Romeo And Juliet Friar Corrupt

The Friar had good intentions when he married Romeo and Juliet, as shown in this quote, “For this alliance may so happy prove/ To turn your households’ rancour to pure love” (2.4.91-92). In this quote, Friar Lawrence explains his reasoning behind marrying Romeo and Juliet, he thought that by marrying the two, he could stop the feud. This did not work as no one told the rest of the families and the Capulets tried to marry Juliet to Paris. The Friar also failed to get the letter to Romeo that would have told him that Juliet wasn’t dead. If Romeo had received this letter, he would not have committed suicide in Juliet's grave when he returned to Verona. Also, if the Friar had gotten to Juliet’s grave any earlier, he could have saved both Romeo and Juliet. The following quote is from the final scene of the play, “Miscarried by my fault, let my old life / Be sacrificed, some hour before this time, / unto the rigour of the severest law” (5.3.271-274). In this scene, the Friar admits the part that he played in Romeo and Juliet’s deaths. He volunteers himself to be punished for this, but the rest of the families and the Prince don't want to punish him. Although he meant well, Friar Lawrence’s actions resulted in the deaths of Romeo and

In William Shakespeare’s play “Romeo and Juliet”, Shakespeare presents characters in difficult situations in Romeo and Juliet through various language techniques and structure. Romeo and Juliet were star-crossed lovers. Both Romeo and Juliet were from feuding families that would not approve of their marriage. In the play they are presented with many difficult circumstances. The play was set in the Elizabethan era; there was a significant change in religion, family and politics. Attitudes and key scenes highlight the theme of love in difficult circumstances and prepare the audience for Romeo and Juliet’s suicides at the end of the play. In this essay I will be exploring the ways Shakespeare presents characters in difficult situations.

Secondly, Friar Lawrence’s intentions are always for the benefit of others. He helps his fellow citizens when they are in despair, such as when Romeo arrives at the friar’s cell crying himself to death. The friar responds, “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” (3, 3, 150-152). Here, Friar Lawrence acts as a mentor to Romeo, and uplifts his spirits by guiding him through the difficult times of banishment. Friar tells Romeo what he wants to hear because he understands Romeo’s boundless love for Juliet, and what may happen as the consequence of forbidden love. Moreover, Friar Lawrence has noble intentions that give himself no personal gain. When he agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet, he says, “In one respect I’ll thy assistant be, for this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households’ rancor to pure love” (2, 3, 90-92). Friar decides to marry the young lovers not only to help his friends, but because he believes it will end the long bitter feud of Verona. He only cares about the wellbeing of the city and the safety of the opposing families. Lastly, Friar Lawrence always assists his fellow citizens in their time of desperation. When

Friar Lawrence often tries to find the easiest ways out of his issues. He prefers to go behind people’s backs and make actions that attempt to quickly fix issues, instead of actually talking to people and making a compromise everyone can agree on. One example of when Friar lawrence is being selfish is when he sees juliet and Romeo commit suicide, he just runs away out of the tomb. He does not want to get in trouble with the community and does not help Romeo and Juliet. Any person in their right mind would help people in need, it is programed into people's mind. Not helping a dying person for one's own needs, is one of the most selfish actions someone can make. Friar Lawrence should have talked to Lord Capulet, and Lord Montague about the situation. He should have told them about their love and it could have sparked a conversation between families to cause a peaceful resolution for the

Friar didn’t want to have to marry Juliet to two people as that would be against the law. So, Friar then gave Juliet a sleeping potion where she was supposed to be asleep for 42 hours. This plan lead her family into great devastation. Friar knew that it was wrong to give Juliet the potion, but he thought that if he didn't she would proceed to kill herself right there in his cell. "If, rather than to marry County Paris, Thou hast the strength of will to slay thyself, Then it is likely thou wilt undertake A thing like death to chide away this shame, That copest with death himself to scape from it: And, if thou darest, I’ll give you thee remedy” (Shakespeare 453). Because Friar gave Juliet the sleeping potion he had to keep up his end of the deal by letting Romeo know the

He did not exactly make a mistake by choosing his next decision since Juliet did not give him much time to even think about it “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.” (IV. i. 53-55) Juliet is threatening the Friar if he doesn’t do something about it she’d kill herself so the Friar was in dilemma between either letting the girl killing herself and he would not get in any trouble for more lying or give her a potion that will help her escape her parents and live with Romeo in Mantua. Since he was a Friar he could not let a young girl get married twice and or kill herself so he gave her the potion that helped trick her parents into thinking she was dead and then she can wake up and leave with Romeo, and in the Friar’s mind this is a great plan and it’ll work out just

Friar Laurence’s character flaws greatly impacted the end result of the play. The Friar should be punished for his poorly made decisions throughout Shakespeare’s story. His first mistake was when he initially helped Romeo and Juliet with the aid of the Nurse. Both Romeo and Juliet are children and their parents should be included in every decision made for them. The Friar married Romeo and Juliet in Act 3 of the play. “Till Holy Church incorporate two in one” (3.1.37) The marriage was the start of many issues. Such as Juliet’s inability to wed Paris, being a married lady. This led to Friar’s next choice of giving Juliet the sleeping potion—making her appear dead. “Take this vial, being then in bed,” (4.1.93) Giving Juliet the poison was the reason why so many characters had died in the end of Act 5 of the play. Paris had died fighting Romeo because he thought he was attempting to steal Juliet’s “dead” body. Romeo, ignorant of the fact that Juliet was not dead, killed himself. Juliet committed suicide because of her fiancé lying next to her lifeless. The poison given by Friar

Many believe that Friar Lawrence is innocent because he had good intentions and did what he deemed necessary when helping Romeo and Juliet, however, good intentions do not always correspond to appropriate actions. Friar assists the lovers on numerous occasions and even marries them. Friar states after agreeing to marry Romeo and Juliet, “For this alliance may so happy prove/ To turn your households’ rancor to pure love” (Shakespeare.II.iii.91-92). The phrase “alliance may so happy prove” means this marriage could have a good outcome. Friar hopes that the marriage will be a happy one and will be a beneficial union. The phrase “turn your households’ rancor to pure love” implies that Friar wants to convert the two families’ hatred of each other into a loving relationship.

Friar Lawrence has good intentions when marrying Romeo and Juliet; to end the conflict between the two families by creating an unbreakable bond between the two.

Friar Lawrence imprudently agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet, even though he knows that it will cause later consequences. At first, Friar thinks that “For this alliance may so happy prove/To turn your households rancor to pure love” (2.3.98-99), meaning that he thinks the marriage will bring about peace to the two opposed families, the Montagues and the Capulets. Immediately, however, he tells Romeo,” Wisely and slowly, they stumble that run fast” (2.3.101). Friar Lawrence warns Romeo that if he is too hasty, then it leads to bad consequences. Friar Lawrence is clearly aware that if he and he alone marries the two, then their marriage will collapse, yet he decides to marry Romeo and Juliet. This causes both of them to sink into depression after Romeo gets banished from the city of Verona, his home town. Without Friar Lawrence, the two would not have married, which would not lead to their depression and further

There are many characters in the play of Romeo and Juliet that have important roles and unique characteristics. One of these characters is Friar Lawrence, a Franciscan monk who is an expert in plants and medicines. While the Friar does not appear in all parts of the play, he acts as an advisor to Romeo and Juliet and gets them married. Being an honest, trustworthy, and loving friend, Friar Lawrence helps keep Romeo and Juliet together while maintaining his character and not acting dual-sided or having a second nature. Throughout the later parts of the play, Friar Lawrence’s characterization remains consistent as he guides the two lovers through their troubles and eventually ends the family feud between the Capulets and the Montagues.

First, the friar is an irrational thinker. The decisions he makes shows that he doesn’t really think about it. The things he does is not very logical. He married Romeo and Juliet knowing it would cause problems and that they had just met. Any person with logical reasoning would have told them to wait because they had just met hours before and were so young. He didn't of course because he just wanted to help. Friar also gave Juliet a potion to make it seem like she killed herself. Really all he had to do is find a way to get her out of town. Getting out of town seems like a way more thought out plan. Finally, Friar could have delivered the news that Juliet wasn’t dead himself instead of making Friar John deliver it. If he would have delivered the news himself then romeo would have gotten the news earlier.

Even though some characters are equally neutral to feud between the two groups, their actions also matter to the plotline. The Friar is represented on the play as the advisor, the one person everyone trust and can be sought for help. He does not want to be involved in the fight, but rather solve it. “So smile the heavens upon this holy act.” He believes that bringing the two lovers together can finally end the fight.

With a flicker of hope that the marriage will work and end the feud, Friar Lawrence remarks that, "this alliance may so happy prove to turn [their] households' rancor to pure love" (II iv 91-92). The blame can be placed on Friar Lawrence because he cares too much for Romeo and Juliet and eventually takes an extreme and risky approach to facilitate their union.

As Juliet awakes from her planned long sleep, she asks Friar Lawrence “where is my Romeo?” He tells her he “lies dead.” At this point, Friar Lawrence would have been very worried about his actions and he tries to cover up the lies to fix what happened. He asks Juliet to “come, I’ll dispose of thee, among a sisterhood of holy Nuns.” Friar Lawrence is afraid of his actions and of being exposed as a failure and liar. Proposing this to Juliet would have been the