The Role Of Friar Lawrence's Impulsive Decisions In Romeo And Juliet

Would you marry two teens from feuding families who had just met the previous day? Would you give a thirteen year old girl a potion to fake her death so she didn’t have to marry the man her father wanted to be with the murderer she loved? Would you leave a young girl alone in a grave with her dead lover’s body not knowing what she would do? If you answered no to all of those questions, you are a normal person with solid decision making skills. If you answered yes to all of the questions, you are Friar Lawrence from Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, the character to blame for the two lovers deaths.

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

Moments before, Romeo thinks that he could never harm Tybalt, as he has married Juliet, Tybalt now his kin. Romeo states that he “love[s] [Tybalt] better than [Tybalt] canst devise” (3.1.70). But by the death of his dear friend, instead of his love for Tybalt, his heart now despises him. His anger is shown when “for Mercutio’s soul is but a little way above [their] heads,” as his hate is born towards Tybalt, whom he had just moments before loved, stating that “[his] name [he] tender as dearly” as his own (3.1.72-73,131-132). His hate turns murderous as he tells Tybalt that Mercutio is “staying for thine to keep him company” (3.1.133). As Romeo states that “thou or I, or both, must go with him” (3.1.134), the duel breaks out, leaving Tybalt slain, his kinsmen now his foe. The hate and revenge that Romeo felt caused love to turn to zeal for Tybalt's blood. His belief that he must not hurt his kinsmen but love him, the reminder that fights were not allowed by the prince, ended with the spilled blood of Mercutio. The death of his friend turned love to hate, the hate that killed

The irresponsible decisions made by Friar Laurence in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, lead to fatal consequences. Friar Laurence made thoughtless decisions that could have easily been much more successful. The Friar constructed plans that were made within minutes and did not consider the more consequential outcomes. Even though Friar Laurence strived to help Romeo and Juliet’s marriage work, it resulted in drastic consequences because his decisions were impulsive and reckless.

Romeo wants revenge and fights with Tybalt. In this fight, Romeo kills Tybalt. When Romeo realizes the consequences of his actions, he says that he is “Fortune’s fool” (3.1.142). He believes that he has no control over the killings of Mercutio and Tybalt. However, these events are caused by his own rashness. Romeo chooses to fight with Tybalt and even starts the fight. Romeo fights to avenge his friend’s death. Romeo’s actions are rash because he does not consider the results of his actions. Romeo could resolve the conflict in some nonviolent way, but his mind is fixed on killing Tybalt. Romeo is exiled from Verona because he kills Tybalt. His rashness causes problems for his own family as well as for the Capulets and for the Prince. Romeo’s rashness in killing Tybalt leads to his killing himself.

The rage that this quote later gave Tybalt eventually led to the death of Mercutio which also led to the two deaths of Romeo and Juliet.

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.

Friar Lawrence is responsible for the marriage of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Lawrence is completely aware of the feud between the Montague and Capulet families, which does not deter him from organising the marriage of this young couple. With the hope of restoring peace between Montagues and Capulets by turning the “households' rancour to pure love” Friar Lawrence agrees to organise the marriage (II, iii, 92). Friar Lawrence expresses his doubts about this marriage only a few scenes later by saying, “so smile the heavens upon this holy act, that after-hours with sorrow chide us not (II, vi, 1-2).” Friar Lawrence hopes the heavens will approve of his decision to organise this marriage, as he does not want to regret it later. He says this as he recognises that Romeo is far too young to understand what love is and that he should not be in such a serious relationship. Even though Friar Lawrence knows that this marriage could have Romeo and Juliet punished by their families and that this decision

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.

“But come, young waverer, come, go with me. In one respect I’ll thy assistant be, for this alliance may be so happy, prove to turn your households’ rancor to pure love” (2.3.96-99). In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet he constructed Friar Lawrence's character to come off as a helpful yet a deceiving man. He serves as a mentor and friend to Romeo and Juliet. Friar guides them through their marriage hoping to end the feud. Romeo and Juliet trust the Friar and hope he will keep their marriage a secret and possibly end the conflict. He also comes off as a very helpful individual, given that he has the power invested in him to marry the lovers and create a plan. Friar Lawrence’s motivation to end the feud enforced the demise of their ill-fated love

Many people have debated over the years, who is behind the death of the lovestruck pair Romeo and Juliet. While it is hard to choose just one person, as there are plenty of people who played a role in this whole ordeal, it is my personal belief that the person most at fault is Friar Lawrence. Many may believe that he was innocent because he tried to bring the pair together, but it was his choices that had the greatest impact on their lives. He could have easily stopped the whole ordeal by paying closer attention to the situation going on around Romeo and Juliet. He could have chosen to not wed the pair, as well as informing the prince about the situation before it became dire. He should have known better than to have given Juliet the sleeping potion. There were clearly so many things he could have done to avoid all the deaths.

In contrast, Mercutio attempts to stop Tybalt’s thirst for vengeance when he tries to duel Romeo but ultimately gets killed in the process of trying to save his good friend from being killed by Tybalt which causes Romeo to take vengeance upon Tybalt by killing him.

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.

Further on in Act 3 after Tybalt slays Mercutio, Romeo retaliates by killing Tybalt in another act of vengeance that once again originated from hatred. Later on in Act 3 Romeo proclaims, “Staying for thine to keep him company./Either thou, or I, or both, must go with him (3.1.125-126)”. Through this statement and his actions that follow Romeo kills Tybalt in a blinding rage because of Mercutio's death. Through this murder he ends up sealing his own fate by banishing himself and being separated from Juliet which eventually leads to him killing himself because he was unable to hear the news of her “fake” death. Together the actions of Tybalt and Romeo’s hate lead to the untimely death of Romeo, Juliet, Tybalt, and Mercutio which further shows that the rageful action of the human heart are the most culpable for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Hate not only makes us do things that spell our own doom but also makes us attempt to fix things in order bring back peace, this is the case of Friar Lawrence.

Love is an emotion that can make a person feel great but when used for the wrong reasons it can often become a nightmare. In Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare showcases a pair of star-crossed lovers from different families. The lovers have different reasons for their love causing ua frightening experience for them. However, a Friar does his best to guide the two, eventually being unsuccessful and from there, the play takes a dark turn leading to a tragic ending for the lovers. Although Romeo, Juliet, and Friar Lawrence speak of love, and indeed, believe they are acting out of love, there is no true love in this play.