Imagine yourself in the Elizabethan era. You want to marry the man/woman that you love but cannot due to the fact that your families have a deep hatred for each other. So you turn to the man that you have trusted for a very long time, who helps you in or out of any situation, but this time makes all the wrong decisions just when you need him to make the right ones, thus he endangers your relationship with your new husband/wife and even your lives. Good afternoon/morning students, teachers and judges. I have investigated the various possible causes of the tragic death of the lovers in William Shakespeare’s, ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and have been given the task of determining the cause of death, not only what killed them but who. The person I believe …show more content…
While he is optimistic about the match, it is later evident that the Friar doubts the suitability of the match. We can see his doubts expressed in Act 2 Scene 6 “So smile the heavens upon this holy act, that after hours with sorrow chide us not!” In other words, he is saying that he hopes the heavens, or God, will approve of this secret union. Now many of you may believe that Romeo is responsible for both his own demise and Juliet’s death, as he was “too young and naïve to get married” and “brought all of this drama upon himself”, now, this is correct, heck even the Friar believed that, and being the responsible adult of the story you would have thought he would disagree with the marriage as he knew that their love was just intense passion or an infatuation that was likely to end. This is supported by his quote also from Act 2 Scene 6, "These violent delights have violent ends, and in their triumph die, like fire and powder". Let’s face it, we all saw the unhappy ending coming, so why couldn’t he? However the Friar was very foolish and decided to marry the couple despite his …show more content…
Had Juliet not already been married when her father insisted that she marry Paris, Friar Laurence would not have also made the decision to fake Juliet's death in order to help her out of the mess, a decision that leads to Juliet's real death, as well as Romeo's. Had Friar Lawrence explained his perfectly legal involvement in her marriage to the Capulet Family, Juliet may still have been disowned by her father, but she would have also been reunited with Romeo in Mantua, which was in fact the ultimate goal. But of course Friar Lawrence went with the Make-Her-Family-Think-She’s-Dead-But-Really-Isn’t method. One passage proving that Friar Laurence's act of deception failed, was when he says to Juliet in the tomb, "A greater power than we can contradict hath thwarted our intents" (5.3.165). The "greater power" can be interpreted as God who was displeased with the Friar's choices and, therefore, prevented them from being
Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy that has many deaths. Two of the most tragic are Romeo and Juliet. Their death was influenced by many characters inside the play, but some had more effect than others. The people most responsible are Mercutio, Tybalt and the Friar.
He agreed to marry them and kept them in there love daze. Even though the Friar was only doing this because he wanted to help the feud. He helped Juliet create a “master” plan to not marry Pairs. If Friar Laurence made sure the letter got to Romeo and then he wouldn't be lead to believe Juliet was dead. If Romeo wouldn't have killed himself because he was led to believe Juliet was dead was really dead then Juliet wouldn't have stabbed herself. Friar Laurence could have stayed and stopped Juliet from killing herself be he was too scared and fled. The Friar shouldn't have gambled with his luck Friars are suppose to be all
It all started with their eyes meeting for the first time. When their eyes meet again, they just had to be together, but the real question is who brought the lovers to their death. Who is really to Blame? As the two lovers decide to take their lives, someone is at fault for their death.
It also suggests that Juliet faked her death so she would not have to marry Count Paris. It reveals that Friar is impatient and he's thinking of the long term instead of the moment. The Friar was to blame for the deaths of young Romeo and Juliet by agreeing to marry, both of them knowing their families' history and giving them a plan to follow so they'll be able to run away with each other. Although some may disagree, Friar Lawrence caused the death of Romeo and Juliet by allowing them to get married. In the play the Friar states that once they're married they're never going to be alone“For, by your leaves, you shall not stay alone”
Long ago in the white-walled city of Verona lived a pair of young lovers, torn between a strife held by their families, a strife that splattered the streets of the previously immaculate city with blood. The tale of Romeo and Juliet is the popular Shakespearean play chronicling the tragic events of the two beloved, including their meeting, marriage, and eventual death. Over the course of the play, a total of six characters meet their demise, whether by poison, blade, or broken heart, but who is responsible for these untimely fatalities? Some suggest that this was simply an unfortunate occurrence of happenings, however, evidence suggests Romeo is to blame for his and Juliet’s death because of his impaired judgement, measly self control, and his
Romeo was still trying to get over his breakup with Rosaline. Upon seeing Juliet, Romeo finds love at first sight. He says, “O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night As a rich jewel in an Ethiop’s ear” (I, v, 44-46). They decided that they must be married as fast as they could. When Romeo and Juliet, the ”Star-cross’d lovers”(Prologue, 6), first go to Friar Laurence about their new found love for each other, Friar is hesitant to marry the couple seeing as he knew of their families feud. Although it was Romeo and Juliet that rushed into the marriage and refused to tell their parents, Friar Laurence was in a place of authority. He didn’t have to marry them, but instead he used this as a plan. A plan in hopes of bringing the Montague and Capulet families together and ending the feud. As soon as he realized that this could only make the feud worse, he tried to warn Romeo about marriage by saying, “These violent delights have violent ends, And in their triumph die” (II, vi, 9-10). Although he had good intentions at first, he himself recognized that he had made a mistake. This was one of the many stratagems that contributed to Romeo and Juliet’s death. He could have prevented the whole situation by merely saying “no” when first asked to marry
During tragic times, the question is always: who deserves the blame? In Shakespeare’s classic Romeo and Juliet, their families, sworn enemies, meet and fall hopelessly in love against all odds. They must die to end the ancient feuding of their families. At the end of this tragic story, the question of who to blame for the lovers deaths is asked. While Lady and Lord Capulet and Friar Lawrence are partially responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, fate is mostly to blame.
Before the plan was made to fake Juliet’s death, the Friar did things which brought about the circumstances that to the lovers’ deaths. He encouraged their relationship and married them in secret which he should not have done (Act II, Scene VI). Friar Laurence should have not allowed them to be together, or, if he felt they were truly in love, he should have told the two’s parents about their relationship. Juliet’s father was open to having Juliet marry whomever she wanted and Romeo’s father wanted him to be happy, so the families could probably try to set aside their differences if they felt the two were really in love (Act I, Scene II, Line 13-34 and Act I, Scene I, Line 146-156). This scenario would also have settled the families’ feud like the Friar wanted to do with Romeo and Juliet’s marriage. If these things were not done and Juliet was going to be forced to marry Paris, the Friar could have helped her escape the marriage another way. He could have helped Juliet leave the city or he could have refused to marry Juliet and
The True Culprit Behind Romeo and Juliet’s Deaths Surprisingly often, the best of intentions can lead to the worst possible outcomes. Some will try so hard to set things straight, only to add fuel to the fire, and cause a terrible result. A good example of this occurs in the Shakespearean play, Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, is about two lovers, Romeo and Juliet, struggling to share their love for each other due to their families’ conflicts.
Throughout a discussion amid Romeo and Friar Laurence, Friar Laurence’s advice and the decisions he made were not the most favorable. Romeo reaches out for help from Friar Laurence when he proposes marriage to Juliet, asking him to marry the two obscurely. Friar’s thoughts about the situation regarding the marriage were originally that it was rushed. How men look with their eyes and not their hearts, coming to the idea that Romeo does not truly love Juliet as he may think he does. He states, “‘Is Rosaline, whom thou didst love so dear,/So soon forsaken? Young men’s love then lies/Not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes’” (2.3.66-68). Friar Laurence is trying to convince Romeo of the facts that he does not know what love really is. Romeo only believes that he is in love by the way his eyes are fooling his brain. When confronted with these theories, Romeo goes out of his way to try and get Friar Laurence to agree to marry him and Juliet. Through this, Friar Laurence starts to wonder if maybe this would be what solves the feud that the two
Throughout time, there have been many tragedies cause by romance. For example, the play Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, is distinguished for its romantic tragedy between two star-crossed lovers. With all the deaths, who is genuinely to accuse for Romeo and Juliet's deaths? Friar Laurence is most to be held accountable for many conspicuous, yet overlooked reasons.
After meeting Juliet the night before, Romeo tells the friar about his sudden change of heart, confessing that “my heart’s dear love is set/ On the fair daughter of rich Capulet” (Shakespeare 2.3.58-59). Mindful that impulsive teenager was in love with Rosaline the day before, the wise friar scolds him, insisting that “Young men’s love then lies/ Not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes” (Shakespeare 2.3.67-68). The sagacity of Friar Lawrence is conspicuous as he is immediately dubious about the authenticity of the hasty relationship. Recognizing the spontaneity and recklessness of the relationship, he warns the impetuous teenagers that “these violent delights have violent ends” (Shakespeare 2.6.9) and advises them to “love moderately: long love doth so;/ Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow” (Shakespeare 2.6.14-15). Nevertheless, he goes against his conscientiousness and grants Romeo’s wish to be married to Juliet, only because he hopes that “this alliance may so happy prove/ To turn your households’ rancor to pure love” (Shakespeare 2.3.91-92). Friar Lawrence’s sole purpose of marrying Romeo and Juliet was to mend the animosity between the two families. Unbeknownst to the unsuspecting friar, the lovers were destined to die and his disregard to the haste of the relationship in marrying the couple only caused further suffering. In his own words, Friar Lawrence concludes that
Romeo and Juliet, the Shakespearean playwright of two star crossed lovers, ends in two tragic deaths of both Romeo and Juliet. Who can be hold responsible for their deaths, when so many things went wrong along the way? Many could be held responsible for the deaths of the two lovers, but Romeo himself deserves to carry the heavier load of responsible for not only his death, but the death of his lover, Juliet as well. The young boy’s acts of irresponsibility, impulse, belligerence, immaturity, and streak of bad decisions only brought definite consequences to both himself and Juliet.
I’ve done so and concluded that Romeo and Juliet, the Friar, and fate and chance are to blame for the deaths of Juliet and her Romeo. Both Romeo and Juliet are partially to blame for this tragedy. Their very hands are responsible for the demise of their beating hearts. Both are teenagers whose impulsiveness ultimately played a hand in their deaths. When Juliet discovers Romeo dead by her side she said “Poison, I see, hath been his timeless end.
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