Friar Lawrence Is To Blame In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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“Two households, both alike in dignity.../From ancient grudge break to new mutiny.../From forth the fatal loins of these two foes/A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life.../Doth with their death bury their parents’ strife”(Shakespeare Prologue.1-8). That quote has basically explained most of the play. If noticed, it is said that from Romeo and Juliet they both die because of their family feud. But who is to blame for their deaths? There are four victims that will be elaborated on if they should be pardoned or guilty: Friar Lawrence, Lord Capulet, Benvolio, and Lord Montague. Friar Lawrence should be pardoned, despite his large roll in their fate. Friar Lawrence was the main holy man who only wanted to make something good out of the hate …show more content…

But the question is, who is to blame? Which is Romeo and Juliet’s own family, the Montagues and Capulets. They have the blame put on their shoulders at the very end of the play where they finally unite and cooperate. “See what scourge is laid upon your hate/That heaven finds mean to kill your joys with love” (Shakespeare V.iii.295-296). It was their fault for their hate that their children had to pay for. It was in their blind hatred that blind love had bloomed and death appeared. Again, if they had ended all this from the very beginning, so many deaths would not have occurred. It was even said from the very beginning. “Doth with their death bury their parents’ strife./The fearful passage of their death-marked love/And the continuance of their parent’s rage” (Shakespeare Prologue.8-10). This even says that it took their lives just to end a simple disagreement of their ancestors that could’ve ended long ago. That is why the Lords Capulet and Montague should be punished. Benvolio, one of the Montagues, should be pardoned. Even though he was one of two who accepted a fight, which was illegal, he had not harmed no one. He told the absolute truth when explaining what happened at the battle scene. “This is truth, or let Benvolio die” (Shakespeare III.i.171). That line was spoken by Benvolio himself. He even bet his very life, that if it were to be false, they could have his head. Also, he wasn’t even there when Juliet and Romeo had

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