One’s Actions Children often tend to blame others for their devious actions. Many people find that when they grow up they realize that they are responsible for their own actions. People can make an impact on one's actions, but in the end, being devious always has its consequences. In the play Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, Friar Lawrence has a dominant character trait of being devious in all of his actions. Friar Lawrence does many things to help himself while one thinks it is for the main characters, Romeo and Juliet. The friar’s character trait is also portrayed clearly in the film, Romeo and Juliet, directed by Baz Luhrmann. When one is devious, they are showing a skillful use of underhanded tactics to achieve goals. Friar Lawrence …show more content…
He foreshadows the death of Romeo and Juliet many times through his actions and sayings. In the play, Friar Lawrence warns Romeo and states, “These violent delights have violent ends/and in their triumph die, like fire and powder,/Which as they kiss consume. The sweetest honey/is loathsome in his own deliciousness/and in the taste confounds the appetite./Therefore love moderately. Long love doth so./Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow” (Shakespeare 2.6.9-15). The friar is foreshadowing the ending, giving the audience hints that the “violent delights” or Romeo and Juliet’s love will have a “violent ending.” The audience does not know that the star crossed lovers will have a tragic death in the end so they do not make a connection to Friar Lawrence’s quote before Romeo and Juliet die. The Friar is very ironic because he is one of the main reasons for Romeo and Juliet’s deaths. He helps them get married, which he is doing for himself in a way, because he does not want to see the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets anymore, but the audience assumed he helps them get married, plainly for the love between Romeo and …show more content…
Friar Lawrence has a giant cross tattoo on his back, which is vividly shown during the scenes where he is not acting as a priest but the complete opposite. It proves that Friar Lawrence is just hiding behind a position and being devious with his dark arts. During the film when the Friar is planting or hiding Romeo, his cross tattoo is vividly shown with clothes inappropriate for a priest to wear. Friar Lawrence wears see through shirts, again showing the cross when he tries to hide Romeo from the police (Luhrmann). When he was doing more religious acts, the cross is concealed and the clothing was completely different, more appropriate toward the role of a priest. This again shows that the Friar is hiding something and being
Friar Lawrence, a holy and all-knowing Friar, master of plants and potions, and mentor to Romeo. However, under the layers of his holiness, deceitfulness festers. Romeo and Juliet are star-crossed lovers. They know they’re doomed, but they still hope their love will prevail even in their final moments. The character that is responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet is Friar Lawrence because of his selfishness and his continuous lapses in judgment.
Friar Lawrence is the most to blame for the events that occur in Romeo and Juliet because he gave Juliet a sleeping potion which lead to a lot of people's death including Romeo and Juliets. When Juliet was seeking advice and confirmation from Friar Lawrence he advised her,
lovers whose decisions lead them to death. The character in this tragic play who is responsible for the deaths of these two romantic lovers is Friar Lawrence. Friar Lawrence should never of interfered with the lives of these two sweethearts for several reasons, Juliet and Romeo would never have died, he should never of married the adolescents and if he delivered the letter to Romeo himself instead of getting someone else to do it.
Angel Lopez Honours freshman english Mrs. Tourangeau Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare very well may be one of history's best romantic tragedies. In this story two characters named, Romeo and Juliet, were both driven to commit suicide because of the disapproval of their relationship from their rival families. Once all said and done one character may be responsible for these characters’ deaths. Friar Lawrence should be held responsible for these two characters’ deaths because he wed the couple in order to solve the feud, he did not try to warn Romeo when the letter was not able to be sent, and he should not of given the sleeping potion to Juliet in the first place. Friar Lawrence in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s deaths.
Friar Lawrence is a unique character in Romeo and Juliet. He is a wise, kind-hearted man with a significant religious position in Verona. However, he also plays a crucial role in the lives of Romeo and Juliet. The play shows an apparent lack of solid adult figures in the two teens' lives. Friar Lawrence has guided the teens, even confirming that Romeo got counseling during his infatuation with Rosaline.
The character that should be blamed the most in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is Friar Lawrence. Friar Lawrence should be blamed because he was the one who married the couple after only knowing each other for like an hour. But what the Friar was thinking was a really good idea about marrying the two to maybe end the feud between the families. Then the Friar would be famous for the one who ended the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets.
In the play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Friar Lawrence acts as a spiritual advisor and a confidant to Romeo since the early scenes of the play. Romeo can confide in him, because the Friar always listens, and provides advice. The Friar is available to Romeo in regards to Rosaline, and all other times from Romeo’s youth when he has needed guidance. However, later in the play, Friar Lawrence can also be seen as having another purpose; to aid Romeo with the difficulty of marriage with Juliet. Since he now has the task of keeping the marriage a secret while fulfilling the position of a truthful and trustworthy friar, he is seen as a dynamic character, having more than one purpose.
Romeo and Juliet, the well-known tale by William Shakespeare, raises numerous conclusions on who is to blame for the events that led to the unfortunate end of the two star-crossed lovers. However, one character in particular sticks out as the one who drives the plot into challenging moments. Due to his callous demeanor, marriage-related judgements, and inadequate planning, Friar Lawrence is the main reason for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Near the beginning, Lawrence permits Romeo to wed Juliet in an attempt to ease tensions within the families, but being oblivious to the consequences he ultimately sparks the tragedy. Lawrence berates Romeo's snap judgments on love, saying, “Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast.”
in order to unite the families; as in Act 2, Scene 6, when he marries
Friar Lawrence is a very trustworthy man who gave respect to Romeo and Juliet for their love. In act two, scene three he says, “Go get thee to thy love¨ (543). This shows that even though Romeo got banished,
There are many characters in the play of Romeo and Juliet that have important roles and unique characteristics. One of these characters is Friar Lawrence, a Franciscan monk who is an expert in plants and medicines. While the Friar does not appear in all parts of the play, he acts as an advisor to Romeo and Juliet and gets them married. Being an honest, trustworthy, and loving friend, Friar Lawrence helps keep Romeo and Juliet together while maintaining his character and not acting dual-sided or having a second nature. Throughout the later parts of the play, Friar Lawrence’s characterization remains consistent as he guides the two lovers through their troubles and eventually ends the family feud between the Capulets and the Montagues.
Friar Lawrence plays a major role in Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet. Through his lack of organization and judgment, Friar Laurence is highly responsible for the deaths of both Romeo and Juliet. He is a member of a group of wise priests that only want good in the world but, at the end of the play, you realize that Friar Lawrence makes many mistakes throughout the story. There are three major points that lead to the that's of both Romeo, Juliet, and even Mercutio. The first was the marriage of which Friar Laurence had questionable intentions, the second was the plan that Friar Lawrence thought of which was risky and could have been taken care of another way, and finally the last is the disorganization and miscommunication responsible
Friar Lawrence is a valuable person in the book Romeo and Juliet. He offers advice and helps tries to help Juliet find a way out of marriage. He is a wise and sympathetic man. He is always looking out for people in need. When Romeo comes to Friar Lawrence because Romeo thinks he is in love with Juliet. Friar Lawrence takes his opinion into consideration, and tries to help him out, at the best of his abilities. Some critics argue whether or not it it was his fault for their death. It was truly his fault. Friar Lawrence is guilty for the death of Romeo and Juliet is because he gave Juliet the potion, he knew how Romeo would react the way he did, and he had left Juliet by herself when she found out Romeo was dead.
Friar Lawrence was the most responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet in several ways. He was just out of his mind. He made not only one mistakes, but many mistakes that all caused Romeo and Juliet's death. First of all, he made one major mistake that he could have prevent. He trusted a teenage girl, Juliet. Teenagers aren’t stabilize, and the most scaring thing is that most of them don’t think of the consequences of love. Friar gave her fake-death poison. This is crazy! This decision was a very poor choice on the Friar's behalf. Here, he shows his irresponsibility by saying, "If... thou hast the strength of will
Friar Lawrence was one of the most important characters in the novel. Even though he was not on the stage for most of the play he greatly contributed to the tragedy that would soon happen at the end of the play. There was basically three major parts that lead to the death of Romeo and Juliet, which Friar Lawrence was involved in all of them. Friar Lawrence played a vital role in the marriage, planning and death of Romeo and Juliet. His attempts to do the right thing were noble, but because of poor planning they would soon lead to the inevitable tragedy.