Friar Larence Responsible For Romeo And Juliet's Death

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Everyone has been in love at some point, but love isn’t as it seems. It could just be the feelings of strong and constant affections that are really just hiding the truth. In the play Romeo and Juliet we see two star crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet who are madly in love with each other. However their parents didn’t want them together because of a family feud. Juliet drank a sleeping potion so that she would look dead and run away with Romeo. The letter of the potion was never delivered and Romeo ended his life which led to the death of Juliet. In William Shakespeare’s play, The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet, Friar Lawarence is most responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Larence is responsible for the tragedy because he had planned everything for them: the sleeping potion for Juliet along with the wedding for the two. The relationship between Friar and the couple Romeo and Juliet is a pretty good relationship; they trust each other to do what each other is asked. Anything Romeo and Juliet asked him to do he did. Friar Lawrence said “o mickle is the powerful grace that lies in plants, herbs, stones and their true qualities for night so …show more content…

And he left Juliet alone after she found out that Romeo had killed himself. Friar Lawrence and Romeo and Juliet had a pretty good relationship. Romeo came to Lawrence asking him to marry him and Juliet and though he did not think it was the best idea he did what the couple wanted him to do. Juliet asked him to do a favor and he planned everything she was going to also marry paris to make her dad happy but was going to run away with Romeo. Friar Lawernece says “thy love was read by rote that could not spell” (ii.3.90). This evidence shows that Friar was willing to marry them because love pulled them together so nothing could possibly go wrong. Friar says “by rote that could not spell” meaning nothing could get in the