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    To begin with‚ Friar Lawrence prepares a potion for Juliet to consume. When Juliet drinks this potion‚ it contributes to how this tragedy happens. First off‚ the potion makes Juliet appear dead for forty-two hours‚ but she is still alive. After she swallows the potion‚ Romeo receives news that Juliet dies‚ and he desires to travel to her tomb. Later‚ Romeo arrives to Juliet’s tomb he views her body and believes she is lifeless‚ but she is not because the forty-two hours have not ended. Since believes

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    Friar Laurence and His String of Unfortunate Events During the tragic story of Romeo and Juliet‚ there was a character that continuously forwards the plans of Romeo and helps the dreams of Juliet. Friar Laurence is the town’s pastor who also works in the science of herbs. The people of Verona know of the Friar’s cell as a safe place to go and confess their sins and seek advice‚ including Romeo Montague. Romeo seeks to the Friar to help him deal with his new love‚ Juliet Capulet. The whole kingdom

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    could have been blamed for the tragedy of Romeo & Juliet‚ but out of all of the suspects‚ Friar Lawrence is most likely to be blamed. Friar Lawrence did many things throughout the play that contributed to the death of Romeo & Juliet. All of what happened may not have been all his fault‚ but if you look at the decisions he’s made‚ or even his own doubts about the decisions he made‚ you will see that Friar Lawrence has some blame. One lousy decision Friar Laurence makes is to agree to marry the couple

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    star-crossed loversRomeo and Juliet‚ by William Shakespeare. However‚ along with the tragedy comes the question- Who‚ or what‚ is to blame for their deaths? Some would say Friar Lawrence‚ or the feud‚ or fate‚ but while all of those contributed‚ it could’ve been prevented entirely by one single person: Juliet’s mother‚ Lady Capulet. She was negligent‚ manipulative‚ and bitter. Lady Capulet was an emotionally uninvolved and unaware mother. She was too young when she had Juliet‚ therefore she

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    oblivion. Unfortunately for Romeo and Juliet‚ just like their ill-fated romance‚ their deaths were also abysmal failures. In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ a long standing feud between the Capulets and the Montagues ends in the death of two teenagers. The two lovers committed suicide due to their families’ acrimony and lack of proper advice. Although Romeo and Juliet committed the ultimate crime against themselves‚ their deaths were arguably caused by Friar Lawrence due to his lack of foresight

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    trouble that has happened in the events of Romeo and Juliet‚ I strongly believe that Friar Lawrence is to be blamed for all of it. Friar Lawrence is to be blamed because he‚ technically‚ started it. He was the one who married Romeo and Juliet in secret‚ and he never hesitated to tell them the consequences of what could happen. Who knows? Maybe he isn’t the only person to blame. Friar Lawrence is to be blamed is because he started the downfall of Romeo and Juliet’s lives by marrying them. First

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    talking about Romeo and Juliet written by Shakespeare. This is Shakespeare’s most popular plays of his lifetime and his most performed play. Romeo and Juliet is about two families that one of their sons and the others daughter fell in love and then they both eventually die. The person that is responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s death is Friar Lawrence and he is a priest and makes potions. Friar Lawrence married them and he also set up a plan‚ so that Juliet didn’t have to marry Paris. He also didn’t

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    Romeo and Juliet essay In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare‚ Romeo and Juliet fall in love.Then they plan a secret marriage because of their families’ relationship‚ the Capulets and the Montagues always fighting in the streets of Verona the city of Italy. They are married by Friar Lawrence‚ the priest of Verona. Then there is a fight between Tybalt from the Capulets and Mercutio the cousins prince‚ then Romeo from the Montagues enters and interferes the fight and then

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    that went wrong. In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet‚ by William Shakespeare‚ Romeo and Juliet loved each other‚ however‚ their plans went wrong and they both ended up dead by accident. Multiple people could be blamed for this incident‚ but the person that should be blamed the most would be Friar Lawrence. He was supposed to be a holy man that cared about what other people are going through and to help them out. Instead‚ he set this whole play up for failure‚ because he was more worried about marrying

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    William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ many of the characters need a great deal of support. Each of the three father figures--Friar Lawrence‚ Prince Escalus‚ and Lord Capulet--have varying degrees of power. They all have some importance‚ regardless of if the men are biological fathers. Romeo’s biological father‚ Lord Montague‚ rarely makes an appearance in the play. However Friar Lawrence‚ who acts as a father for Romeo‚ is a common character. He shows his affection for Romeo: Romeo! Alack‚ alack‚ what

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