Friar Lawrence Responsible For Romeo And Juliet's Death

Blame Essay,
By: Kacey Roseman

Who do you suppose is responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet in William Shakespeare's book, Romeo and Juliet ? Friar Lawrence is a clear reason why Romeo and Juliet died . At the beginning of the book, he get both of them married. He also helped Juliette avoid marrying Paris, and finally, he failed to tell Romeo that Juliet faked his death.This is one of the reasons why he was responsible for their death.

Besides marrying them, why should Friar Lawrence be responsible for their death? The first reason is that he married Romeo and Juliet when he wasn’t supposed to.In act 2 scene 6 of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Brother Lawrence says: "These violent delights have violent ends". He said this quote when he was marrying Romeo and Juliet in his cellar, where no one knew he was getting them married. This proves that he knew something was going to happen to them that was bad. Despite this, he still gets them married. In the end, they did have violent deaths. Therefore, this is just one of the

Secondly, he helped Juliet not marry Paris. Friar Lawance was the one who gave Juliet the potion in the first place and let her drink it. When he gave Juliet the potion he said, “Let not the nurse lie with thee in thy chamber take thou this vial, being then in bed, and this distilling liquor drink thou off. Shall keep his native progress, but surcease.” He said this in act 4 scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. This quote is proving that he was giving her the potion and not telling anyone about the plan. He could have done many other things that were less dangerous than giving her the potion. It also lets you know that he had a plan in place but, it wasn’t a very good plan because he only said 2 sentences about what to do. This is another reason why Friar Lawrence was responsible for Romeo and Juliet