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In the classic play Romeo and Juliet, Friar Laurence plays a major part. Romeo and Juliet trusted him entirely as he was the priest of their town. They turned to the Friar for help and advice at a few crucial points in the play. Little did these two lovers know that their decision to turn to Friar Laurence for help would eventually lead to their deaths. Friar Laurence was responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because he married Romeo and Juliet, he was afraid of committing a sin, and because of his faulty plan for saving Juliet from a marriage to Paris. 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 / Till holy church incorporate two in one” (Shakespeare 47).Friar Laurence thought that marrying these two lovers w...
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
Friar Laurence's immature actions make him part of the tragedy. For one, he married Romeo and Juliet. When told that Romeo loves Juliet, Friar replies, "Holy Saint Francis, what a change is here! /Is Rosaline, that thou didst love so dear, /so soon forsaken? Young men's love then lies/ not truly in the hearts, but in their eyes," (II, III, lines 66-69). In these lines, Friar admits that Romeo is only lusting for Juliet. Being the adult, Friar shouldn't have married Romeo until he found true love. However, the Friar was immature and married them anyways. Then, Friar came up with the idea for Juliet to fake death. Juliet is distressed about Romeo being banished so Friar comes up with the plan saying, "Hold, then. Go home, be merry, give consent/ to marry Paris. Wednesday is tomorrow,” Juliet is then suppose to "Take thou this vial, being then in bed/ And this distilling liquor drink thou off." After being buried and awakened, "Shall Romeo bear thee hence to Mantua." (IV, I, Lines 90-119). This bad advise, to give a girl a drink like death and tells her to run away, is only one of many immature actions Friar takes. Finally, Friar did not stay with Juliet after she frantically woke up, in a tomb, next other diseased husband who was supposed to run away with her to Mantua. Inste...
While at first he is optimistic about the match, thinking it may help unite the two warring families, it is later very evident that Friar Laurence doubts the rightness of the decision. His doubts is first expressed in Act 2, Scene 6 while he and Romeo are waiting for Juliet's arrival. This is obvious when Friar exclaims “So smile the heavens upon this holy act that after-hours with sorrow chide us not!” (Act 2 Scene 6 Line 1 and 2). Friar Laurence is saying that he hopes the heavens, or God, will approve of this secret union, and not reproach them later for the union by giving them sorrows. One reason why he doubts the marriage is the right thing to do is because he recognizes that Romeo is far too young to really understand what love is. Friar Laurence rightly sees that their love is really just intense passion and infatuation that is likely to end, as we see in his lines, "These violent delights have violent ends and in their triumph die, like fire and powder" (Act 2 Scene 6 Line 9 and 10). Hence, both of these passages help prove that Friar Laurence's decision to marry them was not the best one. Furthermore, we know that his decision to marry the couple helped lead to their deaths because, had Juliet not already been married when her father insisted that she marry Paris, Friar Laurence would not have also made the decision to fake Juliet's death in order to help her out of the mess, a decision that leads to Juliet's real death, as well as Romeo's. One thing that we see Friar Laurence do that is unusual for a member of the priesthood is act deceptively. Friar Laurence deceives the parents of both Romeo and Juliet by marrying their children behind their backs. However, marrying them was not the most prudent decision for a priest to make, regardless that he did it under the best intentions of uniting their warring families. It may have
The rushed marriage, the ill-planning and carelessness of Friar Laurence lead to the death of Romeo and Juliet. Several references are made to the fate of Romeo, however, this tragedy could have been avoided if the Friar had given a little more thought to the course of his actions. There will be much controversy over what or who was responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, but many clues are left by Shakespeare which point in the direction of Friar Laurence. The responsibility of their deaths will continue to be debated for many years to come. " For never was a story of more woe/ than this of Juliet and her Romeo" (Act 5, scene 3, 309-310)
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
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
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.
“The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” written by William Shakespeare is surely to leave readers and watchers with a feeling of despair, but, it also leaves those with an inquisitive feeling. Who’s to blame for the death of these “star-crossed” lovers? Who’s to blame for the dismaying feeling given to audiences everywhere? The quote “These violent delights have violent ends” (2.6.9) answer those questions entirely. The character Friar Laurence is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet for 3 overlooked, yet important, reasons. Most would believe it was the families, or the unknown circumstances of being in love. Yet, in all honesty, Friar Laurence did marry the two, supplied Juliet with the potion to send her into sleep, and entrusted a messenger
Friends try to help each other even if it doesn't go as planned. Friar Laurence in Romeo and Juliet tries to help Romeo and Juliet throughout the play. The well-intentioned actions Friar Laurence used helped the shape of the plot.
Friar Lawrence made the decision to marry Romeo and Juliet which caused a lot of the tragedies throughout the play. Friar Lawrence wedding Romeo and Juliet caused the families to fight. It also caused Romeo and juliet to go into secrecy which caused a lot of deaths in their families. The marriage also caused Juliet to take potion that would put her in a death like trance that would cause Romeos death. “Come, come with me, and we will make short work, for, by your leaves, you shall not stay alone till Holy Church incorporate two in one” (Shakespeare 420). This quote shows that the marriage of Romeo and Juliet had to be kept a secret. The Friar knew that the families should not be married because it would cause lots of trouble between the two families. “He
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...
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.
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.
This is only some of the wisdom spoken by Friar Laurence to young Romeo in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet on the decision made by him to wed thirteen year old Juliet in such hastiness. Romeo sought after the confidence of Friar Laurence when he first met Juliet as there was no one else he could turn to, especially when the couple decided they were going to be married. There are many are many instances in the play that indicate "Friar Laurence always intended the best for Romeo and Juliet." That is, no matter the tragic outcome of the play, Friar Laurence's only intention was for the marriage of Romeo and Juliet to be happy, everlasting and for it to bring peace to the civil feud between the families.