Analysis Of Friar Lawrence Is To Blame For The Deaths Of Romeo And Juliet

Many people have different thought of who or what is to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s deaths. While some people may think friar Laurence is to blame because he was the first to encourage their love for each other, Romeo and Juliet’s deaths were caused by their families and character flaws. Romeo and Juliet’s families were rivals to begin with and hated each other making their love for each other forbidden. The character flaw in Romeo is that believes in fate too much. Then there is Juliet’s inexperience on love, which may have made her fall in love too easily. Romeo and Juliet’s deaths were caused by their families. This is because the Montagues and Capulets were known rivals in Verona. In Act 1 Scene 1 the Prince says, “By thee, old Capulet, and Montague, have thrice disturbed the quiet of our streets and made Verona’s ancient citizens cast by their grave-beseeming ornaments, To wield old partisans in hands as old, canker'd with peace, to part your canker'd hate. If ever you disturb our

People might think Friar Laurence is to blame, such as in the article “Romeo and Juliet” by Dr. Jennifer Minter. In this article there is a part labeled “The Ill-hatched Plan”, it talks about the plan that Friar Laurence came up with. The article mentions, “Friar Lawrence instigates the dangerous plan that has disastrous consequences.” The plan that is being talked about is the one that is made to get Juliet out of marrying Paris and to Mantua to be with Romeo. Yes, Friar Laurence did come up with the this idea, but when Romeo found out about Juliet’s death from Balthasar he could have thought first to go to Friar Laurence and asked him if he knew why it happened. Instead he was impulsive and the first thing he thought about was that he couldn’t live without Juliet. Then, he went straight to her grave and committed suicide which then resulted in Juliet’s true