Love at first sight, these two meet a horrible fate. In “Romeo and Juliet”, by William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet fall in love, but their love tragically ends in vain. They meet under the worst conditions, their families being each other’s rivals. Their relationship was hard to contain, but Juliet would do anything to keep it. They both seeked help from the priest, Friar Laurence. Romeo and Juliet’s death was caused by Friar Laurence. Friar Laurence devised a plan that would fake Juliet’s death, gave Juliet a potion, and he was too late to save Romeo and Juliet. All this would , ultimately, lead to their tragic deaths. Friar Laurence made a plan that would stage Juliet’s death letting her escape with Romeo. Friar Laurence explained that ,“if thou darest, I’ll give thee remedy”. In substitution of killing herself, Friar Laurence devises a plan that will enable Juliet to escape. Friar Laurence is offering a …show more content…
Whilst giving her the potion, Friar Laurence said, “Take thou this vile”...”For no pulse”. Friar Laurence gave a potion to Juliet. Juliet is going to drink the potion and she is going to “die”. This will lead to further complications, making Friar Laurence at fault. The last reason that makes Friar Laurence at fault is he didn’t make it in time to save Romeo and Juliet. Friar entered the scene witnessing, “Romeo, there dead... husband to that Juliet.” Friar Laurence tried to save Juliet by warning her that Romeo did not hear he plan, but he was too late. Friar Laurence didn’t make it in time to save Juliet and Romeo, thus putting the blame on him. The tragic death of Romeo and Juliet was caused by Friar Laurence, who made many mistakes. Some mistakes including helping and devising a plan, giving Juliet a potion, and not being there on time when Romeo and Juliet commit suicide. If Friar had disagreed to help with their affairs, Romeo and Juliet wouldn’t have met this
Another reason that Friar Laurence can be blamed is because of his faulty plan to save Juliet from having to marry Paris. He was rushed into concocting this plan because Juliet was threatening to kill herself if she had to marry Paris. Juliet said, “Unless thou tell
Friar Laurence makes not only one, but three mistakes that will eventually lead up to Romeo and Juliet’s death. The Friar’s first mistake was giving Juliet, an unstable fourteen year old, a powerful potion that would make her look dead, so she would not have to marry Paris. Friar Laurence actually shows his irresponsibility by saying, “Thou hast the strength of will to slay thyself…take thou this vial…no warmth, no breath shall testify the livest”( Act 4.1.). Had Friar Laurence not given Juliet the poison, she never would have been put in the position that she was in, which lead to her death.
The first reason why Friar Laurence is at fault because he married to Romeo and Juliet. Romeo went to Friar Laurence place to tell him about Juliet “ I have been feasting with mine enemy, where on a sudden one hath wounded me, that’s by me wounded”. After Romeo told Friar Laurence about how much he love Juliet and wants to marry her. Friar Laurence told Romeo he will marry them to, “ But come, young waverer, come, go with me, In one respect I’ll thy assistant be, for this alliance may so happy prove to turn households’ rancor to pure love”. Friar Laurence thought if Romeo and Juliet would of got married that would stop all the fighting between their families the Capulets and Montagues.
A second reason the Friar should be held most responsible is the fact that he gave Juliet a remedy in order to “fake” her death. Friar Laurence tells Juliet:
Friar Laurence acted irresponsibly when he sent someone else to send the letter. He says to Juliet, “Shall Romeo by my letters know our drift; And a hitcher shall he come.” Romeo is going to know what’s happening by the letters he send him. He also tells her, “In this resolve I’ll send a friar with seed to Mantua, with my letters to thy lord.” He sent someone else to bring Romeo the letters. That’s very irresponsible of him. He is responsible because he should have gone himself and said it in person not through a letter because you never know what can happen.
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
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
Therefore, Friar Laurence is the most responsible for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet because he acts irresponsibly, doesn't realize the importance of the “letter”, and becomes self-conscious. Many blame Friar Laurence for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet due to his irresponsible decision making skills.
A lot, but not all of the blame can be attributed to Friar Laurence, as he made not only made 1, but 4 mistakes leading up to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. The first of this is his agreement to marry Romeo and Juliet together after they have just spent one day together. His reasoning for this is that he believes that marrying the couple will solve the feud between the Montague and Capulet houses; “In one respect I’ll assistant be: For this alliance may so happy prove To turn your households’ rancour to pure love.” This decision leads to many complications including Romeo not being able to tell Tybalt he has married his cousin, which ultimately leads to Mercutio’s death. The second mistake was his plan to give Juliet poison which put her to sleep with a almost non-existent pulse for 48 hours, in order for her to avoid marrying Paris. A more simpler plan would have been suggesting that the two lovers run away together rather than entrusting Juliet - an unstable 14 year old girl - with a potion that makes her look dead. He shows his irresponsibility when
The first person who should be blamed on for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet is the priest friar Laurence because he agreed to marry Romeo and Juliet. According to the play, Romeo came up to his priest and tell him he is now in love with Juliet and tells him to marry them. Friar Laurence was worried about how fast he switched over to Juliet, but agrees to do it because he thinks it will bring peace and love to both families who hate each other. The next day he marries Romeo and Juliet. Towards the end of the story friar Laurence tells Juliet to fake her death in order to not get married with county Paris and go away with Romeo who is banished from the city for killing Tybalt. Romeo was supposed to get news about the plan,
Do acknowledge that I am not arguing that it was not justified. The plan that Friar assembled was indeed to blame for the death of three characters, however, it was also to blame for the ending of the feud between the rival Montague and Capulet households. To be even more specific than just using Friar Laurence’s marrying of Romeo and Juliet as the spark of the tragedies to come, one most look at the plan that he constructed to truly examine the causes of such catastrophes. Friar’s plan was to reunite Romeo and Juliet by giving Juliet a potion that would cause her to appear dead and Romeo would obtain a letter from Friar John that would tell him the plan. After which he would go to Juliet’s tomb and be there when she awoke. Although seemingly not ridiculously complicated, lots goes wrong, leading to the death of three. Some may argue that it was Friar John’s fault for not delivering the letter to Romeo in time and some that it was Balthasar for telling Romeo that Juliet was dead. Regardless, if Friar Laurence was to not have assembled this plan that none of this could have happened in the first place. Yet, it was exactly this plan that did not unfortunately reunite Romeo and Juliet, at least alive, but in fact united the Montague and Capulet families themselves, which in turn likely will prevent less death in the long run. Before Juliet kills herself with Romeo’s dagger,
The Friar is to blame for Romeo and Juliet's death because he did not deliver the letter to Romeo about Juliet's fake death. In the text it says, "The good Friar Laurence has sent a messenger to Mantua
He is the advisor to Romeo and Juliet and guides them throughout the play. Even though he does it with good intentions, Friar Laurence makes several mistakes that leads to Romeo and Juliet’s death. Almost all the mistakes he made could have been avoided if he had just planned it out better and took time to carefully think about it. First of all, a huge mistake he made was giving Juliet the poison to make her appear dead. As a result of his carelessness, everyone thinks Juliet is dead causing her to be in a position that ultimately led to death.
That had caused great sadness for Juliet. Her father thought that it would be beneficial if she were to be married, to Paris. Juliet did not like that idea, so she had Friar Laurence create a potion that would cause her to look deceased and go into a deep sleep for forty-two hours. “O, look! Methinks I see my cousin's ghost seeking out Romeo that did spit his body upon a rapier's point: stay, Tybalt, stay! Romeo, I come! This do I drink to thee” (iv.iii.54-57). After a few days, Romeo had learned about Juliet’s, so called, death. He immediately went to the apothecary’s house to buy a fatal poison. “Come hither, man. I see that thou art poor: Hold, there is forty ducats: let me have a dram of poison, such soon-speeding gear as will disperse itself through all the veins That the life-weary taker may fall dead and that the trunk may be discharged of breath as violently as hasty powder fired” (v.i.58-64). The apothecary gave Romeo the potion, a potion that Romeo had later found was very strong. The potion that Romeo had bought had killed him almost instantly. When Juliet had woken up from her deep sleep, and she found Romeo on the ground in her tomb. Juliet was immediately hit with a wave of depression. Juliet took the only course of action that she thought was appropriate, stabbing herself with a dagger. That is two suicides in one day caused by
The friar is responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet’s by his decisions. He was willing to marry two kids from feuding families because he thought that it would end the feud. Terrible idea it just made things super complicated.