Tragedy In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

When Friar Lawrence says “Thy love did read by rote, that could not spell.” He’s essentially saying that Romeo’s love for Juliet is not genuine, yet he agrees to marry them anyway. Romeo mistook lust for love which Friar realized, yet he chose to perform the marriage ceremony for the two teenagers anyway. Also, Friar Lawrence knew that Juliet was a Capulet and Romeo was a Montague and that their families were enemies and their marriage would obviously cause a conflict. This is the first of a series of poor decisions made by Friar Lawrence.

Secondly, Friar Lawrence’s intentions are always for the benefit of others. He helps his fellow citizens when they are in despair, such as when Romeo arrives at the friar’s cell crying himself to death. The friar responds, “Thou shalt live, till we can find a time to blaze your marriage, reconcile your friends, beg pardon of the prince, and call thee back” (3, 3, 150-152). Here, Friar Lawrence acts as a mentor to Romeo, and uplifts his spirits by guiding him through the difficult times of banishment. Friar tells Romeo what he wants to hear because he understands Romeo’s boundless love for Juliet, and what may happen as the consequence of forbidden love. Moreover, Friar Lawrence has noble intentions that give himself no personal gain. When he agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet, he says, “In one respect I’ll thy assistant be, for this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households’ rancor to pure love” (2, 3, 90-92). Friar decides to marry the young lovers not only to help his friends, but because he believes it will end the long bitter feud of Verona. He only cares about the wellbeing of the city and the safety of the opposing families. Lastly, Friar Lawrence always assists his fellow citizens in their time of desperation. When

Without even thinking about it Friar Lawrence's plan was a terrible plan just out of common sense as there were too many things out of the Friar’s control that could have happened. First, he has to worry if the potion even will work when Juliet takes it or even if she takes it at all. Then he has to worry about getting the word to Romeo about the plan which of course never happened. “But look thou stay not till the watch be set, For then thou canst not pass to Mantua; Where thou shalt live, till we can find a time To blaze your marriage, reconcile your friends, Beg pardon of the prince, and call thee back With twenty hundred thousand times more joy Than thou went'st forth in lamentation.” (4.2.100-105). Here Friar Lawrence explains his badly thought-out plan. His impulsive acts and plans end up getting him in trouble and costing Verona to Young people's lives. His plans failed because he did not take his time and did not think of being more reasonable because his Solutions were completely unrealistic. In a way, Friar Lawrence could be seen as a little bit selfish. Friar Laurence's religion does not permit already married people to get married. This would mean that the Friar would be going against his oaths. Marrying Romeo and Juliet when Juliet already has an arranged marriage with Paris would have

Friar Lawrence’s role in Romeo and Juliet Who is to blame for the deaths in the end of the play Romeo and Juliet? Friar Lawrence is a main character who definitely affects the storyline. Some people might believe that Romeo and Juliet are to blame, but I believe, ultimately, Friar Lawrence is to blame. Romeo could be to blame because he stupidly fell in love and made Friar Lawrence marry him and Juliet. Romeo’s careless actions brought devastation to the Capulet and Montague’s families.

Friar Lawrence is a character in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet that served as a mentor for Romeo and Juliet, the two star-crossed lovebirds. He served as a mentor and a friend throughout the entire play, and because of it, his life was forever changed. In the beginning of the story, we meet the friar and can see that he is a happy go lucky guy, frollicking through the fields and giving advice to Romeo. However, the friar has to deal with quite a bit more than a two lovestruck teens, and it changes him for the worse. By the end of Act V, all of the drama that had taken place had taken it’s toll on Friar Lawrence and he was very upset and seemed to have been broken by the events of the week. The first time that we hear him speak,

If Romeo listened to Friar Lawrence’s advice, he might gain the common sense not to rush the situation and use better judgment. Romeo assures Juliet that his love is true, but takes it to an extreme when he goes along with the secret marriage.

First, Friar Lawrence knows the danger of wedding together a Capulet and a Montague without the consent of either of their families. Despite the risk, Friar Lawrence is loyal to his friend Romeo, who believes he has found ‘the one’ and wishes to marry her the same day “O, she knew well Thy love did read by rote and 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 marriage To turn your households' rancor to pure love.” (2,3,94). Secondly, Loyalty is not only displayed by Friar Lawrence, it is also returned to him when Friar John helps Friar Lawrence on a risky mission to get a message to Romeo, who was banished from the town of Verona. For instance, Friar John was to invite Romeo back to town so that Romeo and Juliet are able to elope after the fake death of Juliet “This same should be the voice of Friar John. Welcome from Mantua! What says Romeo? Or if his mind be writ, give me his letter” (5,2,2). Lastly, Juliet, just like all the other citizens of the Verona, look to the church committee for help in tough times. In fact, Friar Lawrence helps Juliet out of committing suicide by finding a way to get Romeo and Juliet together as he creates a deceiving plan after Juliet goes begging to him for help “Take

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

First of all, Friar Lawrence explicitly knew better than to do many of the things he did. First, he should not have agreed to marry Romeo and Juliet so quickly. Romeo wanted to marry Juliet after

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

“For never was a story of more woe, than this of Juliet and her Romeo” (5.3.320-321), is said in the tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. This classic Shakespearean tragedy would not live up to its name if Friar Lawrence had not caused the deaths of these “two star-crossed lovers” (Prologue.6), Romeo and Juliet. The friar had created the secret plans and gave most of the advice in the play, he did not check if the plans worked and he is constantly worried about getting caught throughout the play after helping either Romeo or Juliet. This proves that Friar Lawrence is the cause for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.

Friar Lawrence imprudently agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet, even though he knows that it will cause later consequences. At first, Friar thinks that “For this alliance may so happy prove/To turn your households rancor to pure love” (2.3.98-99), meaning that he thinks the marriage will bring about peace to the two opposed families, the Montagues and the Capulets. Immediately, however, he tells Romeo,” Wisely and slowly, they stumble that run fast” (2.3.101). Friar Lawrence warns Romeo that if he is too hasty, then it leads to bad consequences. Friar Lawrence is clearly aware that if he and he alone marries the two, then their marriage will collapse, yet he decides to marry Romeo and Juliet. This causes both of them to sink into depression after Romeo gets banished from the city of Verona, his home town. Without Friar Lawrence, the two would not have married, which would not lead to their depression and further

However, when Romeo approached him depressed and angry, Friar Lawrence consented to marry Romeo and Juliet right away. Friar Lawrence could have elected to delay the marriage, which would have given the young couple more time to pursue each other. Juliet came to him for assistance with the dilemma she found herself in with Paris. Fearing Juliet would commit suicide, Friar Lawrence didn’t take the time to find a solution, saying, “Hold daughter! I do spy a kind of hope, which

Friar Lawrence was one of two adults that knew of Romeo and Juliet's love, so his decisions greatly affected the fate of their future. While speaking with Romeo, Friar Lawrence agrees to marry him to Juliet for one reason: “For this alliance may so happy prove To turn your households’ rancor to pure love” (2.3.98-99). Friar Lawrence, like the rest of Verona, was fed up with the Capulet and Montague feud. He did not consider how this decision may end in the deaths of both Romeo and Juliet, only that it may finally end the ancient feud that has been going on for years. This selfish decision ultimately aided in the deaths of both Romeo and Juliet, even though it was successful in completing its original goal.

Romeo and Juliet wanted to get married very quickly and Friar Lawrence still made the poor decision of marrying them. He was hoping to end the feud between both families but ended up making the wrong decision. Without thinking Juliet excitedly agrees to marry Romeo: “Hie to high fortune! Honest nurse, farewell” (2.5.76). She can’t wait to see Romeo and take another step further in their love and is too blind to see the consequence of this action that Friar Lawrence carries out.