The Consequences Of Friar Lawrence In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet
In Romeo and Juliet, the characters make many impulsive decisions, one of them being Friar Lawrence who creates careless plans which are not properly thought out. Friar acts without thinking about the consequences, leading to misconception and causing dreadful outcomes. Friar Lawrence should be giving smart thought out plans to Juliet considering he is a priest (he should think of another way of helping Juliet without watching the lovers take their lives), he does not follow through with his plan to tell Romeo and instead sends a messenger to deliver the message without knowing the outcome of it being delivered or not and lastly, Friar should have kept a lookout and watched out for anything that weren't supposed to go as planned such as Romeo going to the Capulet monument to say
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goodbye to Juliet. The deaths of Romeo and Juliet are mainly created by Friar Lawrence and his faulty plans. Out of the many people involved in the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence is the most guilty for the events that took place. During the mournful times of Romeo’s banishment from Verona, Juliet is forced to marry Paris within two days, Juliet does not go through with the marriage. But fortunately she finds a way to get out of it.
Juliet went to find Friar Lawrence thinking that maybe he would be able to help her out, and he put together a solution for Juliet “Take thou this vial, being then in bed, And this distilling liquor drink thou off, When presently through all thy veins shall run A cold and drowsy humour; for no pulse” (4.1.93-96). Friar offers Juliet a poison that will shut her body down for forty-two hours, causing everyone to think she will be dead. The Friar is in fault during this moment because instead of consulting the prince or Juliet’s parents he decides to take matters into his own hands, he does not think about the things that could go wrong, and he is trying to help but is only making things worse. It is only after Juliet leaves that Friar feels guilty for what he has told Juliet to do, but by then it was too late to stop her from drinking it. When Friar Lawrence advised Friar John to deliver the letter to Romeo, the quarantine got in the way of that happening, when Friar is informed about the incident he did nothing to fix the problem he has created, he did not try to deliver the message to Romeo. This is Friar’s fault because he should have
somehow tried to get in contact with Romeo to explain the whole situation and what that Juliet is not really dead. Furthermore, Romeo was not notified with the plan that Friar put together, instead Romeo was told that Juliet was dead: “Thou knowest my lodging, get me ink and paper, And hire post-horses; I will hence tonight,” (5.1.25-26) After seeing Juliet lay dead in her tomb, Romeo drinks the poison just as Friar visits and sees the mess he has caused. Romeo drinking the poison is Friar’s fault because he could of waited outside the monument and expected to see Romeo or try to find Romeo to tell him that Juliet is not dead. When Juliet finally wakes up, Friar tries to play it off as if Romeo was not dead but Juliet is well aware of his body laying on the cold ground, Friar once again cowardly does nothing to stop Juliet from taking her life and runs away after he hears the Capulets coming. Friar is directly responsible for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet because he left just as things were getting worse, at that moment of sorrow when Juliet saw Romeo dead on the ground, Friar just ran off and did not look back. If he had planned this out more thoroughly perhaps the result would not have been so bitter to the Capulet and Montague families. Friar was the main cause of the deceased lovers. In conclusion, Friar Lawrence is at fault for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because he could have helped them without creating a mess out of it. Friar does not look out for the disaster he predicted might of happened, he does not try to get the message to Romeo and instead leaves the plan to resolve itself and the idea he gave to Juliet leaving Romeo thinking she was actually dead was not a clever suggestion. Friar said his plan and when everything went horribly wrong he did not try to fix it and instead he let the lovers figure it out. His plan leaves the Romeo and Juliet in worry and concern, and causes depression for both families.
goodbye to Juliet. The deaths of Romeo and Juliet are mainly created by Friar Lawrence and his faulty plans. Out of the many people involved in the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence is the most guilty for the events that took place. During the mournful times of Romeo’s banishment from Verona, Juliet is forced to marry Paris within two days, Juliet does not go through with the marriage. But fortunately she finds a way to get out of it.
Juliet went to find Friar Lawrence thinking that maybe he would be able to help her out, and he put together a solution for Juliet “Take thou this vial, being then in bed, And this distilling liquor drink thou off, When presently through all thy veins shall run A cold and drowsy humour; for no pulse” (4.1.93-96). Friar offers Juliet a poison that will shut her body down for forty-two hours, causing everyone to think she will be dead. The Friar is in fault during this moment because instead of consulting the prince or Juliet’s parents he decides to take matters into his own hands, he does not think about the things that could go wrong, and he is trying to help but is only making things worse. It is only after Juliet leaves that Friar feels guilty for what he has told Juliet to do, but by then it was too late to stop her from drinking it. When Friar Lawrence advised Friar John to deliver the letter to Romeo, the quarantine got in the way of that happening, when Friar is informed about the incident he did nothing to fix the problem he has created, he did not try to deliver the message to Romeo. This is Friar’s fault because he should have
somehow tried to get in contact with Romeo to explain the whole situation and what that Juliet is not really dead. Furthermore, Romeo was not notified with the plan that Friar put together, instead Romeo was told that Juliet was dead: “Thou knowest my lodging, get me ink and paper, And hire post-horses; I will hence tonight,” (5.1.25-26) After seeing Juliet lay dead in her tomb, Romeo drinks the poison just as Friar visits and sees the mess he has caused. Romeo drinking the poison is Friar’s fault because he could of waited outside the monument and expected to see Romeo or try to find Romeo to tell him that Juliet is not dead. When Juliet finally wakes up, Friar tries to play it off as if Romeo was not dead but Juliet is well aware of his body laying on the cold ground, Friar once again cowardly does nothing to stop Juliet from taking her life and runs away after he hears the Capulets coming. Friar is directly responsible for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet because he left just as things were getting worse, at that moment of sorrow when Juliet saw Romeo dead on the ground, Friar just ran off and did not look back. If he had planned this out more thoroughly perhaps the result would not have been so bitter to the Capulet and Montague families. Friar was the main cause of the deceased lovers. In conclusion, Friar Lawrence is at fault for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because he could have helped them without creating a mess out of it. Friar does not look out for the disaster he predicted might of happened, he does not try to get the message to Romeo and instead leaves the plan to resolve itself and the idea he gave to Juliet leaving Romeo thinking she was actually dead was not a clever suggestion. Friar said his plan and when everything went horribly wrong he did not try to fix it and instead he let the lovers figure it out. His plan leaves the Romeo and Juliet in worry and concern, and causes depression for both families.