Greetings citizens of Verona, Today I will be discussing a big question from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. This dramatic play by Shakespeare has a tragic but mysterious end, which leaves this question unanswered about who really caused the death of Romeo and Juliet? In my personal opinion, there are two main causes that I will be discussing with you, and they are fate and Friar Lawrence. First of all, one of the main causes of Romeo and Juliet’s death was their fate. Shakespeare hints and uses fate as one of the main reasons for the cause of their death several throughout the suspenseful play. For example, in Act 1 Scene 4 before Romeo even meets Juliet he foretells his fate saying, “I fear, too early, for my mind misgives Some consequence …show more content…
When Friar turned up to the tomb and discovered Romeo dead, he feared that the guards might catch him and felt the need to run off, leaving Juliet alone. Friar Laurence says in Act 5 Scene 3, “Stay not to question, for the watch is coming. Come, go, good Juliet. I dare no longer stay.” Juliet replies, “Go, get thee hence, for I will not away.” Friar Lawrence exits. If Friar Lawrence had decided to stay with the emotionally vulnerable Juliet she would not have been able to kill herself, which would have saved her life and the situation would have not been as bad as it was. Therefore, Friar Lawrence was a major culprit for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet as he failed to speak with the feuding families and save Romeo and Juliet from their fateful death. Overall, as shown from the above evidence, there are two main causes of Romeo and Juliet’s ultimate death in Shakespeare’s play. Shakespeare referred to their fate being written in the stars above and the characters referred and hinted their fate through the entire play and Friar Lawrence caused their deaths by untruthfulness to his faith and courage. Thank you for attending my speech here in Verona and I hope you have a great rest of the
In the Shakespeare’s passage “Romeo and Juliet” the lovers died. But no one is aware of the person that caused both of their deaths. It’s clear that Friar Lawrence has caused the death. Friar Laurence wasn’t able to deliver the message. Lawrence is the character responsible because he didn’t deliver the message that Juliet wasn’t dead.
There are four areas that contribute to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. It is important to study the cultural and historical background in which the play is set as this affects how characters behave and interact with each other. Another factor is individual characters and how their personalities and behaviour contribute to the deaths of the two protagonists. Love and hate affects the characters and causes the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Some people believe that the events in the play happened because of fate and that they happened for a reason; others may think that the events of the play happened just by chance. Therefore it is important to study all four of
Friar Lawrence is responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet because he marries Romeo and Juliet in secret , involvement in Juliet’s fake death, and doesn’t follow up on his plans. Friar Lawrence shouldn't have married Romeo and Juliet because he knew their families are enemies and that Romeo has suddenly fallen in love with Juliet overnight. Romeo and Juliet belongs to two families that fight “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' rancor to pure love” (II. iii. 88-92). Friar Lawrence agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet because he believes it will end their family’s fights.
Friar Lawrence, a holy and all-knowing Friar, master of plants and potions, and mentor to Romeo. However, under the layers of his holiness, deceitfulness festers. Romeo and Juliet are star-crossed lovers. They know they’re doomed, but they still hope their love will prevail even in their final moments. The character that is responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet is Friar Lawrence because of his selfishness and his continuous lapses in judgment.
Friar Lawrence, a holy and all-knowing Friar, master of plants and potions, and mentor to Romeo. However, under the layers of his holiness, deceitfulness festers. Romeo and Juliet are star-crossed lovers. They know they’re doomed, but they still hope their love will prevail even in their final moments. The character that is responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet is Friar Lawrence because of his selfishness and his continuous lapses in judgment.
He tells her to be strong in this decision. This quote helps present the fact that Friar Lawrence is caring and doesnt want this plan to end in any negative way. Friar Lawrence's intention was to help Juliet out since she had threatened to kill herself earlier considering she didn't want to marry Paris. Due to the fact that Juliet wanted to marry Romeo instead, he hoped to reunite Romeo and Juliet by giving her this potion. “In one respect I'll thy assistant be,/For this alliance may so happy prove/To turn your households’ rancor to pure love.
This evidence conveys that Friar Lawrence is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because he isn’t professional about marrying them and isn’t thinking things through. Even though he has good intentions, it ends up causing a lot of trouble in the end. Secondly, Friar Lawrence comes up with a dangerous plan and gives Juliet a sleeping vial to make it seem like she’s dead, and puts her into a death-like state so she won't have to be forced to marry Paris by her parents. Friar sends a letter to Romeo and tells him to get her out of the tomb and escape. Friar Lawrence declares in scene 4 act 1, “Take thou this vial, being then in bed,/ and thus all thy veins shall run/ a cold and drowsy humor, for no pulse/ shall keep his native progress, but surcease” (Shakespeare 4.1 94-98).
Friar Lawrence is the true cause of the woes that come with Romeo and Juliet. He is the one who caused the fake death of Juliet, which ultimately spiraled out of control. Juliet's deep sleep caused Rome to commit suicide and, Romeo's death triggered the death of Juliet. The death of juliet then triggered the death of Lady Montague. Romeo and Juliet put their trust in Friar lawrence, and thru a series of accidents and unfortunate events, the trust they put in him results in their death. Friar Lawrence gives Juliet her potion, marries the doomed couple, and does not fully think things through.
Romeo was told by Balthasar that Juliet was dead. So, with him not knowing that it was all a plan, Romeo went and bought a poison to kill himself with. In the end it is clear that Friar Lawrence is responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because he married them in secret, gave Juliet a sleeping potion, and couldn’t deliver the letter to Romeo on time. Friar
Friar Lawrence is responsible for the deaths of “Romeo and Juliet” . In the play “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare the two families Montague and Capulets hated each other. Juliet who was a Capulet, feel in love with Romeo,which is a Montague. Friar Lawrence gave juliet the potion to fake her death,And that caused Romeo to assume Juliet was which made him kill himself.
The death of Romeo and Juliet are both devastating and heartbreaking. Although there is a lot of people that could have made the lovers commit suicide their is one person who is most responsible for there deaths. There are many people that could be blamed for there death but Friar Lawrence plays a particularly integral role.
Fate is responsible as throughout the story the lovers did not have much luck. In the Capulet tomb, before Romeo kills himself, he says to Juliet” “A grave? Oh, no. A lantern, slaughtered youth/ for here lies Juliet, and her beauty makes/ this vault a feasting presence full of light/…Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die/” (5.3.91-123). This quote summarizes Romeo and Juliet’s bad fate that they had all throughout this tragedy as all their bad fate leads to the death of the star-crossed lovers. Their bad fate was a result of many quick and unintelligent decisions made by many characters, such as Friar Lawrence’s decision to give Juliet the sleeping potion and Romeo’s decision to stab Tybalt. Therefore fate is also a big cause of Romeo and Juliet’s death as it portrays that individuals who make unintelligent decisions will have bad fate
Friar Lawrence the one that was most responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, the nurse played a big role in the actions that lead up to the tragedy that was the death of two young star crossed lovers.The nurse was looking out for Juliet and doing what she felt was best.Even though Friar Lawrence helped the two star crossed lovers get away with a lot of their plans involving their love, his intentions were good and honest. Romeo and Juliet's death was also their own fault they knew what they were doing and what the consequences could be. but there love blinded them and the only thing that mattered to them was that they were together. So many other characters and factors had a role in the death of Romeo and Juliet.The Friar's plan
Their love was so strong that they both died for each other.In William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence is responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because he gave the poison to Juliet, he agreed to let someone deliver a very important letter to Romeo,and he fled Juliet at her tomb.The secret stayed hidden for a very long time. If Friar Lawrence would of not made these terrible mistakes attempting to kill themselves, Romeo and Juliet would not be dead.Friar made very careless actions regarding himself.One single person made an life changing situation.
Friar Lawrence is a valuable person in the book Romeo and Juliet. He offers advice and helps tries to help Juliet find a way out of marriage. He is a wise and sympathetic man. He is always looking out for people in need. When Romeo comes to Friar Lawrence because Romeo thinks he is in love with Juliet. Friar Lawrence takes his opinion into consideration, and tries to help him out, at the best of his abilities. Some critics argue whether or not it it was his fault for their death. It was truly his fault. Friar Lawrence is guilty for the death of Romeo and Juliet is because he gave Juliet the potion, he knew how Romeo would react the way he did, and he had left Juliet by herself when she found out Romeo was dead.