After Romeo and Juliet both passed, Prince Escalus was left to dish out righteous judgement on two individuals. Although many were questioned, only two were chosen. There was also another citizen of Verona who was acquitted. This document officially states who will be punished and pardoned and the reasons why. Tybalt and Lord Capulet shall be punished, and our Holy Friar Lawrence will be pardoned!
First to be investigated was the Capulet Tybalt. Tybalt, from the very start of this journey, has always badgered the Montagues. He is always troublesome and started many fights. One of which took place in the streets of Verona involving Romeo, Mercutio, Benvolio amongst some other Montagues as well as Tybalt and some other Capulets. Tybalt quickly provokes Mercutio and they fight to the death, thereupon Mercutio is slain. This drives Romeo to fight Tybalt, “Alive in triumph—and Mercutio slain! Away to heaven, respective lenity, and fire-eyed fury be my conduct now. Now, Tybalt, take the “villain” back again. That late thou gavest me, for Mercutio’s soul is but a little way above our heads, staying for thine to keep him company. Either thou or I, or both, must go
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Friar Lawrence has been chosen to be pardoned for several reasons. In the end, the friar was simply trying to help two young people pursue their dreams and end the fued between the Montagues and the Capulets. In Act 2, Scene 3, Romeo goes to the friar seeking council on his love with Juliet, and he asks him to marry them. “Thy love did read by rote, that could not spell. But come, young waverer, come go with me. In one respect I’ll thy assistant be; For this alliance may so happy prove, To turn your households’ rancor to pure love.” (Act 2, Scene 3). The friar agrees, he believes that it may help and the Capulets and the Montagues feud. The friar is considered a Holy man, and it is agreed that he acted accordingly. He shall be
Romeo was a Montague and Juliet was a Capulet and the families’ feud meant that the two could never be together. This is shown in this quote, “My only love sprung from my only hate! / Too early seen unknown, and known too late!’ (5.3.295-299). In this scene, Juliet complains about Romeo being a Montague. She wishes that he wasn’t so that they could freely be together. Also, both families and their servants would always pick fights on the streets of Verona. One of these fights would result in Romeo being banished from Verona. In a scene of the play, Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin decides to pick a fight with Romeo and his friend Mercutio in the middle of the street. Romeo tries to stop the fight because he is now related to Tybalt through his marriage to Juliet. This is shown in the following quote where Romeo tries to keep the peace, “Draw Benvolio, beat down their weapons. / Gentlemen, for shame! / ... / Forbid this bandying in Verona’s streets” (3.1.381-384), but no one listens to him and Tybalt ends up killing Mercutio. Romeo has no choice but to kill Tybalt for revenge which leads to the Prince banishing Romeo. Without the feud, Romeo and Juliet would not have had to keep their love a secret and, the fight that resulted in Romeo’s banishment would never have happened. This is why the feud between the Capulets and the Montagues is responsible for Romeo
Friar Lawrence is responsible for the marriage of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Lawrence is completely aware of the feud between the Montague and Capulet families, which does not deter him from organising the marriage of this young couple. With the hope of restoring peace between Montagues and Capulets by turning the “households' rancour to pure love” Friar Lawrence agrees to organise the marriage (II, iii, 92). Friar Lawrence expresses his doubts about this marriage only a few scenes later by saying, “so smile the heavens upon this holy act, that after-hours with sorrow chide us not (II, vi, 1-2).” Friar Lawrence hopes the heavens will approve of his decision to organise this marriage, as he does not want to regret it later. He says this as he recognises that Romeo is far too young to understand what love is and that he should not be in such a serious relationship. Even though Friar Lawrence knows that this marriage could have Romeo and Juliet punished by their families and that this decision
Secondly, Friar Lawrence’s intentions are always for the benefit of others. He helps his fellow citizens when they are in despair, such as when Romeo arrives at the friar’s cell crying himself to death. The friar responds, “Thou shalt live, till we can find a time to blaze your marriage, reconcile your friends, beg pardon of the prince, and call thee back” (3, 3, 150-152). Here, Friar Lawrence acts as a mentor to Romeo, and uplifts his spirits by guiding him through the difficult times of banishment. Friar tells Romeo what he wants to hear because he understands Romeo’s boundless love for Juliet, and what may happen as the consequence of forbidden love. Moreover, Friar Lawrence has noble intentions that give himself no personal gain. When he agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet, he says, “In one respect I’ll thy assistant be, for this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households’ rancor to pure love” (2, 3, 90-92). Friar decides to marry the young lovers not only to help his friends, but because he believes it will end the long bitter feud of Verona. He only cares about the wellbeing of the city and the safety of the opposing families. Lastly, Friar Lawrence always assists his fellow citizens in their time of desperation. When
Friar Lawrence should be punished because he knew about Romeo and Juliet’s marriage and did not tell anybody about it. Friar knew about it the whole time and did not tell the parents of Romeo or Juliet. Another thing that he did was keeping it to himself and only Friar and Nurse knew about the marriage. “Come, come with me, and we will make short work, For, by your leaves, you shall not stay alone Till Holy Church incorporate two in one”(2.6.36) Another reason that Friar should be punished is because he goes behind the Capulets back and makes a plan with to fake Juliets death. He does this by telling her to go to sleep alone and drink the potion. The last reason he deserves to be punished is that he tells Romeo who is banished from Verona, to come back to see Juliet. He should be punished because he told Romeo to come back to
Many believe that Friar Lawrence is innocent because he had good intentions and did what he deemed necessary when helping Romeo and Juliet, however, good intentions do not always correspond to appropriate actions. Friar assists the lovers on numerous occasions and even marries them. Friar states after agreeing to marry Romeo and Juliet, “For this alliance may so happy prove/ To turn your households’ rancor to pure love” (Shakespeare.II.iii.91-92). The phrase “alliance may so happy prove” means this marriage could have a good outcome. Friar hopes that the marriage will be a happy one and will be a beneficial union. The phrase “turn your households’ rancor to pure love” implies that Friar wants to convert the two families’ hatred of each other into a loving relationship.
Friar Lawrence should not be forgiven or justified because his actions led to this tragic outcome and had to do something with Romeo and Juliet’s
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.
He also should be pardoned, because Romeo threatens to kill him if he got in the way of his plan. He wanted to stop Romeo from killing himself. He should be pardoned, because he had good intentions and wanted Romeo to live. Lord capulet should be punished. He should be punished, because he hated the Montagues and that created friction between the families to fight and that is why Romeo and Juliet couldn’t get married peacefully.
When a child is in its early years, it is considered an evil entity for humanity. Wherever they go, catastrophe is bound to happen, whether it would be throw food in the floor at lunch, or drawing all over the drywall in the basement, children are difficult to deal with. However, as they progress through their daily lives, they start becoming more behaved and start to conduct themselves properly. This process does not occur naturally though, kids must learn right from wrong not just in the classroom, but from their own personal experiences. The cycle of learning from peers and from oneself continues throughout one's entire lifetime, because as far as humanity is concerned, our brain has no limit to what we can learn. Teens and other readers
In conclusion, 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. He had known what he was giving Juliet and what the outcome might contain. Friar Lawrence had been around romeo many times and knew how he acted. He knew he was dramatic and blew things up way out of proportion. Lastly, He should
Friar Lawrence, goes against the accepted ways by allowing Romeo and Juliet’s love to blossom; and also allowing the without notifying the parents nor when Friar Lawrence agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet, without their consent: “For, by your leaves, you shall not stay alone/ Till holy church incorporate two in one.” (II.vi.36-37) This was an act of rebellion against societal expectations of members of the
Mercutio and Tybalt are about to fight when Romeo
“The One That Could Have Been Saved” “ Your lives will pay the forfeit of the peace,” the Prince says to warn both the Montagues and Capulets at the beginning of the play in Romeo and Juliet (1.1. 90). This quote foreshadows the events that will transpire throughout the play due to both families and their feud. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare outlines the people that should be punished for all of the deaths and the people that should be pardoned because they were trying to help the situation. The Prince has the decision of having people that were affiliated
. Firstly, Tybalt is to blame for Mercutio’s death as he actually gave him the wound that killed him. Also, Tybalt provokes Mercutio by insulting Romeo, ‘Thou art a villain.’ This is one of the biggest insults that Tybalt can give and would usually be followed by a duel. However, Romeo calmly replies by saying ‘Villain I am none / Therefore farewell. I see thou know’st me not.’ Because Romeo is not defending his honour, Mercutio is provoked by Tybalt’s insults and starts insulting Tybalt himself. This is what leads to the two of them fighting and Mercutio getting his fatal wound. So, if Tybalt didn’t insult Romeo or fight Mercutio, Mercutio wouldn’t have been killed.
In contrast, Mercutio attempts to stop Tybalt’s thirst for vengeance when he tries to duel Romeo but ultimately gets killed in the process of trying to save his good friend from being killed by Tybalt which causes Romeo to take vengeance upon Tybalt by killing him.