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

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Romeo and Juliet is a notorious tragedy written by William Shakespeare during the Elizabethan Era. Romeo and Juliet follows the story of two young star-crossed lovers born into feuding families. Romeo, a montague, and Juliet, a capsule, are two children born into a world of hate that seemingly nothing can fix. As the story progresses through love, despair, and grief, we get the chance to see how the lovers' compassion for each other can bring the light of peace to even the darkest of hate. Sadly, the light could not reach the families without the expense of their children's lives. Many factors went into the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, however, most of the blame can be pinpointed to one individual. Tybalt, the hotheaded cousin of Juliet, is …show more content…

They may say that Lord Capulet is at fault because he tried to force Juliet to marry Paris, however he only wanted Juliet to marry Paris because they thought she was too upset about Tybalt's death. Little did they know that she was not upset about Tybalt's death, but her lover's exile, which was caused by Tybalt. They may say that Friar Laurence is at fault because he gave Juliet the poison, but he only gave her the poison because she was desperate to escape the marriage with Paris. Tybalt is also the reason Romeo killed himself, as he thought Juliet's death was real. Consequently, he is also the reason that Juliet killed herself, as she didn't want to live without Romeo. Both of the children's deaths could have been avoided if Tybalt wasn't in the story. Some may defend Tybalt by saying that he brought peace to the family by causing their deaths, and while that is true, that was not the only way to bring peace to the families. Friar Laurence showed multiple times throughout the story that he supported Romeo and Juliet's relationship, one example being the quote: “Go, get thee to thy love, as was decreed. ascend her chamber, hence, and comfort her.” (3.3.146-147) This shows that he would have been willing to help them plot for peace. Friar Laurence also stated in the beginning that he believed their relationship could bring peace to the families, as stated in the quote: “For this alliance may so happily prove to turn your households’ rancor to pure love.”(2.3.91-92) This means that Friar Laurence had reason to believe that the relationship itself, no death required, was enough to bring the families peace. If Tybalt wasn’t in the story, Romeo, Juliet, the Montague family, and the Capulet family could have all had a happy ending

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McCoy Rodriguez Brandi Powell English 18 March 2024 Who is responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet I believe that Tybalt, their Parents, and the Friar, caused Romeo and Juliet's deaths. Tybalt caused Romeo’s death because Tybalt kept fighting with the Montegos. He killed Romeo when he got him banished by killing Mercutio. But some could argue that Romeo got Mercutio killed yes, he did get him killed but if Tybalt had just left the Montegos alone none of it would have happened. As the prince said,” And for that offense immediately we exile him.

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In the play, Romeo and Juliet By, Shakespeare, the characters Romeo and Juliet fall in love with each other and get married behind everyone's back, this and multiple other choices lead to their death. Due to all that happened it is hard to pin all the blame on one person as everyone had a distinguishable role in their deaths and no one person can be blamed. but In the article, who can be Blamed for R&J, Max Radlicz gives an analysis of who is to blame for the results of Romeo and Juliet through his claim that Tybalt is one of the people responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s deaths. In his article, Max Radlicz claims that Tybalt is one of the main people to blame for the results of Romeo and Juliet. He supports his reasoning with the sentence

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He thinks this will cause Juliet to stop grieving, and that she will be happy. Doing this causes Juliet and Romeo to have to hasten plans and go with a despite route devised by friar Lawrence, which is dysfunctional because Romeo doesn't get clued into the plan that was devised, causing him to commit suicide, and for Juliet to kill herself as well. This shows that by Tybalt fighting with Romeo, Tybalt directly causes the downfall of Romeo and Juliet. The Prince’s sentencing of Romeo to be banished was a fair and appropriate response to Romeo killing Tybalt.

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Romeo also obtained a poison potion and unfortunately killed himself while consoling over the loss of his Juliet (Acts 3-5). Others may argue that Friar Lawrence is most at fault because he secretly arranged the marriage of Romeo and Juliet, created a plan to bring Romeo and Juliet together after Romeo was exiled, and left Juliet alone with Romeo’s dagger (Acts 2-5). However, Romeo started this whole mess and actually was the reason why Juliet killed herself with his dagger. He attended a party where he was uninvited and disrespected the Capulets which escalated into violence (Act 1). In addition, he killed Tybalt and was exiled, causing Juliet to be extremely traumatized (Acts 3-4).

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