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” has many important characters. The most important of these are obviously‚ Romeo and Juliet. However‚ two characters that are almost as important‚ but extremely under appreciated‚ are Friar Lawrence and The Nurse. These two characters play similar roles but are first shown to be polar opposites. Shakespeare uses these characters very well to move the story along. Shakespeare also uses these characters as metaphors. The Nurse is supposed to be the heart and Friar Lawrence‚ the head
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and the Friar‚ the two most significant characters in the famous Shakespeare’s play‚ The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet‚ both depict clearly disparate characteristics but are similar in some ways. Shakespeare states‚ “[f]rom forth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life; whose misadventured piteous overthrows...” (I. Prologue. 5-8). The prologue of the play hints towards the fact that it was because of the strife of the two families that had killed Romeo and Juliet
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characters’ deaths is because of the unmitigated passion of characters that stems from love. Only a short while after meeting‚ Romeo and Juliet decide to get married secretly by Friar Lawrence. However‚ Friar Lawrence dislikes the rushed marriage‚ and strongly warns against such an action that he believes is ‚ “[...] too swift [...]” (2.6. 15). The Friar believes that the lovers are rushing into a permanent action too quickly‚ and that it will end in a “[...] violent [...]” manner (2.6. 9). Romeo and Juliet
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Romeo & Juliet: Final Assessment- Who’s Most Responsible? In the tragedy‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ by William Shakespeare‚ there are a lot of key events and misfortunes that occur and change the course of the play. However‚ although some might say that Friar Lawrence is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet‚ it is‚ in reality‚ because of Romeo’s impulsive‚ rash‚ and poor decision-making for why he is the most responsible for the tragedy. Throughout the whole story‚ Friar Lawrence holds some responsibility
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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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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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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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We all know the classic story Romeo and Juliet‚ Shakespeare’s play about rivaling families in Verona‚ Italy. When the daughter of the Capulet family and the son from the Montague family fall in love after meeting at a Capulet party that Romeo snuck into‚ they fight for the chance to be together. Juliet drinks a potion given to her from Friar Lawrence to imitate death to get out of marrying a family friend‚ Paris‚ like her parents were pushing for. Before that‚ Romeo was exiled for breaking the ‘no
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