Friar Lawrence To Blame For The Tragedy Of Romeo And Juliet

We’ve all heard the tragedy of the young lovers, Romeo and Juliet. We all know how it ends, the two dying for their love. Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare is a classic of two young lovers. Two families are in a terrible feud where nasty words or looks exchanged. All members of both families continued to do this, all but two members on each side. Romeo and Juliet, two young lovers, mixed up in a forbidden love. Not even the word ‘forbidden’ could stop their fiery love for each other. The two never expected to have to die for their love to be recognized but unfortunately that’s how it was. While many characters can share the blame for the deaths of the star-crossed lovers, the guiltiest of them all are Juliet’s parents. Young Romeo and Juliet’s
For example Friar Lawrence declares “ In this resolve, I’ll send a friar with speed? To Mantua with my letters to thy Lord” ( 4. 1. 125-126) to Juliet as he hands her the potion. Though Friar Lawrence did send someone with the letter, informing Romeo about the plan, Balthasar beat the messenger to it. A lot of the argument for Friar Lawrence being responsible for their deaths is he came up with this whole plan in the first place. Why didn’t he send the couple off earlier when he married them? While there may be some reasons to support the other side, the other side is incorrect because Friar Lawrence wouldn’t have to come up with such a plan, if Juliet’s parents accepted and understood the lovers. They weren’t the ones who raised Juliet so they don’t know and understand her. The nurse raised her and even played messenger for the couple. She stated “ Thou wast the prettiest babe that e’er I nursed/ An I might live to see thee married once” ( 1. 3. 65-66). Once again, the nurse raised her like her own and she was accepting of Romeo, yet the parents get to make all the decisions? The parents should’ve talked to her first, instead of forcing some serious stuff on her. It doesn’t make sense that they first think she’s mature enough to get married and when she stands up for herself, she doesn’t know what’s best for her? Furthermore, Lord Capulet still continues on with the plan of Paris marrying Juliet, “ O’ Thursday, let it be. -- O’ Thursday, tell her,/ she shall be married to this noble earl. --” If the parents were actually in her life and communicate with her like the adult they treat her to be., she wouldn’t have to meet Romeo in secret. If her parents knew she wouldn’t be forced to marry Paris and Friar Lawrence wouldn’t have to come up with such a