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    Friar Lawrence is Responsible for the Death of Romeo & Juliet An older person should be more responsible and wise than a young person and they should know right from wrong. A priest should be able to give helpful advice to young people but Friar Lawrence did the opposite. Friar Lawrence is responsible for the tragedy of Rome and Juliet. Firstly he married the couple when he knew the families hated each other. Secondly he was in favor of Romeo loving Juliet after he got banished even

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    William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ a holy man who is trusted by the main characters‚ fails to properly apply his priestly duties. Friar Lawrence is a loyal priest of Verona‚ and is largely responsible for the death of the young couple‚ Romeo and Juliet. The young couple in love (1‚ 5 ) listens to the advice of the older‚ wiser‚ respected Friar. If Friar Lawrence was so loyal‚ and never did anything wrong as a priest‚ then why did he marry two young teenagers‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ knowing that the Montagues

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    Who is to Blame? Romeo and Juliet was a story about two lovers who died as a fault of two families that did not get along. (hook) In the story is Friar Lawrence is to blame for their deaths. He married Romeo to Juliet‚ he gave Juliet a sleeping potion‚ he hid Romeo from the prince when he got banished. With this information given‚ Friar Lawrence is to blamed. (thesis) First in Act 2‚ Scene 6‚ “”May the heavens be happy with this holy act of marriage‚ so nothing unfortunate happens later to make

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    Montagues and Capulets‚ feuding over a long time grudge. Romeo and Juliet optically discerned one another‚ and instantly fell in love. They were so in love with one another that they got espoused. Since both families were not verbalizing with one another they had to keep their espousement a secret. Romeo gets ostracized from Verona‚ and Juliet is devastated that she has to espouse someone else. In all the chaos‚ Tybalt‚ the Nurse‚ and Friar Laurence are to be incriminated for the death of the love

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    plan and the deaths. In all three of these parts Friar Lawrence played a vital role. His attempts to make the marriage of Romeo and Juliet was very admirable but were poorly planned. It these attempts that make his role the most significant one in the play. This is why Friar Lawrence is the most powerful character in the play. The tragedy of their deaths could not have happened if Romeo had received the message in time. This is due to Friar Lawrence not planning how he was going to fake Juliet’s

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    Romeo and Juliet Essay In the Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet the character Friar Lawrence actually orchestrates many of the events that shape the plot of the play. In fact‚ if it was not for him Romeo and Juliet would not have gotten married in the first place‚ Friar Lawrence believed by marrying Romeo and Juliet that it could end the feud between the families. This was not so it actually made things much worse and later resulted in the deaths of both Romeo and Juliet as well as Paris. Both

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    Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is a story written by William Shakespeare of a romantic tragedy that happened between Romeo and Juliet. The story teaches us to think intensively before we do something that can impact our lives so greatly. The story also teaches us how love can affect the decisions that we make rapidly. As a secondary character‚ Friar Lawrence was a mentor to Romeo; he taught him new things and helped to light a path that would make his future sophisticated. At the end of the

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    In the play‚ ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by William Shakespeare‚ Friar Laurence is a man well-respected and trusted by his community. He is a loyal adherent to Romeo and gives wise advice to those who need it. This changes when Romeo requests that the friar discreetly marries both him and Juliet. Friar Laurence made a myriad of mistakes following the marriage of Romeo and Juliet‚ as he was trying to preserve their confidentiality. His mistakes inevitably led to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. During the night

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    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

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    Romeo and Juliet is mostly known for the amount of love shown and the fact that it then turns into a tragedy. Romeo and Juliet were just two reckless teenagers who were persuaded by love. And in doing so‚ they trusted the wrong person. That person would be Friar Laurence. He can be one of those people who can be trusted with anything because he is a friar at a church. And if you’re a friar‚ you’re seen as someone who is holy and always trusted to do the right thing. And that ultimately shows that

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