Romeo And Juliet: The Tragic Death Of Friar Lawrence

First of all, Tony and Romeo were not able to control their love for being in love in either of their stories. Nevertheless, there are those who shelter Tony and Romeo from their blame, pinning it on the characters of Doc and Friar Lawrence because they allowed the actions of these young men to take place. This point is made null by the fact that nobody could have prevented their irresponsible feelings of love at first sight. For example, Tony had only just met Maria at a dance, and soon he was professing his love for her right outside the fire escape of her home. Hardly within a moment, he was a part of a relationship that leads to his end, making him responsible for his own death. Furthermore, the story of Romeo features a similar situation,

Friar Lawrence is to blame for the deaths because he’s the one that came up with the plan to make Juliet appear dead. Romeo was supposed to be with her but it didn’t work out all that well. Friar Lawence gives her the potion and in Act Four, scene 1, lines 98-99 Friar Lawrence says “ No warmth, no breath, shall

in order to unite the families; as in Act 2, Scene 6, when he marries

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.

No plan is perfect – no matter how well one thinks it out, there is always margin for error. A successful, well thought out plan consists of a solid primary plan, alternate means of achieving the goal and leeway to allow for mistakes.

In the classical romance Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare many were distraught by the two lovers’ suicide. The most to blame for their deaths is Friar Lawrence. He took many risks helping Romeo and Juliet. He knew what he was getting himself into and still helped them. Some say he's a bad person for doing that, others say he was being kind.

daughter of his enemy. When he finds out in the party that Juliet is a

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 death of Romeo and Juliet, who caused it, who is at fault, what happened as well as why did it happen. Romeo and Juliet are star crossed lovers that both commit suicide on the same night, did they do because of their family feud or was it more sinister than that? In Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare has Friar Lawrence assist in the double suicide of Romeo, as well as Juliet.

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that” (Martin Luther King Jr.). The misadventure of Romeo and Juliet showed that only their deaths due to their love, was the only way to end the feud between each other’s families. Someone who supported their love and was trusted throughout the storyline by Romeo and Juliet was the Friar; who was a sympathetic, and a very important character in the play. Friar Laurence had the greatest impact on ending the hatred between the Capulets and Montagues.

There is an old adage, “Proper planning prevents poor performance.” This was Friar Laurence’s fatal flaw. Due to Friar Laurence not having the forsight to be sure his plan for piece between the two families would work, he made the most distructive decisions. Although he thought that his choices would lead to the familes coming together. Friar Laurence’s indesicive and careless decisons led to the death of both Rome and Juliet.

Even though Shakespeare’s play: Romeo and Juliet wasn’t real, people still repeatedly ask who influenced and is responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s death. Three reasons that explain why Friar Laurence and Romeo had an impact on the tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet are because Friar Laurence thought their marriage would stop rivalry between the family, he didn’t deliver the letter for Romeo in time, and Romeo rushed into a new relationship.

Throughout Romeo and Juliet’s lives, there were many problems revolving around their true love. In all, i think Friar lawrence was to blame for many obvious, yet overlooked reasons. If you were in his position, would you have made those terrible decisions? The first bad decision he made, was to secretly marry the two children, knowing their parents were not okay with it.

In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, the young couple commits suicide for their love. Who do you think is at fault for the young couple’s death? I believe it’s Friar Lawrence who is the reason they kill themselves because he secretly marries them, fakes Juliet’s death, and didn’t ensure the letter was delivered to Romeo. All of the actions listed is why the young couple eventually killed themselves at the end of the play.

Romeo and Juliet is a love story that factored around three key elements of the play that led to