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The Friar Is Responsible For Romeo And Juliet's Death

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Everyone is responsible for the death or Romeo and Juliet in the story The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet, Everyone killed these two star crossed lovers but, who do you blame the most? The Nurse? The Capulets? The Prince? None of them, I blame Friar Lawrence! Friar Lawrence has caused the deaths of the two teenagers. The Friar knew about Romeo and Juliet’s marriage, he even married them together and didn’t tell anyone besides the Nurse. On page 418 the Friar says, “so smile the heavens upon this holy act that after hours with sorrow chide us not!” Which means that you are together and the future will not punish them with sadness. The Friar also gave Juliet a way out of her second marriage with Paris by giving her a potion to make her …show more content…

As you can see on page 453 the Friar says to Juliet, “This distilled liquor drink thou off; When presently through all thy veins shall run a cold drowsy humor.” What the Friar is describing are the effects of the potion if Juliet drinks it. Another way the Friar is guilty of murder is that he didn't deliver the letter to Romeo himself, if he wouldn't have given the letter to Friar John and just delivered the letter himself then Romeo would have known about Juliet’s ‘Death’. As you can see on page 468, Romeo was expecting a letter from the Friar but doesn't receive one. “Dost thou not bring me letters from the Friar?” Even though Friar Lawrence is mostly the blame for the two teen’s deaths it is also the Capulet’s faults because Mr. And Mrs. Capulet pushed Juliet to marry Paris. Mr. Capulet even disowned his poor daughter because at first she declined her father’s proposal to marry Paris (page 444). But, the deaths of Romeo and

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