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An Analysis Of Friar Lawrence Should Be Pardoned In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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In the play Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence made 50 appearances, Benvolio made 63, and Lord Capulet 49. These important characters show up a lot and their actions define the future. Romeo and Juliet fell in love and Juliet’s father, Lord Capulet, got in the way because he told a Count named Paris that he could have his daughter’s hand in marriage. Friar Lawrence marries them to stop the feud, hides Romeo so he does not get captured, and gives Juliet a potion making her appear dead so she cannot be forced to marry Paris. Benvolio comes into the story multiple times to try and stop the fights and give good advice to his cousin, Romeo. In the play Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, the characters Friar Lawrence and Benvolio should be pardoned of punishment but Lord Capulet should be punished. Friar Lawrence should be pardoned. The only reason he agreed to wed Romeo and Juliet is because he believed that it would replace a fighting and hatred with love, or at least tolerance. “In one respect I’ll thy assistant be, for this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households’ rancor to pure love” (II.III.90-92). This shows you how he only had good intentions for marrying Romeo and Juliet. In addition to having some solid …show more content…

Throughout the play, we noticed that he believed in keeping the peace and he did not like to fight. “I do but keep the peace; put up thy sword or manage it to part these men with me” (I.I.58-59). In this part of the play, Benvolio is asking Tybalt to help him get between a fighting men and put an end to it. Therefore, he clearly has good intentions and is one of the good guys. Another thing, Benvolio is a good friend and cousin to Romeo. At the beginning of the play, Benvolio tries giving Romeo relationship advice. He is loyal and supportive of Romeo, he seems to have a good heart. So, taking in all of the information above, Benvolio should be pardoned and there is no obvious reasons for his to be

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