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Friar Lawernce Is To Blame In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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“Romeo and Juliet” was written by William Shakespeare. In the story, there was a feud between the Montague and Capulet families. Romeo was a Montague, while Juliet was a Capulet. They met at a Capulet party, and later into the night, they decided to secretly get married. Later on, Juliet’s cousin, Tybalt, killed Romeo's best friend, Mercutio. Acting out of anger, Romeo proceeded to kill Tybalt. The prince then banished Romeo from Verna. Juliet's mom was forcing her to marry Paris, but she did not want to. As a result of this, Juliet sought help from Friar Lawernce, who gave her the plan to fake her death. Romeo saw Juliet’s “dead” body and drank poison, resulting in his death. When Juliet woke up and realized he was dead, she killed herself. …show more content…

In Act 4 Scene 1, Friar said to Juliet, “ Go home, be cheerful, and tell them you agree to marry Paris. When you are in bed, take this vial.” This quote shows that he was confident and believed his plan would really work. Because of his confidence, he stated, “This plan will free you from the shameful situation that troubles you now as long as you don't change your mind, or become scared like a silly woman and ruin your brave effort.” The part, “...as long as you don't change your mind or become scared…” shows that he thought the plan would work as long as she didn’t back out. Although, the plan ended up not working because of his own mistake. Friar Lawernce is to blame for the ending of “Romeo and Juliet” because his plan did not …show more content…

As of then, Romeo was under the impression that Juliet was dead. Friar tried to send a letter to Romeo to explain to him she was alive. In Act 5 scene 1, Romeo asked Balthasar, “ Don’t you have a letter from the Friar?” Balthasar replied, “ No, my good lord.” This quote shows that Friar did not get the letter to Romeo in time, which caused Romeo to start panicking. In Act 5 scene 2, Friar John told Friar Lawrence, “They quarantined the house, sealed up the doors, and refused to let us go there.” Friar Lawrence asked, “ Then who took my letter to Romeo?” Friar John stated, “I couldn't send it. Here it is.” These quotes show that if Friar Lawrence sent the letter sooner they could have avoided the plague, and Romeo would have had the letter. Friar Lawrence is at fault for the ending of “Romeo and Juliet” because he didn’t get the letter to Romeo in

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Friar John told Friar Laurence, “I could not send it [the letter] - here it is again - nor get a messenger to bring it to thee, so fearful were they of infection.” Romeo did not receive the letter, which was vital to the plan. Without the letter, Romeo would think that Juliet was truly dead. At this point, Friar Laurence should be rushing to the cemetery because Romeo could be there, yet he waited hours before going to the cemetery. “Now must I to the monument alone; within three hours will fair Juliet wake.”

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This quote shows that the letter hasn’t reached Romeo and the plan has failed. There is a quote that shows that Friar Lawrence has failed to deliver the letter to Romeo. Friar realizes his mistake and sees how much it affects the plan. Friar says that the “Failure too deliver it, could do much damage”(Shakespeare V.II.20). Quote shows Friar has made a mistake, even Friar Lawrence himself realizes, that’s why he is to blame for their death.

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Romeo and Juliet is a play about star-crossed lovers. Romeo is apart of a high class Montague family; their rival is the Capulet family. Romeo falls in love with the daughter of Lord Capulet. They want to get married but they know that this will not be approved between their family feud. This is why they secretly ask Friar Laurence to marry them in secret.

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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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In addition he wrote a letter not thinking about the problems of the plan. Friar Lawrence is responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Because Friar Lawrence chose to marry them. He didn’t have to marry them, so they didn’t have to be together.

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In Act 5, Scene 2, Friar Laurence asks “Who bares my letter to Romeo?”(5.2.13). After asking where the letter may be or if it got to Romeo, Friar John responds with “I could not send it – here it is again– Nor get a messenger to bring it to thee, So fearful were they of infection”(5.2.14). From this we learn that the letter was unable to be brought to Romeo because of the concern of infection in the town. This issue now falls on Friar Laurence as it creates a hole in his plan to keep the two lovers alive and together. If the letter got to Romeo, he would have understood that Juliet was not actually dead, which would have kept him from drinking the poison found in the tomb.

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First, Friar Lawrence is the one to blame for the tragic ending because he married Romeo and Juliet in hopes that it would end the family's feud. If Friar Lawrence had never married the lovers then most of the events leading up to the ending would have never happened. Friar Lawrence married the two of them when they were too young to get married and he did not do his job as being a good role model for the young lovers. He didn’t hesitate to marry the lovers or even try to talk to them about the decision they were making. He should have told the parents about the secret marriage because both of the lovers were still minors.

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After Friar Lawrence gives the vial to Juliet, Friar Lawrence told her that he would write a letter to Romeo explaining the plan, and later when friar john comes back to Friar Lawrence, tasks the letter that he had sent out was given to Romeo, Friar John says no and now Friar Lawrence knows that Romeo now knows nothing about what is going on. "I could not send it - here it is again - / Nor get a

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It was at the moment Friar Lawrence had found out Friar John did not deliver the letter because he was not able to he realized he made a mistake trusting him and should have given him more time for a task like this. For us to know how Friar Lawrence felt about this news of the important letter he says“Unhappy fortune! By my brotherhood, The letter was not nice but full of charge. Of dear import, and the neglecting it May do much danger.” In this quote it again demonstrates how Friar Lawrence is the one most to blame for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet because of how he thought his actions over without thinking about the main

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As Friar and Juliet are talking about a plan to be with Romeo he says, “I do spy a kind of hope, / Which craves as desperate an execution” (Shakespeare 4.1.68-69). Friar does have a plan for Juliet but only someone extremely desperate would do it. If he knows that it would take a desperate person to do it, he knows it is not a very good, well thought-out plan. Juliet is desperate and is willing to take risks to be with the love of her life. Before going through with the plan and taking the poison, Juliet says to herself, “What if this mixture do not work at all” (Shakespeare 4.3.21).

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Juliet had a plan to run away to Mantua with Romeo, but before this could happen and before Friar send word to Romeo. Balthasar, Romeo 's friend, had mistakenly told Romeo Juliet was dead, yet she was not. “Her body sleeps in Capels’ monument / And her immortal part with angels lives” (5.1.18-19) 5.1.18-19). Balthasar has no idea this simple act would lead to such devastation.

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He then took his own life by drinking poison right in front of the soon-to-awaken Juliet. When Juliet woke up from her deep sleep just seconds after he had drunk the vile, she found Romeo dead. She could not bear the thought of living without him and took her own life as well. From the start of the play, the lives of the two lovers were predetermined, and their tragic fate was

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Finally, he obtained poison and killed himself. His self-inflicted death was the ultimate reason why Juliet killed herself with his dagger

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Friar Lawrence asked this to John. Friar John could not deliver that letter because of an infection, the Black Plague. I don’t know why Lawrence didn’t just deliver the letter himself and not put his responsibilities on somebody else. He was just trying to help, but resulted in the death of Romeo, Juliet, and Paris. If Romeo would have got the letter, then he would have never gone and bought that poison and killed himself in the Capulet’s tomb.

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Jordan Hempstead Mrs. Martin Freshman English 4 2 May 2016 The Letter that Killed Romeo and Juliet I think the person to blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet is Friar Lawrence. I think this because Friar Lawrence gave the letter for Romeo to Friar John who had other things to do, everything would have went ok for the both of them if he planned it better. It’s his fault because John had wanted to visit his friend in a city with a deadly

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