Tarrence Byrd Mr. Anderson English 9 Honors 11 April 2023 Friar Lawrence is to blame for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Oscar Wilde was an Irish poet and playwright during the late 1800s when he said. “The person who allows the fire to start is worse than the one to light it”. This means that whoever let the problem seep through the cracks then they are to blame. Additionally whoever makes the decisions should be the ones to deal with the outcomes. In William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the person to take the blame for the death of the star-crossed lovers is Friar Lawrence due to enabling Romeo and Juliet’s poor decisions on multiple occasions. Friar Laurence’s poor decision-making led him to marry Romeo and Juliet. As Firar …show more content…
While in Friar's cell, Juelit reveals her hatred for marrying Paris. “O, bid me a leap, rather than marry Paris,”(VI.i.77). Juliet means she would jump off a building to kill herself rather than marry Paris. Thus she is an extreme lover than anything else, showing a red flag that Friar did not see. After learning about Juliet's death over marrying Paris, Frair prescribes a potion that will make. “No warmth, no breath, shall testify thou livest”(IV.i. 97). Friar says the consequences of taking the potion but still delivers it to Juliet. Even though Juliet would do anything not to marry Paris; Friar has to intervene and other enhances Juliet's poor choices. As Juliet lies on her tomb Romeo speaks “Death, lie thou there, by a dead man interred”(V.iii. 87). This shows that Frair's brilliant move of tricking the Capulets backfired. At the same time, the impact was the death of Juielt based on \the mistake that Frair let happen. This confirms that Frair overlooks Juliet's extreme love while not taking into consideration her problems. Furthermore, Frair’s last inaccuracy was …show more content…
59-60). This means that when Juielt thought that Romeo had died she would have killed herself. Furthermore, her extreme love shows again with no change in the way Friar handles these tough decisions knowing the outcome. After Romeo drinks the poison in the churchyard Juliet gaps the poison. “Drunk all, and left no friendly drop” (V.iii. 164). Implying the impact of Romeo’s death Juilet tries to kill herself again. While Friar does nothing to help knowing that Juliet can’t live without her Romeo. After trying to finish the poison in the churchyard Juilet grabs the dagger. “This is thy sheath; there rust and, let me die”(V.iii. 170). When Juliet says this she means to take out a dagger and kill herself over Romeo’s death. This happened because Friar did nothing to stop Juliet and even left her there without thinking about the tragic outcome that could occur. This proves that Frairs's ability to make decisions without thinking through them is devastating. Which leads to the end of the star-crossed lovers just because of Friar's