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Examples Of Evidence In Romeo And Juliet

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Your honor and ladies and gentlemen of the jury: the defendant has been charged with the crime of the alleged murder of Romeo and Juliet. The prosecution will prove that the defendants, Friar Laurence, and the Nurse are guilty of the deaths of the unfortunate lovers. The evidence will show how Friar Laurence and the Nurse took advantage of the situation, manipulated the lovers before their deaths, and remained silent during these events. Friar Lawrence was considered a holy man who can be trusted and someone that one can come to when they are in need. Being the peacekeeper between the ongoing feud between the Capulets and the Montagues. Only when the defendant, Friar Lawrence decided to help the two lovers, which can be seen as having good intent. …show more content…

As I quote from his very own mouth, “Or by the break of day disguised from hence: Sojourn in Mantua. I’ll find out your man, And he shall signify from time to time. Every good hap to you that chances here: Give me thy hand; ‘tis late farewell; good night,” (g.33).This is when he is speaking to Romeo saying that if anything important happens corresponding to Juliet he will send a man to Romeo. If I may point out, he seemed a bit rushed for Romeo to leave Verona. Why would he want Romeo to leave at such a quick pace? The answer would be because he wants Romeo to see Juliet before Romeo must leave. It seems that when looking into this in more depth, Friar Lawrence had a plan already set in place. What I am trying to explain is that it is odd for someone to remember on the spot that they possess a type of mixture that lets a person to fake their own death. This type of plan would have taken time for someone to map out, come up with the mixer and then give to the victim. As well when trying to deliver the message to Romeo, it failed and that specific message contained the plan regarding Juliet faking her own death. Without this information, Romeo believes that Juliet has

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Friar Lawrence would take most of the blame for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet because he was an adviser to them and he was the one who gave Juliet the idea of drinking a 42hr sleeping potion which was not a good idea. He did everything he could to save this relationship but did he ever think twice before doing it? The Friar knew what was going on between Romeo and Juliet yet, he didn’t tell them to slow down, sit and talk to them about their relationship or try talking with both families and try to end the feud between them (if that was the case). He should’ve done something to prevent this from happening. And also, he shouldn’t have given the sleeping potion to Juliet.

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Friar Lawrence had good intentions for his scheme but it failed to go as planned causing Romeo and Juliet to kill

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Another reason why is because he poison Juliet by giving her something. The poison had Juliet asleep for over forty-four hours. Friar Lawrence didn't tell Romeo he drug her. While Juliet was sleep Romeo tried to wake her up but he couldn't because he thought she was dead. Romeo decided to kill himself because he couldn't live without her, he loved Juliet so much every since he first saw her.

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Thus, Romeo is not aware that Juliet is actually alive when he visits her, and consequently ignores the signs of her awakening. His death is unfortunate because it could have been avoided had he been properly informed about Juliet’s “death”. The friar did not account for possible faults in his plan, and his impulsiveness ultimately led to Romeo’s

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Around 1594 Shakespeare wrote the romantic tragedy Romeo and Juliet. This story has an intricate plot line; the two lovers prevail from rivaling families, after falling in love they marry and intend to run away to live together. From thereafter a series of actions taken by a number of the characters leads to their deaths. Despite the Nurse helping Juliet on numerous occasions, Friar Lawrence was at fault because he didn’t succeed in telling Romeo about the details of Juliet’s plan, created the plans that causes their deaths, and married the couple.

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It is said that when people age they gain more wisdom, but this is not always the case. Even though adults have experienced more, it does not always mean they know best. Lady Capulet, from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, is the mother of Juliet. She would like to think she is acting only in the best interests of her daughter when arranging Juliet's marriage, but she doesn’t take the time to think how unhappy it makes Juliet. The Friar Lawrence also likes to think he is doing is right, but he fails to instill his wisdom on the love struck Romeo and Juliet.

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Friar Lawrence was to blame is because he was an adult, and shouldn’t have put that much reliance on the two teenagers to not cause trouble. He should have known thought about the consequences that would occur if his plan had

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In this quote, Friar Lawrence talks about how he gave Juliet the potion to fake her death. ¨Then I gave her a sleeping potion which so took effect as I intended, for it wrought on her the form of death.¨ (Shakespeare 5.3.223-224). Friar Lawrence understands how the potion would make Juliet appear as if she is dead. The friar also allowed her to take the potion before Romeo would be notified of the plan. This little planning from Friar Lawrence is the reason for Romeo and juliet’s deaths.

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In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence is to blame for the death of Romeo Montague. Friar shows a lack of wisdom when it comes to giving advice to Romeo on his wish to marry Juliet. He knows that Romeo was previously in love with Rosaline and, within one day, he has fallen in love with another girl. Instead of telling Romeo he needs to take time to get to know Juliet, Friar agrees to marry them that day.

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the Friar gave Juliet a potion. The potion was going to put Juliet to sleep for 48 hours and it will look like she is dead, everyone will think she is dead but Friar Lawrence, he did not tell Romeo of his plan which was the biggest flaw in the plan. That is the biggest reason why Friar Lawrence is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and

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The tragic death of Romeo and Juliet ends the story of William Shakespeare’s 1597 play Romeo and Juliet. But one question that is the most debatable is, who shall be blamed for the death of Romeo and Juliet? Many believe that Friar Lawrence should pay the cost of the loving couples death. But this essay disagrees Friars involvement in the death of the two and supports why he shouldn’t receive a punishment. Friar married them together, so the family feud would come to a conclusion, Friar was attached to the relationship between the two and couldn’t find an escape and, the tragedy was caused by Romeo’s mistake.

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The play Romeo and Juliet, which was written by William Shakespeare, is one of the most well-known love stories ever. Romeo and Juliet has many characters and all of them are crucial to the plot, however, one character in the story is very crucial. This character is Friar Lawrence. Friar Lawrence helps Romeo and Juliet through their hard times, by being supportive about Romeo and Juliet’s relationship, knowledgeable about many topics, and caring about the families and their feuds.

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When he finds out that Romeo and Juliet want him to marry them he is taken aback, but he eventually decides that maybe their marriage could be helpful in the end. “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). Friar Lawrence agreed to marry Romeo and Juliet because he believed that the long lasting feud between the Montagues and Capulets would finally end, possibly, if their only children married. Since Friar Lawrence is a priest he should know how to help people who are not making wise choices.

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Who is to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s Death? In the devastating romance, Romeo and Juliet shows an illustration of how young love is able to cause destruction, not only in their lives but also the people’s lives around them. It also shows how other actor’s thoughts affected the people close to them, but the main question is, who is responsible for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet? The death of Romeo and Juliet was not their fault but Friar Lawrence's. Friar is to blame, not only for one action that contributed to their death, but for three actions.

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“And this distilled liquor drink thou off; When presently through all thy veins shall run. A cold and drowsy humor, for no pulse,” (S.S, pg. 453). Friar Lawrence quoted that he would help Juliet fake her death. This is why Friar Lawrence is the one to blame for causing the most trouble in Romeo and Juliet. Yes, there are many other characters in the story to blame, but Friar Lawrence helped with a series of events that led to Juliet's death.

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