Friar Lawrence To Blame In Romeo And Juliet

The story of Romeo and Juliet is about a young couple who are forbidden to marry because of their families rivalry. This eventually leads to them being torn apart and killing themselves. In the story there are two families, the Montagues and the Capulets, and because of the way they treat Romeo and Juliet, especially the Capulets, I believe that it is their fault that they committed suicide.

One of the reasons why it is their fault is because whenever Juliet would try to talk to her parents and tell them about her problems they would brush her off and try to continue with their plan of forcing her to marry Tybalt. If they had not tried to use her to gain power she wouldn’t of been forced into feeling so helpless and killing herself. Friar Lawrence says in Act 4: scene 4, “The most you sought was her promotion, for ‘twas your heaven she could be advanced. And weep ye now, seeing she is advanced above the clouds, as high as heaven itself.” He is right in front of them and telling them how they’ve just used her for her power and they don’t dismiss him at all they just seem disappointed that they couldn’t of gained her political power. If they hadn’t of abused her marriage then Juliet wouldn’t of been

If the families weren’t enemies then Tybalt wouldn’t of killed Mercutio and Romeo wouldn’t of been exiled. There would also be no need for Juliet to marry Paris because the Prince wouldn’t have anything against either of their families. In act 2: scene 1 Friar Lawrence says, “This alliance may so happy prove to turn your households’ rancor to pure love.” The Friar knows that if the two were married together and if the households would stop fighting then a lot of the problems in Verona would be put to rest. Then Romeo and Juliet would both be able to get married in the open and there would be no reason for either of them to commit