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
Another reason that Friar Laurence can be blamed is because of his faulty plan to save Juliet from having to marry Paris. He was rushed into concocting this plan because Juliet was threatening to kill herself if she had to marry Paris. Juliet said, “Unless thou tell
Ahmad Sheharyar Ms. Esposito English 9 3/13/24 Romeo and Juliet essay Friar Laurence, in an attempt to help Romeo and Juliet, ends up killing Romeo, Juliet, and Paris. In William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, Friar Laurence is to blame for the death of the two star crossed lovers, because Friar secretly married the two and because of a plan that was made to fake Juliets death and that resulted in Romeo killing Paris and then Romeo killing himself, and after Juliet wakes up, she finds Romeo on the ground dead and ends up killing herself with a knife.
Two very in love teenagers take their lives, in order to save their forbidden love, but with the help of whom they thought was keeping their love alive. In the play, Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare, two teenagers from feuding families in Verna, Italy, fall in love at first sight. Romeo Montague, of the Montague Family and Juliet Capulet of the Capulet Family. Through the play, Friar has not respected the promise he made to Romeo and Juliet. In William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, the Friar Laurence is responsible for the tragedy due to his carelessness, inconsiderate actions, and sneaky traits he is demonstrating the author’s message that people should never give out a promise they can’t keep.
Megan Lai Bannerman CSA 3 Argumentative Essay Friar Laurence Did It Have you ever wondered who was responsible for the deaths of Romeo & Juliet? Romeo & Juliet is a tragic story about two star-crossed lovers. Their families were enemies, but they did all they could to be together. Unfortunately, Romeo & Juliet doesn’t end like your typical happy love story, the two lovers end up dead. But, how do you do that?
The reference used to provide evidence for this thesis is the tragedy, “Romeo and Juliet” written by William Shakespeare. “Romeo and Juliet” depicts the lives of Romeo and Juliet, two star-crossed lovers from feuding families who choose to defy their families to be with each other, but ultimately meet a tragic end. Friar Laurence’s decision to involve himself in the lives of Romeo and Juliet without thinking about the possible consequences they could face due to their family feud was ignorant of him.
Friar Laurence’s character flaws greatly impacted the end result of the play. The Friar should be punished for his poorly made decisions throughout Shakespeare’s story. His first mistake was when he initially helped Romeo and Juliet with the aid of the Nurse. Both Romeo and Juliet are children and their parents should be included in every decision made for them. The Friar married Romeo and Juliet in Act 3 of the play. “Till Holy Church incorporate two in one” (3.1.37) The marriage was the start of many issues. Such as Juliet’s inability to wed Paris, being a married lady. This led to Friar’s next choice of giving Juliet the sleeping potion—making her appear dead. “Take this vial, being then in bed,” (4.1.93) Giving Juliet the poison was the reason why so many characters had died in the end of Act 5 of the play. Paris had died fighting Romeo because he thought he was attempting to steal Juliet’s “dead” body. Romeo, ignorant of the fact that Juliet was not dead, killed himself. Juliet committed suicide because of her fiancé lying next to her lifeless. The poison given by Friar
Even though numerous characters in the play contributed to the death of Romeo and Juliet, Friar Laurence’s irresponsibility and lack of recognition makes him most to blame. To begin, Romeo proposes the idea about marring Juliet, a member of the Capulet Family by telling Friar Laurence “Then plainly know my heart's dear love is set on the fair daughter of rich Capulet (2.3.57-58). Romeo has completely forgotten about Rosaline, and now has focused his love onto Juliet. The Friar agrees with Romeo. Friar Laurence's decision is irresponsible because he agrees with the idea of members of opposite noble families being married. By marrying Romeo and Juliet, Friar is acting like Lord
Many people read tragedies throughout their lifetime, and they wonder why this awful tragedy has occurred. Often times, a character causes this unfortunate demise. William Shakespeare’s famous play Romeo and Juliet tells of a tragedy between two lovers, where the two star-crossed lovers die in the end. Readers and analysts have pondered the thought of who did it. Friar Lawrence is an obvious reason for the unfortunate demise of Romeo and Juliet because he marries the two star-crossed lovers, helps Juliet escape the marriage to Paris, and fails to send Romeo a sign that Juliet faked her death.
The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous plays, published in 1597. It is a story about how, “A pair of star-cross’d lovers [Romeo and Juliet] take their lives…/The fearful passage of their death-mark’d love…” (Prologue of Romeo and Juliet, 6-9) as they are forbidden to be together due to a long lasting and ongoing feud between the Montague and Capulet families. Their deaths are the results of many characters’ actions and fate, and there is not one distinctive person that can be blam¬ed for the young lovers’ deaths. Friar Lawrence is not to blame for these deaths as fate played a major role in their demise, he warned Romeo of his impulsive and unwise decision making, and his intentions were to abolish the ongoing feud between the two families. Further examination will prove that Friar Lawrence is innocent and his intensions were far from the passing of the two lovers.
In the play, Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, Friar Laurence is responsible for their deaths. So many things were done wrong by Friar Laurence, that lead to their deaths. The first mistake that Friar Laurence made was to agree to marry the two in secret and without the permission of their parents. The next bad advice he gave, was when he instructed Juliet to fake her own death. The last wrong thing was giving the message for Romeo to an unreliable messenger. If any of these events did not take place, their deaths could’ve been avoided.
Romantic love stories are often ended with a tragedy, because of loss of passion or a loved one. These tragedies are often the result of one person’s actions that ended someone’s life or love. In the Romeo and Juliet play written by William Shakespeare, two citizens of Verona come together and fall deeply in love. Unfortunately their love comes to an end, along with their lives, because of a misunderstanding and a persistent feud between their families. Although there are many characters in this play that have contributed to Romeo and Juliet’s death, Friar Laurence is the person most to blame.
Imagine if you were a Friar in a holy church that married two children of families that are enemies. In about a few days they take their own lives in the tomb. Friar Laurence in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare was in this position. He had seen them be one in life, and now in death. There can be reasons for most people in the story for killing the two lovers.
Should romeo and juliet be mad with the friar laurence? The friar cause romeo and juliet dead or suicide. The twilight when bella likes edward but there are different kind one is a person and the other is a human.edgar left bella and bella was trying to kill herself. But she liked jacob that is a werewolf. Did you know if juliet married paris what will romeo do? Will he killed paris or killed himself? If you love someone so much will you kill yourself for them? In the play Romeo and Juliet by william shakespeare, the main character kill themselves because of their forbidden love. Their family's history of fighting prevent romeo and juliet from being together. A greater impact on the character in this text is fate rather than personal choice. There is fate on every stories. Also fate played a greater role in.
In Romeo and Juliet two people fall in love and can't bare to be without each other. They are from 2 families who have a very heated feud with each other which forces them to sneak around. They both end up committing suicide because they can not be with one another. They can not be with one another because Romeo got banished from the city of Verona which is where Juliet lives. Many people had effect on this but Friar Laurence is the one who had the biggest impact on making this happen.
Romeo and Juliet is a brilliant and tragic tale of two young star-crossed lovers with a romantic dream cemented in their minds and a kind, gentle, and yet foolhardy man to guide them, Friar Lawrence. The sagely Friar is a good-natured holy man with a relentless need to see the dreams of our young couple come to fruition, and a half-blind, fly-by-night means to make it happen. Lawrence's own idealistic agenda, inability to foresee the consequences of his actions, and his incessant need to correct the mistakes he has made, spark a flame which the Friar himself unknowingly fans until it engulfs, scars, and destroys the lives of the very people he sought so fiercely to protect.