An Obvious Observation: The Tragedy of the Two Star Crossed Lovers In the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet the person that will be held accountable for their deaths, and will take full responsibility is Friar Laurence. In the beginning of the play Friar agrees to marry the two forbidden lovers. In Act 2 Scene 3, Friar Laurence states “For this alliance may so happy prove, to turn your households’ rancor to pure love.” (2.3, 91-92), this is where Friar Laurence agrees to sacrament the two lovers Romeo & Juliet. Only because he believes their marriage will end the feud between the two families who has been in conflict for centuries. Romeo and Juliet are two teenagers who did not know any better, and Friar Laurence, who is an adult proceeds to marry
In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Friar Laurence is to blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet. Friar decided to marry Romeo and Juliet, to attempt to mend the feud between their families. As the play continued, Friar Laurence had provided dangerous medicine to Juliet, leading to Romeo and Juliet’s deaths. Because of mishandling the medicine and marrying Romeo and Juliet Friar Laurence is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
Friar is held accountable for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, in William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. Friar Lawrence had given Juliet the potion to sleep, which causes other people to think shes dead. Word gets back to Romeo and he has yet to receive the important letter that FL has sent him. Romeo then kills himself at the sight of Juliet’s tomb right before she awakens.Juliet awakens at the sight of her husband dead, and she commits suicide with a dagger.If Friar Lawrence would of been more responsible Romeo and Juliet would not have
Baz Luhrmann's 1996 film, Romeo + Juliet effectively appropriates the Shakespearean 16th century love tragedy. So why has Luhrmann decided to appropriate Romeo and Juliet? By changing the context, Luhrmann effectively makes the play relevant, discussing his contextual concerns of the 1990’s. This is done through the use of themes in the film, love, family disputes and hate which have remained similar to the original play, although the way they have been presented are different, in particular the form and characters. The form has had an obvious change as the original play has been adapted into a film. Characters in the film have also been appropriated to correspond with Luhrmann's contextual concerns. Hence, Luhrmann successfully appropriates the original Shakespeare play, Romeo and Juliet by maintaining similar themes, but altering the form and characterisation to fit his contextual concerns.
In the classic play Romeo and Juliet, Friar Laurence plays a major part. Romeo and Juliet trusted him entirely as he was the priest of their town. They turned to the Friar for help and advice at a few crucial points in the play. Little did these two lovers know that their decision to turn to Friar Laurence for help would eventually lead to their deaths. Friar Laurence was responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because he married Romeo and Juliet, he was afraid of committing a sin, and because of his faulty plan for saving Juliet from a marriage to Paris.
Who’s fault is it for the various deaths? In “Romeo and Juliet” by William Skakespeare there’s various deaths. Teenage lovers fell in love but their familes hated each other. When they got married no one knew. Friar Lawrence married them in private but, the nurse did know. In Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence is to blame for all the various deaths. He married Romeo and Juliet and came up with the plan for Juliet to appear her death.
Who is most to blame for the deaths of two lovers? There have been many tragedies caused by romance. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is a drama placed in Verona, Italy. It is known for two families, Montague and Capulets to be in a long standing feud. It is also known for the tragedy between two star-crossed lovers from the two households. After a series of tragic events, the two lovers commit suicide. There are several characters that can be responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, but the character that is most to blame is Friar Laurence. He was the one to help and influence them to be together and gave Juliet the potion leading to her death and Romeo’s. Friar Laurence is the most to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet for his thoughtless decisions.
One person who is to be blamed for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet is Friar Laurence. Although Friar Laurence is portrayed as a ‘good’ man – and seems to have/do no harm to the people of Verona – he is not completely blameless. In fact, Friar Laurence undoubtedly has the most blame for their death. In Act Two, Scene Three, Lines 90-95, Friar Laurence agrees to the marriage of Romeo and Juliet because Friar Laurence truly believes that if they were lucky enough, the two feuding households, the Capulets and the Montagues, would have their hatred between one another be turned into pure love. “O, she knew well/Thy love did read by rote, that could not spell./But come, young waverer, come go with me./In one respect I’ll thy assistant be,/For this alliance may be so happy prove/To turn your household’ rancour to pure love.” All Friar
Friar Laurence is at fault for causing this catastrophe. Friar Laurence is one of many who should have guided Romeo and Juliet’s love into a more stable situation. It was the Friar who married
Even though there are many different views on who was most responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, through information in the text it is clear to see that Friar Laurence was most responsible. The Friar took it upon himself to marry the two in secret making them inseparable. The Friar came up with the plan that was doomed from the start and ultimately lead to the death of the two teens. William Shakespeare’s work was very controversial, Romeo and Juliet was no exception, it involved the death of many people and two suicides of teens just for
In the play “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare, Friar Laurence is to blame for the deaths of Romeo, Juliet, and County Paris. Through his mistakes and errors in judgment, Friar Laurence brought pain in suffering into the lives of the citizens of Verona and killed two young people in their prime.
Friar Laurence is the one to blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet. The reason Friar Laurence is the one to blame it because first, Friar Laurence married Romeo and Juliet, while knowing that they would have to face a lot of problems and persecution. Second, Friar Laurence make Juliet fakes her death so she wouldn’t have to get married with Paris. That also will have led to Romeo and Juliet death.
The play Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, is plagued with death and misfortune. A very controversial topic is who is to blame for the unfortunate deaths of Romeo and Juliet, however any educated mind can easily see past the ‘smoke and mirrors’ and see that Friar Laurence is obviously the killer in disguise. Everything he has done has paved the way for Romeo and Juliet’s life to come to an untimely death. Even that he didn’t know that his actions could lead to fatal consequences, he was being too careless, such as when he married Romeo and Juliet only thinking that it would end the feud between the two families and also when he devised a plan without thinking what would happened if he failed. Friar Laurence could be seen as being heroic when attempting to end the fighting between the families by allowing Romeo and Juliet to marry each other.
Many people would think that Romeo and Juliet themselves are to blame for their tragic deaths. Nonetheless, have you ever considered the role of the friar in this tragedy? In William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, Friar Laurence is a friend to both Romeo and Juliet. He is kind, polite, creative and he is always ready with a plan. Friar Lawrence secretly marries the star-crossed lovers hoping that their union might eventually bring peace to Verona, ending the conflict between the to feuding families. As well as being a Catholic holy man, he is also an expert in the use of mystical potions and herbs. Friar Laurence is a kind holy man who is a friend to both Romeo and Juliet. He is able to influence the two lovers both positively and negatively. In examining the person responsible for the suicides of the two lovers, it is clear that the Friar himself is responsible due to his authoritative power and the way he abuses this power. Friar Laurence makes a lot of decisions that results in the couple being dead. He secretly marries Romeo and Juliet, he lies to the Capulet family, and he provides all the escape plans.
Romeo and Juliet, a play by William Shakespeare, revolves around the tragic story of two lovers who commit suicide for one another. The two lovers were parts of opposing households, the Montagues and the Capulets. Immediately enamored with each other after meeting at a party, the lovers swiftly agree to get married. However, a series of events causes Romeo to be banished, and in order to escape an arranged marriage Juliet fakes her own death. News reaches Romeo, who then kills himself, and when Juliet awakes from her false death, she too takes her life to be with her beloved. Despite all this, Romeo and Juliet were not in love, on the simple grounds that they had known each other for a glaringly minuscule amount of
This story is about two magnificent lovers, that will love each other forever and ever, but something goes terribly wrong. Romeo and Juliet loved each very much, but at the end of the play William Shakespeare did not want them to be together forever. Friar is a priest, that got Romeo and Juliet married and at first he didn’t want to marry them, but he thought that it would end the feud between the family’s so he decided to marry them. Friar sent Friar John to deliver a letter to Romeo about Juliet, but Friar John was quarantined because people thought Friar John had the black plague. Balthasar got to Romeo first and told Romeo that Juliet was dead.