In the tragic story of Romeo and Juliet there are two star crossed lovers who came from different households who held an ancient grudge between them, the house of the Montague’s and the house of the Capulet’s. Although it was quite clear that the two loved each other with all their hearts. The pair of lovers faced many hardships in the story of their forbidden love. Such as story that was filled with deceit, confusion, and even anger of their families and various people of Verona. Sad that the answer to each other’s love had to be death. Even though there were many troubles and events that affected the outcome of the story for Romeo and Juliet, the biggest cause of their deaths would have to be Friar Lawrence. For example in Act 2, Scene 3 Friar …show more content…
He says in this scene,” In one respect I’ll thy assistant be, For this alliance may so happy prove To turn your households' rancor to pure love” .But because the Friar agrees to help Romeo in this secret marriage he goes around the parents and keeps them in the dark until it’s too late for them to do anything. Friar Lawrence is also responsible for the disaster of a plan to fake Juliet’s death in order to escape her marriage to Paris and be with Romeo. He says to Juliet in Act 4, Scene 1, “When you’re in bed, take this vial, mix its contents with liquor, and drink. Then a cold, sleep-inducing drug will run through your veins, and your pulse will stop. Your flesh will be cold, and you’ll stop breathing. The red in your lips and your cheeks will turn pale, and your eyes will shut. It will seem like you’re dead”. Friar Lawrence’s plan did not work and Romeo ended up hearing the news of Juliet’s death instead of what he was supposed to hear from Friar Lawrence. So Romeo kills himself at her coffin instead because of the plan that went wrong by the Friar. Although Romeo and Juliet had a big part to play in their deaths also. For example