In the Shakespearian play “Romeo and Juliet‚” Friar Laurence is guilty for the tragic deaths of both Romeo and Juliet. Friar Laurence marries Romeo and Juliet secretly despite the fact that he knows about the feud between the Montague and Capulet households. He justifies his actions by saying that the marriage between Romeo and Juliet will end the feud. Friar Laurence is responsible for the lovers’ deaths as he marries them without their parents’ permission which went against the societal normalities
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caused the death of themselves‚ but Friar Laurence was the main cause of their death. In the play Romeo and Juliet‚ Romeo and Juliet meet at a Capulet masquerade. They instantly fall in love and they decide to get married‚ the thing about their marriage is no one but the Nurse‚ Friar Laurence‚ or themselves know. Lord Capulet arranges Juliet to marry Paris‚ Juliet doesn’t know what to do since she is already married‚ so she goes to the Friar seeking his advice. Friar Laurence and Juliet come up with
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However‚ the one who is to blame for all of this is Friar Laurence. Friar Laurence is an advisor to Romeo and Juliet. The reason he is to blame for all of this is because he keeps their secret and helps them get married while having doubts about the marriage. He also came up with the plan to give Juliet the potion that made it seem like she’s dead for 42 hours. These are some of the main reasons he is to blame for the tragedy. One poor decision Friar Laurence makes that’s cause all of this is he agrees
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In the play‚ William Shakespeare develops a story where Friar Laurence is to blame for the tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet. This play is about two star crossed lovers‚ Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet. After days of them meeting they were decided to get married. Romeo persuades Friar Laurence‚ who is the priest of their church to marry them as soon as possible. The Friar agreed; thinking their families would learn to love and accept each other. Juliet´s parents had a different idea. Her parents
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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 in secrecy. While
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together. The characters Romeo‚ Juliet and Friar Lawrence are primarily responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet because they all went against something that the families did not want. Friar Lawrence is somewhat responsible for the deaths because he had a plan that did not work. In act 3 scene 3 Friar Lawrence says‚ no body’s death but body’s banishment. I think he was saying that no one will die but the body will be gone. Also‚ in 2 scene 3 Friar Lawrence says wisely and slow they stumble
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Juliet the potion. “ When presently through all thy veins shall run A cold and drowsy humor‚ for no pulse…” (Shakespeare 453). He gave Juliet the advice to fake her death; therefore‚ many people would blame Friar. However‚ this is not the case. If you look back farther Juliet goes to the Friar threatening to kill herself. “Unless thou tell me how I may prevent it. If in thy wisdom thou canst give no help‚ Do thou but call my resolution wise And with this knife I’ll help it presently” (Shakespeare
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fate of the star-cross lovers and other unnecessary people. People who don’t think twice of their actions until after the consequences. Maybe‚ just an inference‚ if they just thought about their actions‚ the play may have had a different ending. Friar Laurence can be considered partially responsible for the outcome of the play. Although his main intentions were to help‚ he only worsen the
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Nearly every character in “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” helped contribute to their death. The only few people who did not‚ were people like‚ Balthasar or random guards and servants. Nearly everyone says that Friar Lawrence was the main cause of their Romeo and Juliet’s death‚ but you do have to consider that the reason their problems started in the first place was because of Romeo. We all know that Romeo’s banishment was a result of murdering Tybalt. Although Tybalt was a villain‚ and was practically
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For example Friar Lawrence declares “ In this resolve‚ I’ll send a friar with speed? To Mantua with my letters to thy Lord” ( 4. 1. 125-126) to Juliet as he hands her the potion. Though Friar Lawrence did send someone with the letter‚ informing Romeo about the plan‚ Balthasar beat the messenger to it. A lot of the argument for Friar Lawrence being responsible for their deaths is he came up with this whole plan in the first
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