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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Romeo + Juliet During the play of Romeo and Juliet‚ the characters show love in many different ways. Some characters fall in and out of love very quickly in Romeo and Juliet. For example‚ Romeo is in love with Rosaline at the start of the play‚ which is presented as an immature action. Today‚ we might use the term “puppy love” to describe this. Romeo’s lover Rosaline is shallow and nobody really believes that it will last‚ including Friar Laurence: Romeo – “Thou chid’st me oft for loving Rosaline”
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In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ Friar Lawrence and the Nurse are to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet in both direct and indirect ways. To begin‚ Friar Lawrence decides to marry Romeo and Juliet because of his idealistic views on ending the brawl between the two houses‚ without thinking of the repercussions. After deliberating over marrying Romeo and Juliet‚ Friar says‚“[i]n one respect I’ll thy assistant be:/For this alliance may so happy prove/To turn your households’
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Romeo and Juliet were two innocent children looking for any advice that would further increase the chance of them being together. They were willing to listen to anything anyone said and Friar Lawrence took advantage of that in order to end the feud between their families. All though he did succeed it was at the cost of these the lives of these children. Friar Lawrence is to take the complete fault of their deaths. Despite everything that happened‚ Friar Lawrence did not plan for the deaths and he
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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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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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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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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 is a tragic play about two people who fall in love but their families are enemies and it is keeping them from being 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
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claims as to who is responsible‚ but strong superstitions point to Friar Laurence‚ the cleric in Romeo and Juliet‚ as being responsible for their deaths. Throughout the play‚ Friar Laurence is seen whenever something goes wrong with Romeo or Juliet. For example‚ in Act 4‚ scene 1‚ when the prince exiled Romeo from Verona and Juliet was to marry Paris‚ she petitioned for help from Friar Laurence; otherwise‚ she would kill herself. In order to prevent Juliet from killing herself‚ Friar Laurence gave her
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