Sometimes it is better to keep a secret, rather than tell everyone. Sometimes a person just has to wait for the right moment to tell everyone. In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet have to keep their marriage a secret, and they can't tell anyone. They just have to wait for the right moment, but unfortunately, that right moment never comes. The feud between the Montagues and Capulets is ultimately responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s deaths because it forced Romeo, Juliet, and their allies to keep their marriage a secret. First of all, Romeo and Juliet have to keep their marriage a secret or their families would have been very mad. The Montagues and Capulets were enemies, and if they found out that there children had gotten married, they would not have been happy. The Prince says, “By thee, old Capulet, and Montague, have thrice disturbed the quiet of our streets,” (I.i.86-87). The Montagues and Capulets were known to start fighting in the streets because they hate each other so much. If they found out at the wrong moment that their children had gotten married, then things would not have gone well. Furthermore, Juliet says, “My only love, sprung from my only hate,” …show more content…
The friar believes that if they reveal the marriage at the right time, then maybe the feud will end, but he is also worried about the marriage and warns Romeo and Juliet that it could end badly. The friar says, “These violent delights have violent ends,” (II.vi.9). The friar is warning Romeo and Juliet that the marriage could end badly because he cares about them. He ends up going through with marriage because later he says, “For this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households’ rancor to pure love,” (II.iii.91-92). The friar ultimately decides that the marriage of Romeo and Juliet could end the feud if revealed at the right time. The friar never gets that chance because it is the feud that really kills Romeo and
The very next day the Romeo and Juliet were married in secret to prevent another fight erupting between the Capulet and Montague families.
The two were too young to be married. Juliet wasn’t even thirteen before she got marriage. Maybe the two did not fully love each other. Maybe they were just infatuated with each other. The two could maybe fall out of love with each other later and divorce. The marriage basically helped cause the death of the two. If he would told the two families that he married Romeo and Juliet, he would not have had to create his potion plan. Without the potion plan Juliet never fake died which meant that the couple would have stayed alive. If he had not married them Juliet would’ve married Paris. Even though she did not love Paris she would have still been living.
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...
This statement is important as it shows the Friar does not truly believe in the affection between the two lovers and that he believes Romeo cares only about the looks of Juliet. The Friar claims, "…this alliance may so happy prove/To turn [their] households' rancour to pure love"(2.4.90-93) yet he denies his responsibilities by failing to notify anyone of the large secret he holds. It is obvious that Friar Laurence is not simply ignorant of the potential disaster being created but plainly disregarding it when he states, "These violent delights have violent ends/And in their triumphs die, like fire and powder"(2.6.9-10). The Friar's willingness to ignore such strong predictions of death for the mere possibility of a good outcome, for which he will be recognized, shows his appalling judgement as well as his distorted morals.
After meeting Juliet for a day, Romeo immediately goes to Friar Lawrence to tell him about his new love, Juliet and that he is looking forward into getting married. Near the end of their conversation Friar Laurence states, “for this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households’ rancour to pure love” (5.3.94-95). Friar did not necessarily agree to marry Romeo and Juliet because of Romeo’s romanticism, but because of the idea that this could potentially end this great feud. Although, Friar was optimistic that this marriage could turn everything around, he never really thought things through. This is a serious example of Friar’s impulsiveness throughout the play. Friar Laurence could have instead delayed the marriage and explain the situation to Montague and Capulet. Friar’s decision just created even more conflicts. Friar’s humbleness, optimism, and loyalty to Romeo could have been seen as a good thing, but later on he makes another terrible decision of giving Juliet a potion that will eventually lead to a huge confusion and later on the death of Romeo. Later on in the play, Juliet rushes to see Friar Laurence so that he can come
One major conflict in Romeo and Juliet is the Capulets against the Montagues. Throughout the play, we see the conflicts faced between both families. Due to the hatred towards each other, it makes Romeo and Juliet’s relationship harder. For example, they can’t be seen together; therefore, they can only see each other at night. If he was to be caught, then it would cause a lot of problems and violence. A glimpse of what could occur happened at the Capulet party where Tybalt saw Romeo. He was furious by Romeo’s intrusion and challenged him to a duel. This puts both Tybalt and Romeo’s life in danger, and provokes the wrath of the Prince.
First of all, the Friar unwisely agreed to marry Romeo and Juliet, even though he knows it will cause later problems. In the beginning, the Friar thinks that ".this alliance may so happily prove/ To turn your households' rancor to pure love." (II iv 91-92) This shows that the Friar has a slight hope of their marriage possibly working. Therefore, he decides to marry the two lovers.
Characters in the story keep secrets to avoid escalating the problem but secrecy and deception aggravates the problem for both families. Deception does not give a chance for both the Montague and the Capulet family to talk or give an opinion of Romeo and Juliet’s decision to marry each other causing more
When the Friar agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet, he is not doing it for the sake of the young couple, but the sake of his own motives. The Friar remarks “In one respect I’ll thy assistant be:/ For this alliance may so happy prove / To turn your households’ rancour to pure love” (2.3.90-92). The only reason why the Friar is helping the young couple is in hopes to repair the damage between the two families. He is tempted to help the families because he wants to end the feud between the Capulet and Montague households. Hence, he is only doing this for the sake of his own belief. The Friar goes on to marry the young couple in secret, possibly jeopardising his role as a Father.Which shows that he will make impulsive decisions in order to fulfil his goals. Moreover, the Friar’s action ultimately lead him to irrational acts in order to help Romeo. The Friar kept Romeo in his cell and told Romeo that “A greater judgement vanish’d from his lips:/ Not body’s death, but boy’s banishment.” ( 3.3.10-11). In the position of the Friar, he can be in big trouble if he is caught helping Romeo, especially because Romeo is banished from Verona. Yet, Friar’s temptation of trying his best to help Romeo led him to put himself and Romeo in danger. The Friar is helping Romeo because he wants Romeo and Juliet to have a successful marriage, in hopes that the two star-crossed lovers can
When Romeo goes to Friar Lawrence, Romeo’s mentor, he is not sure he should marry these two adolescents. He finally agrees because he thinks it will end the feuding between the two families. But, when he is actually going through with it, he begins to have second thoughts. Friar cries out, “So smile the heavens upon this holy act/ That after hours with sorrow chide us not!” ( 2. 6. 1-2) If he is truly worried that he will be punished for this later, he should have stopped right there. Instead, he married them. This overreaction leads to lying and death in scenes to
The family feud that is present throughout the play creates many complications and their rashness attributes to the mishap of Romeo and Juliet. Firstly, the harshness of the ancient grudge forces Romeo and Juliet into a secret marriage, which creates problems when Paris must marry Juliet. For example, while Romeo first meets Juliet and understands her background at the Capulet`s ball, he cries "Is she a Capulet? / O dear account! my life is my foe`s debt." (1.5. 118-119). Therefore, Romeo understands the difficulties that emerge from the emotionally charged feud and fears he will die if their love is ever revealed. The potential recklessness from the family feud scares Romeo and he must result towards a marriage in secrecy. However, this is an issue because Juliet cannot marry twice, which troubles the marriage wanted by her family and Paris.
Firstly, Romeo and Juliet’s problematic marriage was a result of their impulsiveness. In Verona, the Capulet-Montague feud was infamous: even the servants loathed each other. Therefore, Romeo and Juliet knew of the consequences their marriage would entail since their families dislike each other. Yet, they still took that risk and got married. Afterwards, their secret marriage caused a big problem for Juliet. Lord Capulet was unaware of
In the story Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, two children fall in love. Although Romeo and Juliet are safely and happily married by the end of Act 2, Shakespeare has clearly indicated that their happiness will be short-lived. There are a number of possibilities that could cause a threat to their happiness. Romeo and Juliet were forced to keep their marriage secret due to the feud between their families. This feud between their families is a major reason that their marriage may fail.
First of all, The Montague’s and Capulet’s hatred for one another shows another depth about how human errors create the setting of Romeo and Juliet’s death. If only both families had gotten along from the beginning, the two star-crossed lovers could have had a friendship from the very start. If the families were close when they were young, they could have grown up to realize that the two were in love. Juliet would have been able to tell her parents, and that way, they would have been ecstatic about the engagement. The reason this is their fault is because if they had been on civil terms with each other, the deaths wouldn’t have occurred. Shakespeare almost made it appear like the parents did it on purpose for them to have to go behind their backs. Romeo and Tybalt’s battle to the death was also fault of the families disliking each other, and if this conflict had not taken place, the wedding wouldn’t have been forced upon Juliet. In this case, she ...
Furthermore, Romeo’s decision to keep his relationship with Juliet private, was highly immoral. Marie Hartwell-Walker states in an article discussing the troubles of a relationship one's parents do not approve of, “Don’t keep your relationship a secret.Keeping it secret suggests you are ashamed of your choice. Someone will inevitably find out, which will make everyone else in the family angry and upset with you both”(Hartwell-Walker). Thankfully, as the reader later discovers in scene 5, the Capulet family, nor the Montague family are either upset at their children's decision. However, for Romeo to keep his relationship with Juliet undisclosed was irresponsible. “If they do see thee, they will murder thee”(Shakespeare). This is the moment when Romeo and Juliet believe in their head that they either need to keep their love behind closed doors or they will face harsh