The Role of Friar Lawrence in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

In the play friar Lawrence becomes involved in a plot to marry Romeo and Juliet and marries Romeo and Juliet illegally. This is a huge mistake on Friar Lawrence’s part because the marriage ends up being the main cause of Romeo and Juliet’s death, because if they had not got marred there would have been no reason for the friar’s new plan to drug Juliet and hide her in the monument that ended up causing both Romeo and Juliet to commit suicide the friar should have known better then to marry two fourteen year old kids who claim to be in love especially when they come from two families who have hated each other for

Juliet wanted to get out of an arranged marriage with Paris so badly, she wanted to kill herself. She was also distraught because Romeo was banned from Verona, and she can’t see him. Friar Lawrence helped her plan to fake her death, he gave her a potion to make her fall asleep for forty-two hours. “Take thou this vial, being then in bed, When presently through all thy vein shall run a cold and drowsy humor; for no pulse shall keep his native progress, but surcease; no warmth, no breath, shall testify thou livest…”(Shakespeare 818). This quote helps show that Friar was helping 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.

The Friar, knowing that the poison could harm Juliet, decides it is best to let Juliet decide, Juliet is not in the right mind nor is she old enough to decide these things yet the Friar allows her to decided and even tells her there is hope, this decision brings light on just how ignorant Friar Laurence was. All these mistakes can be filed up as just mistakes but there is one thing the Friar did that is the true reason Romeo and Juliet died. The Friar decided to send his own priest to Romeo instead of giving Romeo’s servant the message, we can tell the Friar has done this when Romeo ask his servant “Dost thou not bring me letters from the Friar?”(3.6.38). This leads to Romeo believing that Juliet is dead and eventually leads to Romeo’s suicide.

Friar Lawrence often tries to find the easiest ways out of his issues. He prefers to go behind people’s backs and make actions that attempt to quickly fix issues, instead of actually talking to people and making a compromise everyone can agree on. One example of when Friar lawrence is being selfish is when he sees juliet and Romeo commit suicide, he just runs away out of the tomb. He does not want to get in trouble with the community and does not help Romeo and Juliet. Any person in their right mind would help people in need, it is programed into people's mind. Not helping a dying person for one's own needs, is one of the most selfish actions someone can make. Friar Lawrence should have talked to Lord Capulet, and Lord Montague about the situation. He should have told them about their love and it could have sparked a conversation between families to cause a peaceful resolution for the

When a clearly disturbed and distressed Juliet approaches Friar Laurence and threatens to kill herself if what he tells her “speak[s] not of remedy” (4.1.68), Friar Laurence immediately offers her a “thing like death” to keep her from marriage (4.1.75). Juliet agrees and Friar Laurence gives her the potion that will make her “appear like death”, giving her family immense pain and overcomplicating his plan to reunite Romeo and Juliet (4.1.105). Friar Laurence’s third mistake was sending Friar John to deliver the letter to Romeo and trusting Romeo to stay in Mantua until he received news from the Friar. Friar Laurence knows that Romeo is emotional and earlier admitted that he “thought thy [Romeo’s] disposition better tempered”

In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, multiple characters were responsible for the tragic ending of the play. One of the characters was Friar Lawrence who was a religious figure who married Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet, two lovers from feuding families.Friar Lawrence is a mentor to Romeo and offers him advice about loving Juliet. Friar Lawrence cared for both Romeo and Juliet and married them despite knowing that the lovers were supposed to be sworn enemies due to their feuding families. He also rushed to Juliet’s tomb in order to make sure nothing bad had happened to Romeo or Juliet because Friar John’s failure to deliver the letter which was a crucial part of Lawrence’s plan to reunite the lovers. The letter outlined the friar’s plan and explained Juliet’s supposed death to Romeo but it didn’t not reach him in time which eventually led to the double-suicide of the lovers. However, Friar Lawrence concocted a poison which simulated a death-like state and gave it to Juliet which could have actually killed her which is a punishable deed. Friar Lawrence committed

Friar Laurence also should have known better to not trust Friar John with that letter. He is very careless, because he only tells Friar John how important the letter is AFTER he comes back. Juliet dies because of something wrong that Friar Lawrence did. He could have easily avoided the situation by just delivering the letter personally, or not have given Juliet the potion in the first place. Friar Lawrence runs away when Juliet needed him the most, and by leaving her alone, she kills herself.

lovers whose decisions lead them to death. The character in this tragic play who is responsible for the deaths of these two romantic lovers is Friar Lawrence. Friar Lawrence should never of interfered with the lives of these two sweethearts for several reasons, Juliet and Romeo would never have died, he should never of married the adolescents and if he delivered the letter to Romeo himself instead of getting someone else to do it.

All in all, the lies and secrets that Friar Lawrence made, caused Romeo and Juliets deaths. The first secret of their marriage started the events leading up to their deaths. Then after that, Friar Lawrence tried to fool the families and sneak Juliet away. Since thar happened and was not correctly communticated to Romeo, They both commited suicide. Without a doubt, Friar Lawrence was to blame for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliets

In the amazing and tragic play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare there are many characters that led to the plot and ending, but the most important character that gave Romeo and Juliet it’s plot and tragedy was the Friar. Every decision that the Friar makes affects the play in different ways, His decisions lead to the plot and the very catastrophic ending for the two lovers. Many of the Friar’s decisions were not very thought through, especially the ones that had to do with Romeo and Juliet that’s why without the Friar the storyline would have been very different and perhaps it wouldn’t have had such a tragic ending.

In the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet there are always questions about who is to blame for

In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, there is a calamitous death between two star crossed-lovers Romeo and Juliet. Therefore, it leaves the reader wondering who the blame goes to. The answer is Romeo’s mentor and spiritual trustee; Friar Laurence. Romeo regularly goes to Friar Laurence when he needs help. Although the Friar is sagacious, he gives in way too easy which has a negative effect on the play. A second reason why Friar Laurence is to be blamed is because he does not go himself to notify Romeo about the plan which ends up being a substandard idea. The final reason why he should be blamed is because the Friar does not stop Juliet from killing herself making it one of the many basis, why he should be accountable for their deaths. Friar Laurence is to be blamed for the death of Juliet from the house of the Capulets.

One more of Friar Laurence well intended actions that had a big part in Romeo and Juliet death is the note that Friar was supposed to send but it never made it to Romeo. After Friar and Juliet made the plan Friar told Juliet that he will send Romeo a letter telling him when and where to find her after they take her to the tomb (4.2.115-118). Friar Laurence brother was supposed to deliver the letter to Mantua but got stopped because they thought he had a disease and they didn’t want him to infect the town. “I could not send it – here it is again- Nor the messenger to bring it thee, so fearful were they of infection” (5.2.14-16).With the letter not being sent and Romeo not knowing anything about the plan his servant told him that Juliet was actually

To prevent Juliet’s suicide, the Friar comes up with a plan. He says to Juliet, “take thou this vial, being then in bed, and this distilling liquor drink thou off.”(IV.i.95-96) Friar Lawrence wants Juliet to fake her own death and lie in the tomb of Capulet, to get out of marrying Paris. However, this plan backfires when Romeo does not receive the letter that the Friar had sent him and he kills himself over Juliet’s ‘death’, and Juliet in response kills herself over his death. The Friar’s exertion contributes to the plot, because the tragedy at the end of the play would not have occurred without his actions.