The Guilty In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

Some people may think the Nurse and Friar Lawrence is ultimately to blame for Romeo and Juliet deaths. The Nurse and Friar Lawrence both kept secrets. The Nurse told Juliet to marry Paris and the Friar knew Juliet was brave enough to take the sleeping potion and fake her death. Fate and

Romeo went to Juliet in the tomb and drank poison to kill himself. Friar is responsible for Romeo’s death because he gave Juliet the sleeping potion and never delivered the news to Romeo. Once Romeo killed himself, Juliet woke up. Friar showed up to the tomb and saw that Romeo was dead. Watchmen then started to swarm the tomb. Instead of facing the mess he created, he wanted to run. Friar told Juliet, “I hear some noise… I don’t dare stay any longer” ( Act 5 Scene 3 lines 151-160). Friar didn’t care enough to stay and help Juliet. He got scared and wanted to flee the scene. Juliet wanted to stay with Romeo so Friar just left her there. When Friar left, Juliet made a rash decision. “Oh, good, a knife… Rust inside my body and let me die” (Act 5 Scene 3 lines 169-171). That Friar left Juliet alone in her time of despair is what lead her to stab herself. That shows how Friar contributed to Juliet’s death. Ultimately he is to blame for both of their deaths. This final action shows conclusively that blaming Friar for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet is the right

Two young people with their whole lives ahead of them. Surrounded by people who love them, their futures look bright. Unfortunately, sometimes the best intentions of those close to you can have detrimental effects. Romeo and Juliet each trusted and relied upon Nurse and Friar Lawrence to provide guidance and support in their new life together. However, Nurse and Friar Lawrence are to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet due to miscommunication, mixed emotions, and over involvement in their lives.

In Romeo and Juliet the friar tries to send a note to Romeo while he was banished and it didn’t make it to him leading to his death (Shakespeare IV.i). This is shows Friar was unable to give Romeo the letter which led to his death, but Friar was not guilty of killing Romeo because without Romeo getting banished, which is the fault of Mercutio, then plan would not have occurred. In act II scene vi, Friar Laurence weds Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare II.vi). This scene can be used to argue that Friar should not have married the two and it led to the future conflicts, such as their deaths. This may be true, but without Mercutio encouraging Romeo to the dance where he fell in love with her, then they would not have met at

The Friar was aware that both Juliet and Romeo are suicidal. Secondly, the Friar meets all three criteria of manslaughter of Juliet. For the first criteria, he gave Juliet the sleeping potion which caused Romeo to die and then Juliet. Criteria two builds off Romeo’s reasoning, there was a major risk of it not working. In addition, she could have woken up with Romeo not being at her side. Thirdly, the Friar knew this would be highly upsetting to everyone who knew Juliet, this was done with a major amount of recklessness and disregard to human life. For the third criteria, he certainly knew the risks of Juliet committing suicide if Romeo was not there when Juliet woke up. Essentially, Romeo would commit suicide if he found Juliet dead and vice versa. This is something the Friar was fully aware of. The next suspect for manslaughter is the Nurse. Going over all three criteria of manslaughter, the Nurse just does not have enough evidence to prove her guilty. The Nurse did not commit any direct acts against Juliet’s life besides leaving her alone for certain points of time. This can not be held against her because this is like saying a girlfriend breaking up with

Despite all of these actions which ultimately ended in chaos, I don't think that the Friar or the Nurse were to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. On some level their actions did partake in what eventuated in the tragedy, but they came with the best intentions, with high hopes that they would be able to save a young couple's love and end a bitter feud. Friar Laurence did bring the families together, but it was with death rather than marriage. O brother Montague, give me thy hand. (V, 3, 232)

did was he secretly married them. If he didn't marry Romeo and Juliet when her parents tried to force her to marry someone else she would not have tried to run away with Romeo. The friar did not do his job. If the friar would of doing his job and delivered the note to Romeo then Romeo wouldn't of went to find Juliet and would've known that she is faking her death. In a way it was not all of the friars faulty, but he did play a big part in it was also the family's fault as well.

Friar happened to be there and let it all happen. That reason is as narrow as you can get for Friar being at fault. With all these reasons I have provided, I can now say Friar was the reason for both Romeo and Juliet’s deaths. If you happen to disagree may I ask for your reasonings? Because I have provided

Friar, moreover, is innocent because he just wants the best for the lovers and their families, and his actions are guided by good intentions. Intentions are vital when considering a character’s innocence or guilt because accidents can happen and they should be judged by intentions, not the result. Friar not only didn’t mean for all the deaths to occur, he tried to prevent them. (Logos) Although the core of this claim is valid, it suffers from a major flaw in its reasoning: that actions speak much louder than intentions. Despite Friar’s good intentions, his secrecy about the marriage and the following events is irresponsible and leads to the deaths of the lovers. When the lovers are both dead, Friar finally understands his mistakes and starts by expressing, “I married them and their stol’n marriage day/ Was Tybalt’s doomsday, whose untimely death banished [Romeo] from this city, For whom…Juliet pined” (Shakespeare.V. iii. 232-235). The phrase, “their stol’n marriage” refers to the grave error Friar made, recklessly marrying the two lovers in

In the play Romeo and Juliet the friar has a great impact on the couple because of his ability to break law to marry them. In the dramatic play Romeo and Juliet, the Friar has a great impact on the couple because of his ability to break the law to marry them as show in this example, “Not in a grave To lay one in, another out to have.I pray thee chide not: she whom I love now Doth grace for grace and love for love allow; The other did not so. 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 so happy prove, To turn your households' rancour to pure love. O, let us hence; I stand on sudden haste. Wisely, and slow; they stumble that run fast” (RandJ.II.3). The Friars ability to break the law and marry Romeo and Juliet creates a huge impact on their relationship. The Friars decision to marry Romeo and Juliet was also to help bind the Montagues and Capulets and ultimately end the hate of the two families, in which furthermore proving his selflessness. The Friar’s ability to break to law to marry Romeo and Juliet and try to connect the Montagues and

Whodunnit? You may think that while reading a mystery novel, but you wouldn't expect that question to be presented to you after reading the classic Romeo and Juliet. This tragic romance forbidden by both of their families has a well-known ending: their double suicide. But has anyone wondered who is to blame? The Friar? Romeo and Juliet themselves? No. The Nurse is clearly to blame for their deaths. The Nurse filled Juliet’s head with thoughts of romance, changed her mind about Romeo after his banishment, and assisted in getting Romeo and Juliet together secretly.

Romeo, hours after meeting Juliet, ran down to the Friar’s chambers and asked him to marry him to Juliet (Document C). What other Friar would marry a couple that only knew each other for one hour. Romeo was impulsive because Juliet was attractive, but the Friar should've known better not to marry them. “For this alliance may happy prove, to turn your households’ rancor to pure love,” he said when Romeo convinced the Friar to marry them. The Friar was convicted to marry them thinking it would make the two families come together, but instead it caused even more chaos between the families. Second of all, he married Romeo and Juliet without anyone knowing about it. Their parents didn't even know. “So smile the heavens upon this holy act… When they kiss, they consulate the marriage,” he said as Juliet was walking into the church. But, the marriage led to Romeo killing Tybalt, for which he was banished for, and Juliet going against her parents and now not wanting to marry Paris. So after Juliet’s parents yelled at her and threatened her for not wanting to marry Paris, she immediately ran to Friar Lawrence’s chamber to try and find a way out of the wedding. The Friar said “And, if thou dearest, Ill give thee remedy,” meaning he'd find a solution to make sure Juliet does not marry Paris. Before the Friar said that, she said she’d kill herself if she had to marry Paris. The Friar was working on some potions, and said he'd created one to stage someone’s death. This means the potion makes you look dead, such as cold lips and being breathless, for two full days. So, once Friar gave Juliet the potion,

Good afternoon and thank you for making some time to read this latter. After a long day of arguments, theories, and Ideas, all jurors (Including me) came to the conclusion the boy was innocent. It was a complicated case, everyone voted for guilty at the beginning, but in the end not guilty was the final verdict. I will show evidence to support the not guilty verdict. Everyone made the right decision by setting the boy free.

In Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, someone has to be blamed for the deaths of the young lovers. In this case many people can be held accountable for the catastrophic events of the play. Both the Montagues and the Capulets can be held fully responsible due to their destructive family feud. The Friar, as well as Juliet's parents, are also guilty of playing a large part in causing problems that lead to chaos. However, fate and bad timing are the largest factors in the mess of events that trigger a devastating consequence.

Romeo and Juliet physically committed the acts that ended their own lives, the nurse and friar laurence should be blamed for their deaths due to secrecy and involvement.