Does Friar Lawrence Influence Romeo And Juliet's Death

Most of the events that happen in Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, lead up to the final conclusion of the couple dying. Many, if not all of the major characters play an ultimate role in the tragic deaths of the “star crossed lovers”. The character that causes the most dramatic effect upon Romeo and Juliet’s deaths if Friar Lawrence. He is the one character who played a role in every aspect of the tragedy, from the marriage, to his plan to rescue Romeo from banishment to the plan to save Juliet from marriage to Paris.
First, Friar Lawrence is the one who agreed to marry Romeo and Juliet thinking it would end the feud between the two families. In act 2, scene 3, he says to Romeo “… Come young waverer, come, go with me/ in one respect