The Role Of Friar Lawrence In Romeo And Juliet
Friar Laurence once a man of god: Now a assistance to Satan
In William Shakespeare's drama Romeo and Juliet, the person to blame for the deaths of both Romeo and Juliet is Friar Laurence. Throughout the drama, Friar Laurence makes not only one but three mistakes that all lead up to their deaths. He gave a hand crafted poison to Juliet, he trusted someone else with a letter of importance to deliver to Romeo, and he fled the scene at Juliet’s tomb, instead of trying to help her escape. When Friar Laurence made such terrible choices, he evidently doomed Romeo to his death, therefore leading Juliet to take her own life.
For one thing, Friar Laurence was a man of God, however the choices he made was not so godly. Friar Laurence made a huge mistake that he could of avoided, if only he had thought out his plan more precisely. In act 4 scene 1, Friar makes Juliet a hand crafted poison that he does not know will work. Friar Laurence: “Take thou this vial, being then in bed, And this distilled liquor drink thou off…
“Shall, stiff and stark and cold appear like death:
“And in this borrow’d likeness of shrunk death
“Thou shalt continue two and forty hours
“And then awake as from a pleasant sleep. (4.1.93-106). As mentioned in the text above he trusted …show more content…
The Friar tries and helps juliet to flee at the sound of the approaching watch. In the quotes that follow one can see how Friar Laurence tried to help Juliet. Friar Laurence: “Stay not to question, for the watch is coming;/comes, go, good Juliet, I dare no longer stay”. (5.3.158-159) However Juliet is left there to discover the horror of Romeo's dagger, and the poison. However he is still more concerned about himself instead of Juliet, which results in her death. In this following quote the first watch has found the Friar hiding out after he tries to
In William Shakespeare's drama Romeo and Juliet, the person to blame for the deaths of both Romeo and Juliet is Friar Laurence. Throughout the drama, Friar Laurence makes not only one but three mistakes that all lead up to their deaths. He gave a hand crafted poison to Juliet, he trusted someone else with a letter of importance to deliver to Romeo, and he fled the scene at Juliet’s tomb, instead of trying to help her escape. When Friar Laurence made such terrible choices, he evidently doomed Romeo to his death, therefore leading Juliet to take her own life.
For one thing, Friar Laurence was a man of God, however the choices he made was not so godly. Friar Laurence made a huge mistake that he could of avoided, if only he had thought out his plan more precisely. In act 4 scene 1, Friar makes Juliet a hand crafted poison that he does not know will work. Friar Laurence: “Take thou this vial, being then in bed, And this distilled liquor drink thou off…
“Shall, stiff and stark and cold appear like death:
“And in this borrow’d likeness of shrunk death
“Thou shalt continue two and forty hours
“And then awake as from a pleasant sleep. (4.1.93-106). As mentioned in the text above he trusted …show more content…
The Friar tries and helps juliet to flee at the sound of the approaching watch. In the quotes that follow one can see how Friar Laurence tried to help Juliet. Friar Laurence: “Stay not to question, for the watch is coming;/comes, go, good Juliet, I dare no longer stay”. (5.3.158-159) However Juliet is left there to discover the horror of Romeo's dagger, and the poison. However he is still more concerned about himself instead of Juliet, which results in her death. In this following quote the first watch has found the Friar hiding out after he tries to