The Death of Romeo and Juliet
The Death of Romeo and Juliet
Consequences can occur when wrong decisions are made. Without thinking about a choice before it is carried out with can make the situation go from bad to worse. In William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare shows how a few bad choices can do serious damage to others in the future. The unfortunate deaths of Romeo and Juliet happen at the hands of Friar Laurence and the love between both lovers. The first person to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s death is Friar Laurence, Romeo’s good friend and a priest in Verona. It was Friar Laurence’s unwise and irrational choices that brought Romeo and Juliet to the ground or to the afterlife or to the other side. Friar Laurence is greeted by Romeo at his cell. Romeo tells him about his wanting of a marriage with Juliet but Friar Laurence will have none of it until he realizes that this may be able “to turn [their] households’ rancor to pure love.” (II, iii, 95) Friar Laurence, in his own mind, pictures the marriage of Romeo and Juliet bringing both feuding families together as one. Friar Laurence should not have gone along with Romeo’s idea of marriage without consulting both families first. His unwise decision caused the feud between both families to become greater. As Juliet told Friar Laurence that she would rather die than to marry county Paris, a plan emerged inside of the Friar’s head. He told Juliet to go home and give consent to marry Paris. He then told her to “take thou this vial, being then in bed, and this distilled liquor drink thou off...” (IV. i. 94 – 94) Friar Laurence came up with a very risky plan that if not executed exactly as said, would fail. He should not have made this plan if he was not one hundred percent sure it would succeed. Since the letter failed to reach Romeo in Mantua, Romeo and Juliet died because Friar Laurence could not execute his plan. His poor and unwise decisions led to the deaths of the two star crossed lovers.
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Consequences can occur when wrong decisions are made. Without thinking about a choice before it is carried out with can make the situation go from bad to worse. In William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare shows how a few bad choices can do serious damage to others in the future. The unfortunate deaths of Romeo and Juliet happen at the hands of Friar Laurence and the love between both lovers. The first person to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s death is Friar Laurence, Romeo’s good friend and a priest in Verona. It was Friar Laurence’s unwise and irrational choices that brought Romeo and Juliet to the ground or to the afterlife or to the other side. Friar Laurence is greeted by Romeo at his cell. Romeo tells him about his wanting of a marriage with Juliet but Friar Laurence will have none of it until he realizes that this may be able “to turn [their] households’ rancor to pure love.” (II, iii, 95) Friar Laurence, in his own mind, pictures the marriage of Romeo and Juliet bringing both feuding families together as one. Friar Laurence should not have gone along with Romeo’s idea of marriage without consulting both families first. His unwise decision caused the feud between both families to become greater. As Juliet told Friar Laurence that she would rather die than to marry county Paris, a plan emerged inside of the Friar’s head. He told Juliet to go home and give consent to marry Paris. He then told her to “take thou this vial, being then in bed, and this distilled liquor drink thou off...” (IV. i. 94 – 94) Friar Laurence came up with a very risky plan that if not executed exactly as said, would fail. He should not have made this plan if he was not one hundred percent sure it would succeed. Since the letter failed to reach Romeo in Mantua, Romeo and Juliet died because Friar Laurence could not execute his plan. His poor and unwise decisions led to the deaths of the two star crossed lovers.
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