Why Is Friar Lawrence To Blame In Romeo And Juliet

In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, a character in this story to blame would be Friar Lawrence. He is a holy man. According to the story, he was the cause of Romeo and Juliet’s death. First of all, Friar Lawrence marries Romeo and Juliet. Then he is requested to marry Paris and Juliet by Capulet. However, Juliet asks Friar Lawrence for help and the results did not turn out good. Friar Lawrence is a person to blame because he agreed to marry Romeo and Juliet. In his mindset, he believes that it will stop the feud of the two households, the Montagues and the Capulets. However, as the results, the feud still continued. Yet, no one knows about the marriage of Romeo and Juliet beside the nurse and Friar Lawrence. Also, in one of Friar Lawrence’s lines, he said, “but come, young waverer, come, go with me, in one respect I’ll thy assistant be; for this alliance may so happy prove, to turn your households’ rancour to pure love” (“DBQ: Romeo and Juliet: Who’s to Blame”. Doc. C). This line says that Friar Lawrence agrees to the marriage of Romeo and Juliet to end the feud.
Furthermore, a couple of days passed and Juliet is forced to marry Paris.
Capulet has Friar Lawrence help with the marriage. Not to mention that Juliet is already married to Romeo, she cannot do much, but beg for Friar Lawrence’s help. Friar Lawrence knows that she is married to Romeo and decides to help her. He gave her “fake” poison. The poison will put her to sleep for about forty- eight hours. During the two days of her “death”, she is placed in the Capel’s monument (“DBQ: Romeo and Juliet: Who’s to Blame”. Doc. E). As the Capulets put Juliet in the monument, Balthasar spotted her and it led to an unhappy
fortune.
Lastly, Friar Lawrence’s letter did not reach Romeo in time about Juliet faking her death, due to the fact that Balthasar reached Romeo first. The unknown truth came out when responded to Romeo’s question. He asked how Juliet was doing and Balthasar response was “her body sleeps in Capel’s monument. As Romeo enters the monument and see Juliet, he kills himself. Additionally, when Juliet wakes up, he finds Romeo dead and stab herself with his sword. At the end, Romeo and Juliet ends up dead.
In conclusion, Friar Lawrence is a character to blame because he is involved in all cases and he caused these situations to happen. First of all, he marries Romeo and Juliet to end the feud. Then he gives Juliet poison to fake her death and be free from her unwanted marriage with Paris. At last, his letter did not go through and Romeo ends up dead, so did Juliet. Overall, the results of the conflicts and “family” feud ended. For the most part, Friar Lawrence is to be blame.