Friar Lawrence Is Responsible for the Deaths of Romeo and Juliet

Friar Lawrence is a local priest in Verona. Romeo and Juliet look up to him. His string of bad decisions starts with the decision to marry

Romeo and Juliet, a tragic love play written by William Shakespeare, is worldwide topic of discussion. Opinions on whom or what is to blame for the death of these two star-crossed lovers varies depending on the viewpoint. Because they put their children in that difficult stance of hatred, the families face accusations. While the families face blame, Friar Lawrence receives the same for not acting appropriately and in a timely manner. But, at the end of the day, the curse of youthful impulsiveness is the primary cause of this heartbreaking story.

Many people may argue that it wasn’t Friar Lawrence’s fault. The two families already had a feud. The two lovers could’ve been happily ever after, without having to hide their relationship from everybody including their families. Some people may think that is was Romeo’s fault for many reasons: he killed Tybalt and was banished from Verona (3.1), he can’t control his emotions, and he doesn’t think though the consequences of his actions before he does them. Others may say it's Juliet's fault because it was her decision to drink the

When Romeo was banished, Friar Lawrence should have told the truth about Romeo and Juliet. If he did this, the Capulets could have made a compromise with Romeo for Juliet's sake. But rather admitting his mistake and risking the wrath of both families, he tells the two to wait it out. When Juliet is to be married to Paris, he still does not tell the truth, but rather comes up with an elaborate plan to fake her own death and run away with Romeo. Even if his plan worked, both Romeo and Juliet could never see their family, friends or anything of their life behind so Friar Lawrence sweep this whole state of affairs under the rug. Friar Lawrence could have found a better solution to the problems he helped create, but would not risk

Friar Lawrence in William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet is an important secondary character and it is shown by how he influences the plot. Friar Lawrence influence on the play brings the dramatic end. Without the presence of Friar Tragedy would have not occurred.By marrying Juliet and Romeo Friar can be blamed for both deaths in the end of the play. Friar steers Romeo at an ultimately point where Romeo is unsure about his position in love, he hopes the marriage will have an effect on the feuding families. Another example of how he influenced the play was that he Juliet the sleeping potion but the outcome was bad. By bringing his plan to life helping Romeo and Juliet be together ended up contributing to a double suicide. Friar also reveals Romeo immaturity by Romeos own actions.Friar shows that Romeo

One of his mistakes was marrying Romeo and Juliet in secret. He starts off optimistic about the marriage between Romeo and Juliet, assuming it might solve the feud. However later it is showed that Friar Lawrence doubts the rightness of his decision. We first see his doubts when he and Romeo are waiting for Juliet's arrival. His first line is, “So smile the heavens upon this holy act / That after-hours with sorrow chide us not!” Friar Lawrence wants the heavens to approve of his action and not cause sorrows if he chose wrong. Also, like the Nurse and Capulet, Friar Lawrence doubts that the marriage is the right thing to do. He recognizes that Juliet and Romeo are far too young to feel what love is. Friar Lawrence expect their love to be intense passion and that it will soon come to an end. He tells Romeo and Juliet, “These violent delights have violent ends / And in their triumph die, like fire and powder” Both passages show Friar Lawrence's doubt for marrying Juliet. Furthermore we know that these actions cause the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. If Lord Capulet asked Juliet to marry Paris before she was married to Romeo she won't be so definate. The deaths of Romeo and Juliet would have been pushed off. Not only does Friar Lawrence marry Romeo and Juliet, he faked Juliet’s death. Deception isn’t the best way to approach things. They are more likely to fall through. Acts of forthrightness however, can lead to

Friar Lawrence could’ve done so much more than he actually did. In the text Friar Lawrence is more of a father figure to Romeo than anyone else, and he knows this, meaning Romeo listens to him, so he could’ve stopped the marriage;Friar Lawrence only married them in hopes of the feud ending, so not looking out for Romeo but to be the hero that brought the two families back together. When Friar Lawrence introduces the idea to Juliet he says “I will write to Romeo for him to know our plan.” How Come Juliet gets to hear the plan in detail, but Romeo just gets a letter about their very elaborate plan. Friar Lawrence doesn’t even know if he’ll agree to it; he sent the letter and was done with it like it wasn’t his problem anymore. He could’ve checked up with the letter making sure it gets to Romeo. Since Romeo never got the letter he had no idea what was happening. Romeo thinks Juliet is dead and immediately wants to kill himself, since Friar Lawrence was supposed to go to the tomb and get Juliet with Romeo if he would’ve got there on time he could’ve prevented both their

Friar Lawrence is a neutral but chaotic character at the same time in this play. Him being a catholic clergy puts him in a prime spot to cause havoc on Romeo and Juliet's life. The action of friar Lawrence misleads Romeo and Juliet to their own deaths in the end. Friar Lawrence sets in motions a chain of events that most likely could have saved both Romeo and Juliet he. His in influence on Juliet causing her to fake death leading to the death of her, Paris and Romeo. If friar Lawrence would

First off, Friar Lawrence agrees to marry the two lovers, which he knows could cause conflict between the two houses. Unwisely, Friar still does hold the forbidden wedding which he he could have said no to. He holds the wedding as a hope to return peace "...this alliance may so happy prove/ To turn your households' rancor to pure love" (II iv 91-92). His decision of holding the wedding knowing that it would could cause conflict of the two houses saying no and not letting Romeo and Juliet ever see each other again which would lead to their depression. With the two lovers in depression they would end up hurting themselves in some way which would be his fault. All this because he believed that peace would come with it

Would you marry a young couple that just met, if it could end a decade of bloody feuding between two families? How about use a sleeping potion to help a naïve girl get out of a marriage? In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare these are decisions that Friar Lawrence had to make, even though, he knew it could have a horrific outcome. Friar Lawrence is most responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s deaths.

In the play “Romeo and Juliet” written by William Shakespeare, we have decided to blame Friar Lawrence. He is a holy man that worships god and doesn't take anything for granted. Friar is very sacred and a marvelous person to get suggestions from. He is a wise man because he comes up with reasonable thoughts and incredible plans, but he doesn’t think that there a simpler plan at the end of the day. He is to blame for Romeo and Juliet deaths because he wedded them in secrecy, then he came up with a complex plan to get them together, finally he realized his plan backfired.

“Anything that can go wrong will go wrong”-Murphy’s Law. This is awfully true when it comes to the story of Romeo and Juliet, and to think, it all could have been avoided if one person was a little more cautious. Being an intelligent man and counselor of the people, you would think Friar Lawrence would be less inept when it comes to giving a young, impressionable, foolish, naive, teen girl consultation over a boy she can’t be with under normal circumstances. Friar not only tells the girl to kill herself to be with a guy he married her to 3 days ago, but he tries to tell the dude about this through a third party. All of Friar’s decisions are poorly made right from the get go. The most wise and noble man defeated by teenage drama.

First reason it wasn’t Friar Lawrence's place to watch over Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet only knew each other for less than an hour and were already kissing each other. Now these days Juliet would be labeled something but i can’t say that because this a grade. In my opinion they really didn’t even know each other they should have at least waited a few weeks to know each other. This is reason one for why he wasn’t responsible.

”(V.iii.222-226). Over the course of the play, Friar Lawrence has been helping Romeo and Juliet. At first he believed he was helping to reunite the two families by bringing the two together, but as things got worse, he was trying his best to protect the two and help them be together safely. Only when the Prince calls upon Friar Lawrence to reflect on his actions does he begin to see how much wrong he has done. Although throughout the play some parts of his plans have gone out of his control leaving him subject to fate, he also brings about the fate of Romeo and Juliet.

He married Romeo and Juliet thinking it would end the feud between the two houses; his plan failed (89) (91). Friar Lawrence is always there for Romeo and Juliet.He made the plan for Juliet to fake her death also. She was to drink the poison he gave her and she would be "dead" for 24 hours. Then Romeo would go to the mausoleum and they could be together. However, Romeo wasn't informed of this plan because he was banned from Verona and he never opened the letters he was sent. Friar Lawrence could be at blame some for the