what was going to happen, their deaths would not have occurred. Romeo goes to the tomb thinking Juliet is really dead after Balthasar accidently informed him of Juliet’s apparent death not knowing of her plan. If he had stayed there longer without taking the poison he had obtained from Apothecary they both would not have killed themselves. He brought the poison to the tomb to end his own life next to Juliet after seeing for himself if she was really dead. Romeo did not want to live without Juliet.

In this quote Friar Laurence is telling Juliet to take the vial and to drink it when she goes to bed. This fluid (while going through her veins) will make her cold and drowsy and make it appear as if she does not have a pulse. However, her blood will continue moving naturally and will not stop. If the Friar had not given her the vial, Romeo would not have heard the news that she was dead and therefore would not have killed himself in Capulet’s tomb. Another basis of accusing Friar Laurence of the deaths of the two, is the fact that Romeo did not receive the information about the plan. The Friar tells Juliet, “In this resolve. I’ll send a friar with speed/To Mantua, with my letters to thy lord” (IV.i.1123-124). The Friar is telling Juliet that he will send a friar to Mantua with a letter, saying their plan. He should have sent the letter personally and not relied on another friar to deliver such an urgent and important message. Since the entire plan was his idea he should have followed through with it, making sure the information was

Friar Laurence gives the letter to Friar John to deliver to Romeo in Mantua. Friar Laurence states to Juliet “Meanwhile, I’ll send a message to Romeo. He will come here, and I will be there when you awake”- Friar Laurence (Act 4, scene 1). Friar John was Irresponsible and shouldn’t have went to get another brother to help him. Friar John states to Friar Laurence “I never made it to Mantua. I went to ask another brother to go with me. He was visiting the sick when I found him, the health officers thought we were in a house infected by the plague”- Friar John (Act 5, scene 2). All and all, Friar Laurence and Friar John are the most responsible for the two lover’s deaths.

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

The next event that contributes to their deaths is Friar Laurance's faulty planning in the fake death of Juliet. Friar Laurance did not thoroughly plan the fake death of Juliet. He failed to inform Romeo that her death was fake. "I could not send it. Nor get a messenger to bring thee, so fearful were they of infection." (Act 5, scene 2, 14-16). Friar Lawrence did not stress the importance of the letter. As a result, Friar John did not see that it was delivered to Romeo. Another fault in his plan was informing Romeo of who was delivering the letter. "I'll find out your man,/ and he shall signify from time to time/ every good hap to your chances here". (Act 3, scene 3, 169-171) The Friar forgets to inform Romeo who would be bringing the message, that it would be one of his fellow Friars. In Act IV, Scene I Juliet goes to the Friar for advice. In his cell she encounters Paris, after chatting for awhile she requests to see the Friar alone, where the Friar tells her his plan. "Hold, then; go home, be merry, give consent/ To marry Paris: Wednesday is to-morrow:/ To-morrow night look that thou lie alone;/ Let not thy nurse lie with thee in thy/ chamber:/ Take thou this vial, being then in bed,/ And this distilled liquor drink thou off;" (Act 4, scene 1, 89-93). The Friar has not considered the all the possible outcomes of his plan. He tells Juliet she must drink the potion