Romeo and Juliet is a st ory of star-crossed lovers, whose love, hate, family, and ignorance result in their death. The narrator is someone on the outside looking in who gives an overview of the tale. The author uses an unbiased tone to allow the reader to create their own interpretations and conclusions. Their death is a result of many different events and decisions. Friar Laurence could take the most blame for their deaths. Plenty of events leading up to the deaths of the couple link to Friar Laurence. Friar Laurence married Romeo and Juliet in secret . Before marrying the pair Fria r Laurence expresses, " So smile the heavens upon this holy act/ that after-hours with sorrow chide us not" (4.6.1-2). The friar knew that marrying the couple could come with consequences yet he still went on with it. Marrying the two without p er mission from their parents led to further complications when Juliet's parents wanted to marry her to …show more content…
If Friar John would have delivered the news of the plan to Romeo the pair would have went to drastic measures. Friar John said he could not deliver the letter because " Suspecting that we both were in a house/ Where the infectious pestilence did reign,/ Sealed up the doors and would not let us forth/ So that my speed to Mantua there was stayed" (5.2.9-12). Since the letter was never delivered Romeo was unaware of the plan and actually believed Juliet was dead. Overall, if Friar Laurence would have not gotten involved and help the pair of star-crossed lovers do things without moderation and detailed thought there would've been a shift in events. The hole in his plan allowed Romeo to be decepted by his eyes and he killed himself. In turn causing Juliet to kill herself over the loss of her love and the fear of having to marry Paris. The criss cross mix of events can leave one to point fingers in all directions. Friar Laurence seems to receive the most
With Friar Laurence being so quick with his thoughts, he married Romeo and Juliet. This was a mistake and is the main reason for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. In Act 2 Scene 6 when Romeo takes Juliet to see Friar Laurence to get married, Friar Laurence
Romeo and Juliet is Shakespeare's first authentic tragedy. It is about two lovers who commit suicide when their feuding families prevent them from being together. The play has many characters, each with its own role in keeping the plot line. Some characters have very little to do with the plot; but some have the plot revolving around them. While the character of Friar Lawrence spends only a little time on stage, he is crucial to the development of the conclusion of the play. It is Friar Laurence’s good intentions, his willingness to take risks and his shortsightedness that lead to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, it is clear that Friar Laurence causes Romeo and Juliet’s deaths. First, the Friar was not as responsible as Romeo needed him to be especially when he agreed to marry him and Juliet without thinking it through. Secondly, he put Romeo and Juliet, among others, in danger with his uncertain plans. Lastly, he had other priorities when he married Romeo and Juliet which caused poor judgment to cloud his decision. While he did not plan to kill them, his actions landed them dead. In conclusion, if he had not acted so rash and irresponsibly, Romeo and Juliet would still be alive along with others who died in the destructive pathway that was Romeo and Juliet’s relationship.
The Death of Romeo and Juliet and Who is to Blame Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, in which a young boy and girl fall in love and commit suicide. They come from 2 different families which have a deadly feud against one another. Romeo goes to a masked ball at the Capulet's household where he falls in love with Juliet. He then proposes to her after the party in secret at Juliet's balcony. Romeo then arranges a secret weeding with Friar Lawrence and Juliet tells the Nurse.
Although, Friar married them and kept their relationship quiet he still is to be blamed. He came up with the idea of the potion for Juliet to be asleep for 42 hours. When Juliet took the potion everyone thought she was dead. Friar Laurence sent Friar John out to deliver the letter to Romeo where he was banished to let him know that she is not really dead. Friar John couldn't do the job because he caught the plague. So Romeo never receives the message. When Romeo stops and see's his friend Balthasar he paid to send him news that goes on in Verona while he's banished. Balthasar came to Romeo with the sad news that Juliet is dead. That moment Romeo says he will die with Juliet tonight.
Friar Laurence’s decision to marry Romeo and Juliet without consideration and does it rashly is what leads to the tragedy in the play. Friar Laurence explains, “So soon forsaken? Young men's love then lies not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes.” Since Romeo rapidly forgets Rosaline, Friar Laurence feels skeptical about Romeo’s love for Juliet, and he believes it is because of her beauty due to them just having met. He then states, “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' rancour
Firstly, Friar Laurence knew Romeo and Juliet before they met each other and they were talking to him as a father figure, which means that when they decided to get married they put all their confidence on Friar Laurence. Friar Laurence helped them to get married because he thought that this marriage will stop the feud between the two families. Friar Laurence said, "This alliance may so happy prove to turn [their] households' rancor to
Shakespeare first proves that Friar Laurence is to blame when he makes a bad choice of marrying Romeo and Juliet. Friar Laurence is very confident about his decision of marrying Romeo and Juliet with the hopes that it will bring peace to the two families, but it is apparent that even the Friar himself is not sure if it is the right choice. Just before the marriage, when Friar Laurence is waiting for Juliet with Romeo, he states, “So smile the heavens upon this holy act. That afterhours with sorrow chide us not” (2.6.1-2). This shows that Friar Laurence is not so confident about his plan after all. He hopes that his decision will be met with good luck, and that nothing bad happens afterwards. The Friar himself begins to doubt his plan, showing that this is a poor
Friar Laurence, through his lack of good judgment, is largely responsible for the deaths of both Romeo and Juliet. Rather than being supportive of them and helping them disclose their loving situation, Friar Laurence took the “easy” way out. He succumbed to their desire to elope. He secretly married Romeo and Juliet instead of standing behind them and encouraging them to confront their families with the facts about their commitment to and love for each other. As a result, an even stronger bond between them was created through marriage: "For, by your leaves, you shall not stay alone / Till holy church incorporate two in one" (2.6.36-37). Friar Laurence married Romeo and Juliet, hoping that their union would bring an end to the constant feuding between their two families, the Montagues and the Capulets. Though the friar’s intentions were good and above reproach, they were certainly missteps along a pathway to tragedy. None of the tragedies would have occurred if Romeo and Juliet were not married. When Tybalt challenged Romeo...
“People think that the most painful thing in life is losing the one you value. The truth is, the most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of valuing someone too much and forgetting that. You are special too.”-Anonymous. Both Romeo and Juliet were so lost in the love that they had with each other that they forgot about themselves and what they are living for. Friar Laurence made multiple mistakes throughout the drama that ultimately led to Romeo and Juliet committing suicide just to be with each other. However, if Friar Laurence had done things differently throughout the story, the outcome of the drama may have been different. Friar Laurence had the biggest impact on Romeo and Juliet’s death.
In William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet there is a great deal of unlawful deaths that occur. One character from Romeo and Juliet that met his untimely demise was Paris. His undoing was caused by the following: the nurse enabling Romeo and Juliet to have a relationship, the fact that Juliet takes the medicine that makes her appear “dead” which leads to Paris going to the tomb, and his pride/ thirst for vengeance against Romeo.
The way Friar Laurence encouraged Romeo and Juliet to get Married, The way the Nurse is contradictory in her views of Romeo and Paris, When Friar Laurence secretly married them, the way the Nurse is secretive about the affair and does not tell the Capulet’s or the Montague’s, when Laurence gave Juliet the sleeping potion, the way Laurence believed he was doing the right thing without thinking of the consequences, and the way Laurence leaves Juliet’s Tomb when he hears the watch coming, all combine to result in the lovers death.
Unfortunately, Romeo wasn’t informed of the plan, and after he heard about Juliet’s death, he sincerely believed she had died. Balthasar, who told Romeo of Juliet’s ‘death’, didn’t want to leave Romeo unaccompanied because he believed that he looked ‘.pale and wild and did import some misadventure. ’(116) lines 28-29. Balthasar’s suspicions were valid because Romeo decided to take his life. He did not stop to ask how she died, or what Friar Laurence had to say about her death.
His plans to unite them with one another fell apart. After sending Friar John to give Romeo the letter telling him about Juliet, Friar Lawrence does not realize that he never left Verona. Before Friar John left Verona to go and give Romeo the letter in Mantua, he stopped at a shelter for the sick people. The people inside the shelter supposedly had the plague, so Friar John was quarantined and was not allowed to leave the city of Verona. Friar John did not tell Friar Lawrence right away. Friar Lawrence ran into him in town and asked why he was not on his way to Mantua. Now Friar Lawrence had to hurry to Mantua to deliver the letter to Romeo before he found Juliet “dead”. In the play Romeo and Juliet, it states, “ Unhappy fortune! By my brotherhood, the letter was not nice but full of charge, of dear import, and the neglecting it may do much danger. Friar John, go hence. Get me an iron crow and bring it straight unto my cell.” ( V, II, 17-21). The poor communication between Friar Lawrence and Friar John has led to the letter being delivered late to Mantua and the death of Romeo, Juliet, and even
The tragedy of their deaths could not have happened if Romeo had received the message in time. This is due to Friar Lawrence not planning how he was going to fake Juliet's death. Due to his dauntless attempts to keep the two lovers together, he still failed. This was shown in Act 4 Scene 1 " I do spy a kind of hope, Which craves as desperate execution As that is desperate which we would prevent". One of his faults in the plan is shown in Act 5 Scene 3 when Friar John does not know the importance of the letter and does not give it to Romeo. "I could not send it. Nor get a messenger to bring thee, so fearful were they of infection". Another fault to his plan is in Act 3 Scene 3 when he tells Romeo that he will send a friend of his to inform him the news. Instead of telling him that a fellow friar of his was bringing the message. "I'll find your man, and he shall signify from time to time every good hap to your chances here".