Two lovers kept apart by their families, having a secret relationship that in the end drives them to the edge after tragic events play out the two lovers are dead, who should be blamed? The play plays on the relations between two groups of people or two families. The Irony of the play is: that while each family absolutely despises the opposing one, Romeo and Juliet still find a way to fall in love. The imagery, wordplay, and literary descriptiveness used in the play in this selection are exquisite. The story as it progresses shows an amazing amount of intricacy. You can see how the plot seems to twist and shift in just the right pattern to let the characters develop in their own unique ways; while being in on some secrets and completely missing …show more content…
Friar Lawrence eventually marries the two without their parents knowing. Because he married Romeo and Juliet and gave Juliet a remedy, it causes an even more tragic event in the end; Friar Lawrence is not mainly responsible for what happens in the end. In section C “I’ll thy assistant be” Juliet states: “Tell me not, friar, that thou hear’st of this unless thou tell me how I may prevent it… God join’d my heart and Romeo’s, thou our hands.” The friar responds “And, if thou darest, I’ll give thee remedy.” (Roden Molly) This remark was in response to Juliet’s willingness to take her life if she should be separated from Romeo. This embarks on the tragic ending in which Romeo and Juliet both take their own lives based on the assumption of the other …show more content…
Lady Capulet tries to reason with Juliet as Juliet sets her head and heart on her beloved Romeo. Juliet’s mother is consistent in her approach and continues bad mouthing the Montague’s and their actions. At this point in the story, Romeo has taken the life of Juliet’s cousin Tybalt and this has caused even more of a loathing from the Capulet’s on any topic of the Montagues. Lady Capulet, in her stubbornness and willful desire for Juliet to be wed to Paris, drive Juliet even farther to the brink of that horrible occurrence of a survival plot ensued and unfortunately
Friar Lawrence finds out about Romeo and Juliet’s love for each other but does not tell the two families about this. If he had told the families maybe Romeo and Juliet could have been able to date because both of the Lords are wise and would have consider let them get married to end the fued. However, if the families disapproved of Romeo and Juliet they could have ended their relationship in the beginning so that they would stop seeing each other. He also knew Romeo's love for Rosaline and how quickly he changed his mind he could have slowed him
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
Both Romeo and Juliet have only known eachother for a couple of hours at this point in the play. Friar Lawrence has his concerns about the marriage in the beginning. He is mainly afraid that the two do not truly love each other, and back in their day divorce was frowned upon(Shakespeare 411). Although, he believes that this may bring the two families together and end the fued between the two. Marrying the two lovers could possibly ruin their lives. Although, he does agree to marry Romeo and Juliet which leads to the arrival of a huge problem for the two later on in the play. No one except the two lovers, the Friar, and the nurse know about this secret marriage. By not marrying Romeo and Juliet, The Friar could have stopped what is to
The Role of Friar Lawrence in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet "Romeo and Juliet" is one of Shakespeare's tragedies, which tells the story of two lovers who belong to two feuding families, the Montagues and the Capulets. Romeo is a Montague who is in love with Rosaline. He finds out that the Capulets are having a feast and Rosaline will be there. Romeo goes, and meets Juliet. Little does he know that Juliet's father wants her to marry Paris.
Disapproval of one’s love provoked the death of two youthful companions. So… Who is to Blame? The reader may ponder upon the word Blame, Blame is the responsibility of a wrong. The ancestors and parents of both feuding families are at fault for the death of Romeo and Juliet. Both of the families ancestors began the mutiny several years before. Additionally, the parents pressured the lovers of choosing a partner on “ their side” without being courteous of the lovers thoughts and actions. Although the ancestors and parents caused all this chaos, nonetheless they possibly had the duo’s best interest at heart.
As the author states in the play, Romeo and Juliet, there are several significant details that help the reader understand the actions of Romeo and Juliet’s death. First, the character Friar Laurence being with the two most of the time and not giving them a “heads up” or in other words a warning of their actions. Another important detail is instead of thinking of another solution for Juliet he gave her a remedy. The third detail important to the play is he didn’t get his letter about Juliet’s “death” to Romeo in time so Romeo only believed what he heard. Another important detail is Romeo clueless of the remedy he visits her tomb and kills himself with poison. Also, significant is once Juliet wakes up Friar Laurence is already late and
In the Play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, he writes about two young adults who have fallen madly in love, Romeo and Juliet. The two lovers are from very different families who are in fact rivals.In the play it shows all the problems they face and the consequeces of there impaitent love.Their marriage is torn apart, and both end up dead as the play comes to a close. The only ones to blame for this unfortunate death is Romeo and Juliet themselves.
In reading critical analysis of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" I found that many people call Friar Lawrence a moderate man who elicits to others his voice of wisdom and reason. An example of this sort of conclusion is George Ian Duthie's opinion that Lawrence is "A very worthy man", "prudent" and "worldly-wise"(xix.xx). G.B. Harrison views him as "sympathetically treated", "wise, grave, patient"(6). Due to this continuing interpretation, the view of Friar Lawrence has not really changed through the years. Mutschman and Wentersdorf followed the herd when they stated in their book that
Friar Lawrence is a perfect example of the wise advisor in this play. After Romeo kills Tybalt, he seeks solace in the company of Friar Lawrence. Friar Lawrence is aware of the marriage of Romeo and Juliet, since he is the one who married them, so he keeps Juliet in mind when he is telling Romeo what to do following the events that just occurred. After telling Romeo to “Go, get thee to thy love…” then goes on to tell him to, “Sojourn in Mantua” where his servant will keep in touch with him (3.3.146 & 169). The plan that Friar Lawrence devises is perfect for Romeo in that moment as it allows him to deal with all the emotions that he’s experiencing at the moment. Romeo had just seen a close friend murdered and murdered someone himself and is
At the end of the Shakespeare play, Romeo and Juliet, the Prince of Verona says, “For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.” Throughout this star-crossed lovers’ tragedy, Romeo and Juliet’s grief and suffering can be blamed on a single person, Friar Laurence. His role was that of a trusted adult, who gave “good” advice to anyone that needed it; however, his helpful hints did not have the intended effect for those who followed it. Friar Laurence’s flaw was that he gave advice without thinking through the possible consequences.
The most significant love is friendship, because friends always help each other. In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo’s trusted friend, Friar Laurence, helps him and Juliet get married, but everything changes for the worse when Romeo becomes banished. Despite the failure, Friar Laurence tries to help Romeo and Juliet get back together. When he tells Romeo of his plans, the friar says something. Rather than give up on Romeo and Juliet, which would mean Friar Laurence does not act as a commendable friend to Romeo, the friar devises a plan to keep Romeo relatively safe and content, with a promise that he can return from his banishment one day.
William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet consist of different catalysts that make an impact and affect the course of the play. One of the major catalysts includes the family feud. These three passages, taken from the original play, is composed of different perspectives of the family feud from the characters themselves; from Romeo’s opinion comparing love and hate, to Juliet’s soliloquy which reveals her love for Romeo despite the fact that he’s a Montague, and finally to Prince Escalus’ sermon to Capulet and Montague after Romeo and Juliet’s death. Through these significant passages, it is revealed how the feud of the families affects the outcome of the play, and its impact on Romeo and Juliet’s relationship.
“Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare is a beautiful play of love and tragedy of two star-crossed lovers. I have chosen Friar Lawrence as the secondary character for this analysis. Friar Lawrence had significant influences on the outcome of the story, as not only was he the one to marry the two lovers, but also suggested and helped carry out a plan of false suicide for the two to be together. As stated above, Friar Lawrence played a big part in the outcome of the story, and was the nail in the coffin so to speak, of it ending in such tragedy.
In the Shakespearean classic, Romeo and Juliet, published for modern use by the Folger Shakespeare Library, William Shakespeare, the writer of the tragedy, makes statements about social interactions during a period of time so that they may be recorded historically in an intriguing way. The focus of the excerpt is on the speech and recollection of Friar Lawrence’s perspective of the events that have taken place. Romeo has just discovered Juliet unconscious and ends his life for Juliet, who soon awakens and finds her lover dead, and ends her life to be reunited with her lover and to share the same fate. Friar Lawrence’s involvement in the scheme to prevent sinful events from taking place has been given to the parents of the deceased in the
The well-known tragedy play, Romeo and Juliet, was written by William Shakespeare. The play is about how two young lovers, whose families are hostile, died for love at the end of the play. Even though there are more than one factors that lead the love story to the tragedy, the parents of the two families are the most responsible, as they are the ones who should have been more mature. Being the head of the family, their pride held on to the long-standing feud, which stopped Romeo and Juliet being together. On the other hand, poor communication between the parents and their child is another direct cause of the tragedy.