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Why Is Friar Lawrence Guilty In Romeo And Juliet

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In the tragic play Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, there is one character that is completely at fault for the catastrophe that occurred. There are many logical and emotional reason why Friar Lawrence is guilty. There is also one character that is not at fault, and that is Romeo Montague. Friar Lawrence is definitely at fault for the tragedy in Romeo and Juliet. In the play there are a ton of logical reasons for why Friar Lawrence is guilty. A great example would be when Juliet come to talk with Friar Lawrence about how she could get out of her second marriage to Paris. Juliet said that if Friar Lawrence does not help her she would kill herself. After she said this Friar Lawrence came up with a plan. Friar Lawrence said, “Take thou …show more content…

He set up the wedding for Romeo and Juliet. Friar Lawrence agreed to help with the wedding. He was talking to Romeo about the wedding late at night. He said, “But come, young waverer, come , go with me. In one respect I’ll thy assistant be” (2.3, 96). Friar Lawrence knew about this wedding and he did not say anything about it. If someone knew about this previous marriage than Juliet would not have all the pressure on her to marry Count Paris. Then, without that pressure Juliet would not have seen the need to kill herself. This is very emotional to the reader because it is a wedding. Usually weddings do not end with the bride and groom both killing themselves. Another emotional reasoning of why Friar Lawrence is the guilty character would be because he left Juliet in the tomb by herself. Friar Lawrence was in the Capulet tomb with Juliet and deas Romeo at the end of the book. He said to Juliet, “ Come, go. Good Juliet. I dare no longer stay” (5.3, 164). If Friar Lawrence did stay with Juliet or take her with him Juliet would not have killed herself. He could have persuaded her to move on and remember she is only 13. Those were two emotional reasons why Friar Lawrence is completely at

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