Friar John should be pardoned because he did not know that he would be quarantined. Friar John a messenger for Friar Lawrence, first appearance in ACT 5 when he went to deliver a letter from friar to Romeo in Mantua but couldn't due to being quarantined in a house. Furthermore, He reported to Friar Lawrence with some bad news that“the searchers of the town,suspecting that we both were in a house where the infectious pestilence did reign, Sealed up the doors and would not let us forth”(5.2).In other words Friar John just went to get help from another Friar who he didn't know was sick and gets quarantined from the town health officials were afraid of an infection getting out. So now Friar John is trapped in a house unable to deliver Friar Lawrence's message to Romeo in Mantua. At this point in the play in the play, Friar John has come back to …show more content…
This makes it clear to friar that Romeo has not gotten the important news and is worried about Romeo, this leads to Friar Lawrence trying to wake up Juliet and try to fix the plan. Friar John ’s actions should be pardoned because in both cases he seems as though he wasn't the actual cause for the death of Romeo and Juliet since it wasn't his fault for getting quarantined for the most part. Although it was his choice to get help from another Friar, he didn't know that the friar was sick at that time. Therefore Friar John should be pardoned for the unfortunate events that happened. It is clear to say that it wasn't his decision to be quarantined and it didn't factor a part in Romeo's departure.To add on Friar john was not aware of what was in friar's letter as said by Friar Lawrence “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. Friar John, go hence.Get me an iron crow and bring it
The Friar frequently encourages Romeo and Juliet to lie and sneak around. However, as a religious leader, Friar Lawrence should be teaching Romeo and Juliet about honesty and obedience. When Romeo is banished, the Prince tells him to leave Verona right away, but instead of leaving, he visits the Friar. When Romeo is crying about his punishment, Friar suggests that Romeo stays in Verona until the sun rises when he says, “Go, get thee to thy love, as was decreed. Ascend her chamber. Hence and comfort her”(151). In this instance, Friar Lawrence is not only encouraging but telling Romeo that he should lie and go against the rules. As a religious leader, or even just as a human being, Friar Lawrence shouldn’t be telling Romeo to break the law. After
One of the mistakes that Friar Laurence made was sending Friar John with the letter to inform Romeo of the plan. “I’ll send a Friar with speed to Mantua, with my letters to thy lord. (Act 4- Scene 1, Pg. 100)” He should have instead sent Romeo’s servant Balthasar. “Her body sleeps in Capels’ monument, And her immortal part with angels lives. I saw her laid low in her kindred’s vault, And presently took post to tell it to you. (Ac...
Friar Lawrence plays a very important role in the play between Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare has presented Friar Lawrence with much to blame for the horrific ending of their lives. Not only was Friar Lawrence the brains behind the plan of getting them together after his banishment, he was also the man who agreed to the marriage in the first place. ‘for doting, not loving, pupil mine’ Romeo holds a lot of respect for Friar Lawrence and he is a father figure towards him in the play. Friar Lawrence’s opinions therefore are considered by Romeo, so therefore he should have been more careful in his decisions of marriage.
Those actions were associated with the death of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Lawrence is known for being a man of wisdom, but during this period of five days he helped Romeo do everything he wasn’t supposed to do. Even more so to marry a Capulet! Friar Lawrence was an accomplice in the secret romance of Romeo Montague, and Juliet Capulet. After Romeo slaughtered Tybalt and was banished from Verona, he went to Mantua, where only The Nurse and Friar Lawrence knew where he was.
This not only proves Friar Lawrence’s loyalty and trustworthiness, but also gives the audience a glimpse into his selflessly compassionate lifestyle. Romeo chooses to communicate his intentions with Juliet to Friar Lawrence, telling his lover, “Hence will I to my ghostly friar’s close cell,/His help to crave and my dear hap to tell” (2.2.188-89). Instead of going to his family, or even his close friends, Romeo confides in Friar Lawrence because of the dear priest’s considerable record of altruistic deeds. Friar Lawrence is always able to tell how Romeo feels in at any given moment, and is connected to him in a father-son type of relationship. Due to this relation, Friar Lawrence is perfectly accepting of the couple’s conflicts, and puts forth his best effort in solving
Friar Lawrence showed that he was impatient when he rushed everything and didn’t wait to see if Romeo received the letter, instead he gave her the potion. When she drank the potion and Romeo came to see her, he assumed she was dead and drank a poison and fell dead at her side, after awakening Juliet sees Romeo dead beside her and takes his dagger and says “O happy dagger, this is thy sheath; there rust, and let me die.” And plunges the dagger into her stomach and too falls dead with her beloved Romeo. If Friar Lawrence hadn’t been so sympathetic with marrying the two and hadn’t been impatient when it came to the letter, Romeo wouldn’t have drunken the poison and Juliet would have never stabbed herself. In conclusion, the tragic death of young Romeo and Juliet can be blamed on their family and friends.
In the drama Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Friar Lawrence is a kind, knowledgeable, peacekeeping, and wise character. He also acts as a foil to the Montaques, Capulets, and the nurse. He is a priest to both the Montaque and Capulet houses. He is a well-liked person in the town of Verona. The Friar is a positive figure in the community and serves as a good role model for the children of Verona.
He also tells Juliet that "Shall Romeo by my letters know our drift, and hither shall hem come; and he and I shall watch thy waking, and that very night shall Romeo bear thee to Mantua" (Act 4, Scene 1.) Unforeseen to neither the Friar nor Juliet that an error such as the one of Friar John’s would prove to be deadly. Poor Romeo was not able to receive the letter. Friar Lawrence plays a significant role in the plan for Juliet to "sleep."Friar Lawrence plays an important rule in the actual deaths of Romeo, Juliet, And Paris. Friar Lawrence is unable to reach Romeo with the news of Juliet’s "death." Romeo, thinking Juliet is dead rushes to Verona, but not before buying some fast poison.
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
In the play by William Shakespeare, “Romeo and Juliet”, Friar Lawrence has a very conspicuous role. The Friar is, without a doubt, one of the most influential voices of this play. The decisions he makes create more problems each time. Also, at every turn, he refuses to take any blame. Finally, his blindness to the impetuosity of the couple causes him to avoid any effort to repair his errors. Shakespeare used Friar Lawrence as a major force in the tragedy.
The first reason Friar Lawrence should be punished is because, Friar kept secrets from everyone but Romeo and Juliet. One of the secrets that he kept from everyone was when he married them. “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.”(I.vi.35-37) In other words, Friar is telling Juliet that she needs to go so then he will come up with another plan for things, for what he desires them to do
...a little earlier or even later, Friar John could have avoided getting caught up with the plague. This could have led to Romeo receiving the letter, and him ending up with Juliet. Also the timing of the plague is very unfortunate. The chances of a plague being at the exact time Friar John was delivering the letter to Romeo are very low. Second of all, if Balthasar saw Juliet any later than he did, the Friar could have gotten to Romeo before him. The timing of these two events are very unfortunate, and readers only have it to blame
Friar John is culpable for Romeo and Juliet’s demise. Friar John didn’t deliver Juliet’s letter to Romeo informing him of her “death”. This prevailed to Romeo being misinformed and the play having a tragic ending. Another reason to blame Friar John is that he shouldn’t have stayed with the family, he was trusted to deliver the letter, but didn’t do his job. Friar John could have given the letter to someone else and given orders to hand it over to Romeo.
The main protagonists of the play are victims of fate’s cruelty. Many events that directly affect Romeo and Juliet’s lives are brought about by the harmless actions of others. The reason they were even able to meet was because of a servant’s mistake: “My master is the great rich Capulet; and if you not be of the house of the Montagues, I pray come and crush a cup of wine” (1.2.82-83). Capulet’s servant was simply looking for anyone to help him read a list of invites when he ran into Romeo. He had no intention of inviting a Montague, but he accidently did, simply because Romeo helped him out. If the servant had not crashed into him, Romeo and Juliet would have never had a chance to meet, and therefore no chance to fall in love and then die. Similarly, Friar John played an indirect role in their deaths: “I could not send it—here it is again—/ Nor get a messenger to bring it to thee” (5.3.14-15). This is towards the end of the play when Friar John was supposed to give a letter to Romeo, explaining that Juliet was alive, but in a coma, and waiting for him to get her. Friar John has no ill-intentions when he says he can’t get the message to Romeo. He is completely oblivious to the content of the message and simply gets held up to a point where sending the message isn’t a possibility. Friar John doesn’t realize that the message he is intended to send to Ro...
Throughout the next few lines spoken, is where I believe the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is initiated, for if Romeo had not trusted and spoken of his love with an enemy; saying “I have been feasting with mine enemy “Juliet, Romeo also explains that Juliet feels the same for him. Then Friar Lawrence would not have felt the responsibility to try and reunite and mend the strife between the Montague’s and Capulet’s. In the final scene of this act Romeo, then asks the priest to bless their love and join them in marriage. Friar Lawrence, does question the true feelings of Romeo and doesn’t light -heartedly make a quick conclusion to marry them, asking Romeo” Holy Saint Francis what change is here?... ...