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Friar Lawrence Faulty Analysis

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The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is a timeless story about two ill-fated lovers who are separated by their rivaling families. The families unwavering hatred of each other along with a faulty plan to bring them together eventually cost them both their lives. However, most of this fault can be put on one person. That person is Friar Laurence. Friar Laurence's exploits to join these two lovers and their families eventually end with the two together but dead. Some of these attempts include agreeing to marry the two in secret and devising the faulty plan of Juliet faking her death. If not for Friar Laurence’s mistakes when trying to join the two lovers they would not have ended up dead in a double suicide. The devastating deaths of Romeo and Juliet show an aspect of human characteristics: your actions and their outcomes are greatly influenced by the actions of others. Friar Laurence's first mistake is that of agreeing to marry the two young lovers. Although the Friar knew they had only met the day before he agrees to marry the two because he sees the …show more content…

No warmth, no breath shall testify thou livest. The roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fade To paly ashes, thy eyes' windows fall Like death when he shuts up the day of life” (IV.ii.96-123). Once again Friar Laurence’s attempt to help the two star-crossed lovers will fail; however, this time the two will die. Friar Laurence’s plan depends on everything happening on a limited time frame and unfortunately it does not fall in favor for the two. Friar Laurence’s ill-planned rescue of Juliet causes Romeo to rush in filled with grief and kill himself. The whole plan was ill planned since the matter of a life of happiness or a death filled with grief was harder to control than the outcomes of ten consecutive coin

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