Love at first sight, these two meet a horrible fate. In “Romeo and Juliet”, by William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet fall in love, but their love tragically ends in vain. They meet under the worst conditions, their families being each other’s rivals. Their relationship was hard to contain, but Juliet would do anything to keep it. They both seeked help from the priest, Friar Laurence. Romeo and Juliet’s death was caused by Friar Laurence. Friar Laurence devised a plan that would fake Juliet’s death, gave Juliet a potion, and he was too late to save Romeo and Juliet. All this would , ultimately, lead to their tragic deaths. Friar Laurence made a plan that would stage Juliet’s death letting her escape with Romeo. Friar Laurence explained that ,“if thou darest, I’ll give thee remedy”. In substitution of killing herself, Friar Laurence devises a plan that will enable Juliet to escape. Friar Laurence is offering a …show more content…
Whilst giving her the potion, Friar Laurence said, “Take thou this vile”...”For no pulse”. Friar Laurence gave a potion to Juliet. Juliet is going to drink the potion and she is going to “die”. This will lead to further complications, making Friar Laurence at fault. The last reason that makes Friar Laurence at fault is he didn’t make it in time to save Romeo and Juliet. Friar entered the scene witnessing, “Romeo, there dead... husband to that Juliet.” Friar Laurence tried to save Juliet by warning her that Romeo did not hear he plan, but he was too late. Friar Laurence didn’t make it in time to save Juliet and Romeo, thus putting the blame on him. The tragic death of Romeo and Juliet was caused by Friar Laurence, who made many mistakes. Some mistakes including helping and devising a plan, giving Juliet a potion, and not being there on time when Romeo and Juliet commit suicide. If Friar had disagreed to help with their affairs, Romeo and Juliet wouldn’t have met this
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
Juliet finds out that her father pushed up the date for Juliet’s marriage with Paris and Juliet informs Friar Laurence. For the third plan, he makes a possibly deadly potion for Juliet so her family will think that she killed herself. Friar John will send a letter to Romeo informing him of the plan, then she’ll run away with Romeo out of town. This plan risks both Friar Laurence’s and Juliet’s life. It is irregular for such a holy man to be doing things so extreme. Back then, potion making would be seen as witchcraft to many, especially religious people because it is out of the ordinary. The punishment would be death. Making this potion brings Friar Laurence’s life on the life. He could die as a result of just trying to make peace. He had done these dangerous doings for justice. This shows the amount of dedication he was willing to put into the plan. Romeo and Juliet’s love had the potential of stopping the family feud, but they were too young and immature to do so and they messed everything
For instance, they knew it could never really work out because anytime their families saw each other, they always wanted to start a fight. At the Capulet party, when Tybalt saw Romeo, Tybalt already wanted to kill him but his uncle did not let him and told him to keep peace. And lastly, in the end Romeo and Juliet end up killing themselves to be together because their families won’t let them. In conclusion, Friar Laurence is not responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because Romeo and Juliet are reckless and act without thinking, they don’t listen to any of their premonitions, and they’re old enough to understand that their love would not work because of the feud between their
A lot, but not all of the blame can be attributed to Friar Laurence, as he made not only made 1, but 4 mistakes leading up to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. The first of this is his agreement to marry Romeo and Juliet together after they have just spent one day together. His reasoning for this is that he believes that marrying the couple will solve the feud between the Montague and Capulet houses; “In one respect I’ll assistant be: For this alliance may so happy prove To turn your households’ rancour to pure love.” This decision leads to many complications including Romeo not being able to tell Tybalt he has married his cousin, which ultimately leads to Mercutio’s death. The second mistake was his plan to give Juliet poison which put her to sleep with a almost non-existent pulse for 48 hours, in order for her to avoid marrying Paris. A more simpler plan would have been suggesting that the two lovers run away together rather than entrusting Juliet - an unstable 14 year old girl - with a potion that makes her look dead. He shows his irresponsibility when
Friar Laurence simply influenced Romeo’s decision, it was ultimately Romeo and Juliet's decision to carry on with the marriage. In addition, Friar Laurence was put under immense pressure to marry the two lovers to promote peace or to stop the marriage and not be part of such a sinful act. Friar Laurence's inability to execute the most crucial aspect of the plan puts him at fault for the death. After being banished from Verona, wedding plans for Paris and Juliet being to start. Juliet has forsaken her love to Romeo, and decides that her marriage will be done with only one person, which is Romeo. The Friar promises Juliet that he will reunite them and they can live happily by telling Juliet “Shall Romeo by my letters know our drift, and hither shall hem come; and he and I shall watch thy waking, and that very night shall Romeo bear thee to Mantua” (4.1.114-117). The Friar begins to tell Juliet that his plan is foolproof, and it will help them escape safely into Mantua where they can live happily ever after. As the play continues on into act 5, Friar Laurence begins to send out his letter to Romeo. However, Friar John comes back to Verona and tells Friar Laurence “I could not send it—here it is again, nor get a messenger to bring it thee” (5.2.14-16). Friar Laurence is most to blame because he is unable to perform the most vital part of the plan. If Friar Laurence knew that the letter
He is the advisor to Romeo and Juliet and guides them throughout the play. Even though he does it with good intentions, Friar Laurence makes several mistakes that leads to Romeo and Juliet’s death. Almost all the mistakes he made could have been avoided if he had just planned it out better and took time to carefully think about it. First of all, a huge mistake he made was giving Juliet the poison to make her appear dead. As a result of his carelessness, everyone thinks Juliet is dead causing her to be in a position that ultimately led to death.
The Friar is to blame for Romeo and Juliet's death because he did not deliver the letter to Romeo about Juliet's fake death. In the text it says, "The good Friar Laurence has sent a messenger to Mantua
Do acknowledge that I am not arguing that it was not justified. The plan that Friar assembled was indeed to blame for the death of three characters, however, it was also to blame for the ending of the feud between the rival Montague and Capulet households. To be even more specific than just using Friar Laurence’s marrying of Romeo and Juliet as the spark of the tragedies to come, one most look at the plan that he constructed to truly examine the causes of such catastrophes. Friar’s plan was to reunite Romeo and Juliet by giving Juliet a potion that would cause her to appear dead and Romeo would obtain a letter from Friar John that would tell him the plan. After which he would go to Juliet’s tomb and be there when she awoke. Although seemingly not ridiculously complicated, lots goes wrong, leading to the death of three. Some may argue that it was Friar John’s fault for not delivering the letter to Romeo in time and some that it was Balthasar for telling Romeo that Juliet was dead. Regardless, if Friar Laurence was to not have assembled this plan that none of this could have happened in the first place. Yet, it was exactly this plan that did not unfortunately reunite Romeo and Juliet, at least alive, but in fact united the Montague and Capulet families themselves, which in turn likely will prevent less death in the long run. Before Juliet kills herself with Romeo’s dagger,
That had caused great sadness for Juliet. Her father thought that it would be beneficial if she were to be married, to Paris. Juliet did not like that idea, so she had Friar Laurence create a potion that would cause her to look deceased and go into a deep sleep for forty-two hours. “O, look! Methinks I see my cousin's ghost seeking out Romeo that did spit his body upon a rapier's point: stay, Tybalt, stay! Romeo, I come! This do I drink to thee” (iv.iii.54-57). After a few days, Romeo had learned about Juliet’s, so called, death. He immediately went to the apothecary’s house to buy a fatal poison. “Come hither, man. I see that thou art poor: Hold, there is forty ducats: let me have a dram of poison, such soon-speeding gear as will disperse itself through all the veins That the life-weary taker may fall dead and that the trunk may be discharged of breath as violently as hasty powder fired” (v.i.58-64). The apothecary gave Romeo the potion, a potion that Romeo had later found was very strong. The potion that Romeo had bought had killed him almost instantly. When Juliet had woken up from her deep sleep, and she found Romeo on the ground in her tomb. Juliet was immediately hit with a wave of depression. Juliet took the only course of action that she thought was appropriate, stabbing herself with a dagger. That is two suicides in one day caused by
The friar is responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet’s by his decisions. He was willing to marry two kids from feuding families because he thought that it would end the feud. Terrible idea it just made things super complicated.
According to Act V Scene III it states, “Come, I’ll dispose of thee among a sisterhood of nuns.” Juliet relies “ Go, get thee hence, for I will not away. Then Friar Lawrence left Juliet to be with her husband. According to this quote, it seems like Friar Laurence does not care for Juliet. He is only trying to protect himself from the watchman. He should not have done that because earlier in the book she was threatening to kill herself. According to Act IV Scene I, it states “ I long to die if what thou speak'st speak not of remedy. According to that quote, she's saying if you don’t have anything to fix this I will be able to take my own life to be with Romeo, hat s when Friar Lawrence gives her the potion and tells her to take it.He left her in a upsetting mood. Hs e had more of a chance to take her life. He should have conforted her, but he didn’t, and left her to be on her own. Then she had killed herself.
“And if thou darest, I’ll give thee remedy.” Here Friar Laurence is telling Juliet that his plan with the remedy so she can leave with Romeo after she wakes up. He also tells her, “Look that thou lie alone: let not thy nurse lie with thee in thy chamber. Take now this vial being in bed.” This is when he tells her what to do with the vial the night before the wedding with Paris. He is responsible because he told her to drink the potion when she could have just run away or kept refusing to marry Paris.
Friar Laurence makes not only one, but three mistakes that will eventually lead up to Romeo and Juliet’s death. The Friar’s first mistake was giving Juliet, an unstable fourteen year old, a powerful potion that would make her look dead, so she would not have to marry Paris. Friar Laurence actually shows his irresponsibility by saying, “Thou hast the strength of will to slay thyself…take thou this vial…no warmth, no breath shall testify the livest”( Act 4.1.). Had Friar Laurence not given Juliet the poison, she never would have been put in the position that she was in, which lead to her death.
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.
The first person who should be blamed on for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet is the priest friar Laurence because he agreed to marry Romeo and Juliet. According to the play, Romeo came up to his priest and tell him he is now in love with Juliet and tells him to marry them. Friar Laurence was worried about how fast he switched over to Juliet, but agrees to do it because he thinks it will bring peace and love to both families who hate each other. The next day he marries Romeo and Juliet. Towards the end of the story friar Laurence tells Juliet to fake her death in order to not get married with county Paris and go away with Romeo who is banished from the city for killing Tybalt. Romeo was supposed to get news about the plan,