William Shakespeare’s plays are different from other plays because of the language he uses and his way with writing. His writing makes his plays different than other authors and special. The play Romeo and Juliet is one of the most popular plays of Shakespeare, where Romeo and Juliet die and there are a lot of people to blame for their death such as: their own families, Paris and Friar Laurence. However, Friar Laurence is the most person to blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet, because he is the one who helped them to get married secretly and he knew the couple before they met. He is the one who gave Juliet a very powerful potion to put her in a deep sleep, to fool the people around her by acting like she is dead. Friar Laurence was also very careless with the letter that he wrote to Romeo.This essay explains why Friar Laurence is to blame for their deaths. 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 …show more content…
Friar Laurence was very careless about the letter that he wrote to Romeo, telling him about the plan that he and Juliet came up with. He gave the letter to Friar John to give it to Romeo. Friar John faced some tough obstacles along his journey and returned to Verona without giving the letter to Romeo. Friar Laurence did not make sure that the letter was given to Romeo. That caused Romeo to kill himself by a potion because he did not know the plan and he thought that Juliet died and he does not want to live without
I think that Friar Laurence was to a large extent responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. However, several other factors contributed. and we can not solely blame one person. The circumstances, time period and characters need to be taken into consideration. & nbsp
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
The corresponding syllabi.... ... middle of paper ... ... Also, the Friar failed to send word to Romeo that Juliet wasn’t really dead and by the time he got to the tomb, it was too late and Romeo and Juliet were dead. Friar Lawrence was responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because he was a coward, secretive, and had a lack of communication with the other characters.
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.
The letter explains the plan for Juliet and Romeo to eventually escape and live their lives together, but since it never sent to Romeo, that did not happen at all. Friar Laurence’s rashness is evident when he sends Friar John alone to Mantua, forgetting the rule that forbids a friar (John) from travelling without the company of another friar. Meanwhile, Friar Laurence is aware that a contagious plague is spreading throughout Verona, yet he does not choose to go with Friar John himself. There is a huge risk that John would find a companion that has to be quarantined due to the sickness, which is the case in the story. Kriegel announces regarding the Friar’s impulsiveness, “Had Friar John left the city immediately in the company of a “safe” member of his order, he would never have been delayed and would have been able to send the letter to Romeo.” Now, the Friar is mindful that his plan is destroyed and he needs to do everything he can to repair his fault. In Shakespeare's tragedy, John explains to the Friar how he was unable to deliver the letter, and Friar Laurence replies, “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” (V.II.17-20). The Friar recognizes his flaw of being unable to deliver the significant letter to Romeo in order for his plan to succeed. Laurence’s unthoughtful plan only led to further problems days after, specifically the death of Romeo and
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...
The role of the Franciscan Friar Laurence in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet can be described as a mentor, but his actual actions as opposed to his good-natured intentions can be effectively described with only two words: “friendly fire”. In the play, Romeo, a Montague, and Juliet, a Capulet, find deep and amorous infatuation with each other virtually at first sight, despite their families’ vicious dispute. Eventually, Capulet, Juliet’s father, arranges for Juliet to be married to a young suitor named Paris, despite the fact that Friar Laurence, Romeo’s friend and advisor, already married Romeo to Juliet, consequently, Friar Laurence tried his best to assist Juliet in avoiding marriage with Paris on moral grounds. In the heat of the moment,
At the time William Shakespeare conducted the romantic tragedy Romeo and Juliet, preplanned weddings were conventional, happening much more often than not. In this scenario, the Montagues and Capulet families are in the middle of a chronic. Friar Laurence, being a neutral character, is increasingly becoming tired of this dispute and so, in effort to resolve the feud, he marries Romeo and Juliet in secret. Later, the Friar tries to unite the two by concocting a plan for them to escape their home city, Verona, and live happily hence ward in Mantua. As one knows Friar Laurence does this out of genuine intentions, he unequivocally bears the responsibility for the untimely suicides of Romeo and Juliet because
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.
Friar Laurence’s involvement in the marriage of Romeo and Juliet has caused a tragedy. Romeo and Juliet thought that they fell in love, but the Friar should have known that they were just kids and they were really rushing into things. In Romeo and Juliet, Friar Laurence says, “These violent delights have violent ends. Is loathsome in his own deliciousness, and in the taste confounds the appetite: Therefore love moderately: long love doth so, too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.” When he says this, he is giving Romeo a warnin. Also, Friar Lawrence should have known at the time, that Romeo was loving with his eyes and not with his heart. For example, Romeo was in a relationship with Rosaline, before marrying Julliet. Inonclusion , the Friar did not have the expierence to know that they were kids.
One of the main reasons that Friar Laurence was held accountable for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet is because he married them. First of all, this marriage was done without the consent of the parents. Secondly, he could have tried to support their relationship instead of marrying them and not telling anyone. He speaks of how these two will become one in marriage; “For, by your leaves, you shall not stay alone /
Friar knew that Romeo just hours before... was head over heels for a different girl named Roseline. That was a sign that he couldn’t think straight, yet the Friar still married Romeo and Juliet. “Is Rosaline, that thou didst love so dear, So soon forsaken? Young men’s love then lies Not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes,” (Shakespeare 410). He started off the tragedy with marrying the of them, even when he questioned it himself if it
When he says this, he is stating he will assist Romeo by marring the two, because through the marriage their families may learn to love each other; therefore ending the fight. Friar Laurence only married the two lovers because he thought it would have a positive impact on the families’ feud. However, he should of thought about the consequences and how since the head of the families were unaware, the marriage could only have negative affects. Also, they were never m...
The attempt that Friar Lawrence had made to fix up his wrong doings was a mistake and took a huge role in leading up to the two deaths. He had a second chance to come clean and tell the families the truth, but he chose to ignore that opportunity and came up with a plan that resulted in the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. After Romeo had been banished, the plan that the Friar conjured up was for Juliet to take a potion which would make her appear dead.
Good afternoon, my fellow audience. I am here today to persuade you on who I believe to be the character mostly responsible for the death of the two main characters in the play, Romeo and Juliet, a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is almost an ironic play because of its open and easily known ending, but yet its ending emerges the controversial question, WHO IS TO BLAME FOR THE DEATH OF ROMEO AND JULIET? I believe every character in the book contributed to their deaths even Romeo and Juliet themselves, but Friar Lawrence bears a monumental deal of the blame because he was the principle and most reliable adult that could have steered the ‘inexperienced’ couple, but his incompetency led Romeo and Juliet to a violent