Examples Of Mistakes In Romeo And Juliet

The fool learns from mistakes, and the wise learn from history. When people are ignorant of their ignorance, mistakes are made, with undesirable events following. From fictional books to actual history, the mistakes of a key figure in an event can result in the failure of their vision, and this almost always happens. In William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, the romance of two young lovers turns into a tragedy when a certain friar makes bad decisions one after another. Friar Laurence is responsible for the death of both Romeo and Juliet because of his attitudes towards the situation. He is full of pride, short-sightedness, and is intentionally ignorant. These trait of his ultimately leads to the double suicide of Romeo and Juliet. When Romeo first asked Friar Laurence to arrange a marriage for him and Juliet, He Refused and rant about how young people are blinded by lust and can’t think clearly through love, but then he changed his mind and agreed to help them because he thought it would help end the feud between the two lovers families. “Wisely and slow, they stumble that runs fast” (Shakespeare

But that being said, he still didn’t think far ahead enough. Friar laurence decides to send a letter to Romeo, telling him that Juliet is not actually dead, but in a state of coma: “The letter was not nice but full of charge,/Of dear import, and the neglecting it/May do much danger.”(5.2.19-21). The Friar’s short-sightedness once again resulted in disaster. He successfully sent the letter to Romeo, but did not make sure Romeo would get the letter. He forgot to mention how important the letter is to Friar John, and thus Friar John did not send the letter in time for Romeo to receive it. Friar Laurence’s short-sightedness is one of the elements that built up to provoke the tragedy of Romeo and