In the play “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare, Friar Laurence is to blame for the deaths of Romeo, Juliet, and County Paris. Through his mistakes and errors in judgment, Friar Laurence brought pain in suffering into the lives of the citizens of Verona and killed two young people in their prime. Friar Lawrence made many mistakes that led to the tragic events in “Romeo and Juliet”. Friar Laurence’s first mistake was marrying Romeo and Juliet without their parents’ consent. When Romeo approached Friar Laurence about marrying Juliet, Friar Laurence doubted Romeo’s intentions and reminded him that young men often loved not with their hearts “but in their eyes” (2.3.72). Despite his reservations about the potential marriage, Friar Laurence agreed to marry the two in an attempt to turn their families’ hatred “to pure love” (2.3.99). Later, Friar Laurence prays for a good end to his actions, asking the heavens to “smile…upon this holy act” (2.6.1). Friar Laurence’s second …show more content…
When a clearly disturbed and distressed Juliet approaches Friar Laurence and threatens to kill herself if what he tells her “speak[s] not of remedy” (4.1.68), Friar Laurence immediately offers her a “thing like death” to keep her from marriage (4.1.75). Juliet agrees and Friar Laurence gives her the potion that will make her “appear like death”, giving her family immense pain and overcomplicating his plan to reunite Romeo and Juliet (4.1.105). Friar Laurence’s third mistake was sending Friar John to deliver the letter to Romeo and trusting Romeo to stay in Mantua until he received news from the Friar. Friar Laurence knows that Romeo is emotional and earlier admitted that he “thought thy [Romeo’s] disposition better tempered”
In the classic play Romeo and Juliet, Friar Laurence plays a major part. Romeo and Juliet trusted him entirely as he was the priest of their town. They turned to the Friar for help and advice at a few crucial points in the play. Little did these two lovers know that their decision to turn to Friar Laurence for help would eventually lead to their deaths. Friar Laurence was responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because he married Romeo and Juliet, he was afraid of committing a sin, and because of his faulty plan for saving Juliet from a marriage to Paris.
Friar Laurence is the character most to blame for the tragic events in Romeo and Juliet because he married Romeo to Juliet. This is a quote from the scene where they are married,”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.” The next scene is when Mercutio and Tybalt are killed beginning the tragedy. The quote is what Friar Laurence says before the scene ends. This has some foreshadowing of the future. Almost immediately after the scene ends, Tybalt kills Mercutio. Romeo then retaliates killing Tybalt. This had Romeo banished. The tragedy begins to unfold as all
Friar Laurence is the one who caused all those actions for Romeo’s and Juliet’s death. He is the one who cause it because he married Romeo and Juliet, he planned for Juliet to fake her own death, and he didn’t deliver the message to Romeo about Juliet faking her death. He caused all that chaos by doing all those things.
In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Friar Laurence is the most to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s death. Even though Friar Laurence just wanted Romeo to be happy, he should have either not have let Romeo and Juliet get married or gotten them out of Verona after he married them. Arguably, Romeo is at fault because he forced the friar to marry them, but Friar Laurence was given two chances to refuse to marry them and in the end he did not say no which risks Romeo and Juliet’s lives. Friar Laurence had good intentions, but he did things more with impulsivity and was thinking more with his heart than he was with his brain. Another reason the friar married them is because he wanted to two families’ feud to end. When Romeo killed Tybalt
The first clear mistake Friar Laurence made was allowing Romeo and Juliet to get married. Without getting the two married,their relationship or love would hot have been that strong. The Friar says “For by your leaves you shall not stay alone Till holy church incorporate two in one” (2.6. 37-38).The Friar is allowing the two to get married without the permission of Capulet. Friar Laurence should have have stopped Romeo from falling in love at first sight. The Friar should have not agreed to marry them. He says to Romeo “Holy Saint Francis! What change is here!/Is Rosaline,that thou didst love so dear,/so soon forsaken?/Young men’s love then lies/Not truly in their hearts,but in their eyes” (2.3.66-69). The Friar is saying to Romeo that he should not fall in love so quickly because Romeo just forgot about Rosaline. The Friar should have talked Romeo out of the idea of marriage. The Friar should have known that two feuding families would not get along or hate each other will come
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.
An important factor that contributed to Romeo and Juliet’s downfall was Friar Lawrence. Romeo and Juliet thought that they fell in love, but the Friar should have known that they were just kids and they were really rushing into things. One poor decision Friar Laurence makes is to agree to marry the couple in secret. While at first he is optimistic about there pair, thinking it may help unite the two enemies of families. But it is later very evident that Friar Laurence doubts his decision as he first expresses "So smile the heavens upon this holy act / That after-hours with sorrow chide
Throughout the course of the play, both Juliet and Romeo were reliant on their trusted mentors for advice in how to proceed with their forbidden relationship and marriage. A plethora of experts view that Friar decided to marry the young couple in order to dissolve the tension between the two enemy families, showing that his intentions may not be rooted in love, On the contrary, Friar Lawrence was responsible for devising multiple plans that were intended to uncomplicate their complicated love life. Although Friar’s help did not prevent the unfortunate demise of these two infamous protagonists, he did everything in his power to bring the two together in a healthy marriage and mend the rift between Romeo and Juliet’s families. In addition, the
Death so tragic that talk of it has gone on for centuries. Whose could it be? Arguments could push on forever about who is responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Undeniably, they killed themselves, but the real question remains: Who was the cause of this tragic event? Clearly, it is Friar Laurence who is at fault.
In the play friar Lawrence becomes involved in a plot to marry Romeo and Juliet and marries Romeo and Juliet illegally. This is a huge mistake on Friar Lawrence’s part because the marriage ends up being the main cause of Romeo and Juliet’s death, because if they had not got marred there would have been no reason for the friar’s new plan to drug Juliet and hide her in the monument that ended up causing both Romeo and Juliet to commit suicide the friar should have known better then to marry two fourteen year old kids who claim to be in love especially when they come from two families who have hated each other for
While he just wanted to make them happy, his influence proved fatal for them in the end. Upon marrying the lovers, he had hoped that this relationship would “turn your households' rancor to pure love”. (2.4.91-92) Friar Laurence provided Juliet with the potion and told her that he would inform Romeo of their elaborate plan – which, of course, did not happen. Little of what happened had to do with Friar Laurence’s incompetence, moreso his naivety and hope for the families’ reconciliation. Despite all this, Friar Lawrence still takes some of the blame in the final scenes of the play, but asks for his life to be spared. If the friar had thought his initial and important decision through, rather than doing it on a whim, it is likely he would have prevented many tragedies. Many things went wrong, coincidentally
In William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet, many of the disasters that take place are caused by the romance between the two star-crossed lovers.With all the deaths, who is really the one to blame for Romeo and Juliet's deaths? Romeo and Juliet trusted Friar Laurence completely by turning to him for advice, and coming to him when they needed solutions to help with their problems. He was also present throughout Romeo and Juliet's lives, he married them, came up with a plan to keep them together, and was a friend throughout their worst times. However, it was his carelessness, and poorly thought out plans that led to death of the two lovers. Friar Laurence is most to blame for many obvious, yet overlooked reasons.
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
Friar Laurence’s haste can be tied to many deaths and poor decisions throughout Romeo and Juliet. In the second act, he warns, "These violent delights have violent ends.” The Friar is right to be wary of their sudden tenderness, but is easy to change his mind, mistaking their attraction for love just as much as Romeo and Juliet had. A holy man he may be, but it’s prominent he’s even more so an irresponsible man. He
Friar Lawrence decides to marry Romeo and Juliet, which causes most of the problems. The couple always wants to be together, but it is difficult for them to accomplish this because of their families’ consistent feud. “For this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households’ rancor to pure love” (Shakespeare 411). This quote confirms that Friar Lawrence has belief that Romeo and Juliet’s marriage will have a successful product. He contemplates the wedding and truthfully thinks that the Montague and Capulet conflict will change direction. Ultimately, Friar Lawrence causes the whole story to tumble down, and nothing seems to go right for neither Romeo nor Juliet.