Romeo And Juliet Failure Analysis

William Shakespeare once wrote “love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.” Even dating all the way back to the 1500’s, love was something that could be understood and felt just as it is today, which is proven through the famous work of William Shakespeare, who is known as the most influential writer in all of English literature. The young love between Romeo (Montague) and Juliet (Capulet), two “star-crossed lovers” in Shakespeare’s famous tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, may have been destined to fail due to their fate and young age. However, Friar Laurence, who is the friendly and helpful Franciscan priest in the play, also played a key role in not only their love’s failure, but also in the tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Although Friar Laurence

Although he seen the marriage as an opportunity to end the hostility and the continuous feuding between the Montagues and the Capulets (Proven in Act II, Scene III when Friar Laurence declares “For this alliance may so happy prove/To turn your households ' rancor to pure love), the marriage only made the bond stronger between two young lovers. Romeo and Juliet had only known each other for a period of 24 hours, and both of the two were blindly stricken with love, as any young, naive teenage boy or girl would be. As Shakespeare once said, “love is too young to know what conscience is.” An article from New York University press also mentions that “none of the tragedies would have occurred if Romeo and Juliet were not married. When Tybalt challenged Romeo to a fight, Romeo, now being related to Tybalt through marriage, refused to fight When Mercutio stepped in to defend Romeo’s honor, Romeo tried to stop the fighting. It was his interference that led to Mercutio’s death. Shortly thereafter, in a rage that would cause his banishment, Romeo lashed out at Tybalt and killed him. Romeo and Juliet 's marriage has caused Mercutio and Tybalt 's deaths, and Romeo 's banishment. Friar Laurence was the instigator of all these woeful events; he started the tragedies by marrying Romeo and Juliet.” Although he had a practical motive, it was very foolish and unwise of him to marry young

Plan B was for Juliet to drink his “remedy” the night before her wedding, which is a potion that will effectively kill Juliet for 48 hours; she will show no signs of life and be pronounced as dead. Following their family tradition, Juliet’s parents will place her body in the Capulet’s family vault. Meanwhile, Friar Laurence is to send a letter to Romeo, informing Romeo of the plan so that he can meet Juliet in the tomb when she wakes up and then take her back to Mantua with him. Plan B is very risky and also quickly thought of out of desperation. It takes total perfection and cooperation on everyone 's part to work, which explains why Plan B is so easily ruined. As Mustafa Muneer, and Undergraduate student at American University of Afghanistan, claimed, “…in his attempt to support the young couple, he led them towards their tragic fate.” Therefore, for the second time, the Friar acts unwisely and agrees to give Juliet a deadly potion when he says “Hold, daughter. I do spy a kind of hope, /which craves as desperate an execution/ as that is desperate which we would prevent…An if thou darest, I’ll give thee remedy” in Act IV, Scene