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Was Friar Laurence Responsible For Romeo And Juliet's Death?

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Friar Laurence is responsible for Romeo and Juliet's death because he married them secretly without anyone knowing and without their families' permission. Friar Laurence was also responsible because he gave Juliet the sleeping pills that made everyone think she was dead, but he knew otherwise instead of letting everyone know that Juliet was fine he kept it to himself. Friar Laurence felt guilty that he tried to send Romeo a letter stating that Juliet was fine and that she will recover knowing that what he did could lead to a lot of danger he gave the letter to his right hand man Friar john. Friar John was unable to send the letter to Romeo because according to him he was held captive because" The city officials suspected that he was in a house

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