Would you marry a young couple that just met, if it could end a decade of bloody feuding between two families? How about use a sleeping potion to help a naïve girl get out of a marriage? In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare these are decisions that Friar Lawrence had to make, even though, he knew it could have a horrific outcome. Friar Lawrence is most responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s deaths. People may argue that the nurse is to blame, but she didn’t know of the Friar’s plan to fake Juliet’s death. When Friar Lawrence first give Juliet the sleeping potion he says that even the nurse will think that she is dead, therefore, she hasn’t been told of the plan. The Friar says, “When your Nurse comes to wake you for the wedding, you will look dead” (Act 4 Scene 1). When not knowing of the plan she gives a genuine reaction to the death of Juliet and makes it believable. When the Nurse goes to wake Juliet she is in agony to find that the girl, she had been pretty much raising for the past thirteen years, was dead. When the nurse finds her she screams, “She’s dead! Dead and gone! I can hardly believe it” (Act 4 Scene 5). When unknowing of the plan, the Nurse gives a genuine reaction to finding her child and cannot tell Romeo of the plan. All in all, we can …show more content…
Once Juliet comes to the Friar and asks for a way out of marrying Paris, he gives her the potion and tells her that HE would tell Romeo of the plan. He tells her, “Here, then, take it. I will let Romeo know the plan” (Act 4 Scene 1). He then, sends an associate of his to deliver the letter to Romeo but, the plan fails and Romeo never receives the letter. When Friar John returns he says, “Welcome home from Mantua. What did Romeo say?” “I never got to Mantua.” Was his response (Act 5 Scene 2). So, due to Friar Lawrence’s incompetence, Romeo never receives the letter telling him the
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 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.
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
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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.
Who had caused the death of Romeo and Juliet? Friar Lawrence came off a bit sneaky in the story, he was definitely the one that caused the death of the star-crossed lovers. Here are reasons why Friar Lawrence caused the death of Romeo and Juliet; he married them secretly, gave Juliet poison to make it seem as if she was ¨dead¨, he also planned for Romeo and Juliet to not work out.
He asked Friar John to get the message to Romeo about how Juliet’s death was a hoax,and asking Romeo to meet Juliet would greet him alive and well. Unfortunately the message never arrived. Friar Lawrence new when Friar John said “ I could not send it, here it is again, Nor get a messenger to bring it thee.” (5.2.14-15) Friar Lawrence clearly had not told him the importance of the messag reaching Romeo.
Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare was a hard play for me to understand because of the language but I think Romeo was to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet but it wasn't an easy question to answer. I don't know if there is one correct answer but I think the blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet is Romeo.
A tragedy is an occasion that causes much misfortune and sadness. Tragedy can be seen throughout literature and most likely ends up with someone physically or mentally being killed. A very good example of a tragedy in literature is William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The tale of Romeo and Juliet is about two young lovers that belong to feuding families’ that hate each other and their love must be kept secret. Unfortunately, not but a day after they are secretly wed, they are separated from each other, and later end up killing themselves because they cannot stand living without one another.
Therefore it may look that way, but Juliet was going to have to marry Paris, kill herself, or get Friar to come up with a “Plan C.” Friar had given Juliet a potion that would make her sleep for 42 hours and it made her look dead. Friar sent a letter out to Romeo trying to explain all of this and it did not get to him as Friar John, who is the man who was supposed to send the letter to Romeo states that, “ I could not send it-here it is again- Nor get a messenger to bring it thee, so fearful were they of infection.” (Act 5, Scene 2, Line 13-16.) However, Friar tried to prevent the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, but Romeo didn't; he did not mind the fact of
If Friar Lawrence had explained the letter’s importance,more of an effort would have been put forth in making sure it was delivered. Since the letter was never given to Romeo,he was not aware of the plan which led to the fatalities of the two.
Friar Lawrence makes several foolish decisions, regarding both Romeo and Juliet, and their marriage. Firstly, he gives Juliet a deadly poison that could easily kill her, and trusts that she will use it correctly. As an authority figure in her life he should not have given a young teenager the ability to kill, or severely harm herself. The Friar knows that Romeo and Juliet are extremely dependent on each other, and still puts Juliet in a dangerous situation. Secondly, he abandons Juliet when she is most vulnerable, when he realizes he could be punished for what he has done. After discovering Romeos lifeless body in the tomb, the friar says “Stay not to question, for the watch is coming. Come go Juliet, I dare no longer stay.” Although he realizes that Juliet is unstable and thinking irrationally, he puts himself before her. This scene reveals that Friar Lawrence does not care about Juliet as much as the audience thinks.
Friar Lawrence had the idea that if he married Romeo and Juliet, he would bring peace between the Montagues and the Capulets. However, the marriage is kept a secret, and Lord Capulet still wants Juliet to marry Paris. Juliet believes that she has no other way to be with Romeo than to fake her death. “Take thou this vial, being then in bed, and this distilled liquor thou off, when presently through all veins shall run a cold and drowsy humour for no pulse shall keep his native progress but surcease: No warmth, no breath, shall testify thou livest; The roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fade, to paly ashes, thy eyes’ windows fall, like death, when he shuts up the day of life” (4.1.96-104). In order for Juliet to fake her death and be with Romeo, she needed help from Friar Lawrence. He gives her a potion that makes her seem dead for forty-two hours. The issue here is that Romeo wasn’t ever notified of this plan and the message wasn’t delivered to him. Romeo thought that Juliet was actually dead, and as a result, he decides to kill himself. When Juliet wakes up and realizes Romeo is dead, she kills herself successfully. If Friar Lawrence hadn’t married Romeo and Juliet, and had delivered Romeo the message himself, the suicides could have been avoided. As a result, Friar Lawrence has a partial blame in the deaths of Romeo and
Juliet listened to everything Friar Lawrence had to tell and it caused her to die. Friar Lawrence pronounced the letter off to Friar John who got a burro and made his journey to Mantua to send the letter to Romeo. Friar John did not know what all was consisted of the letter. Friar Lawrence never wanted Friar John to know about the letter because if Friar John knew about the letter the messenger would be stressed about make this run successful, and Friar lawrence knew it would make a big problem to Friar John, The time that Friar John took to go the Mantua took to long arrive at the town of Mantua so Romeo’s Letter messenger arrived before Friar Lawrence's, So Romeo’s letter was nothing of a plan it was “the death of
Although Friar Lawrence had good intentions, he should have never married Romeo and Juliet secretly. When asked by Romeo if he would perform the ceremony, he initially hesitated. He did not think Romeo should have moved from Rosaline to Juliet so quickly. After debating with himself if he would do it, he informed Romeo he would. Friar Lawrence decided he would for one reason: he thought their marriage would force the Montagues and the Capulets to end their feud. The issue brought by that was Romeo and Juliet never told their parents, therefore the feud did not end until after they died. The only other people who knew, Friar Lawrence and the Nurse, also did not tell Capulet and Montague. This led to a secret being taken to a drastic measure, that being Juliet faking her death to avoid marrying Paris after Romeo had been banished. Who gave her the potion to make her appear dead? That would be none other than Friar Lawrence. When he learned from Friar John the letter telling Romeo she was not dead did not arrive, he was too late: Romeo was dead. When Juliet awoke and asked where Romeo was, he initially