In the play Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare tells the tragic tale of the deaths of Romeo, a Montague, and Juliet, a Capulet. Various characters interact with Romeo and Juliet throughout the play in ways that result in their suicides. One such character, Friar Laurence, consistently encourages the irrational actions of these primary characters throughout the novel. The actions he insists that Romeo and Juliet carry out often prove to result in negative consequences. His involvement in their lives influences their actions the most, ultimately resulting in Romeo and Juliet’s deaths.
Title “These violent delights have violent ends/and, in their triumph die, like fire and powder,/Which, as they kiss, consume”(Shakespeare 743 2.6.9-11). This well known Shakespeare quote is spoken by Friar Lawrence which foreshadows the biggest point of the play. Romeo and Juliet are star crossed lovers who try to be together because they believe their love is strong enough to prevail. These two characters have been involved in a fued lasting their whole lives but yet, they find love within each other.
Friar Laurence could not be at blame for the two star-crossed lovers. Anything or anyone else could have been at blame since there was someone else who knew. All the Friar Laurence was trying to help the two kids and the people in Verona. As a result, Friar Laurence is not responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because Romeo and Juliet are reckless, the family feud stopped the two of them from being together, and the nurse also knew about the two of them. First and foremost, Romeo and Juliet acted without thinking and were very reckless.
Romeo and Juliet is a story of two star crossed lovers who fall in love in the span of a few days. Their parents are enemies, which is why their relationship is so dangerous. With the help of Juliet’s Nurse and Romeo’s friend Friar, they are able to get married. All is well until a fight breaks out that ends with Romeo killing Juliet’s cousin, Tybalt. Romeo is banished as a sentence, so Friar makes a plan for Romeo and Juliet to be together.
Romeo & Juliet Pico Ballenger Final Draft Document. “From the fatal loins of these two foes, a pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life, whose misadventured piteous overthrows doth with their death bury their parents’ strife.” This is one of the first lines in the play “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet”, the quote described their deaths perfectly and the man responsible for their deaths is none other than the church’s Friar Laurence. I believe Friar Laurence is to blame for their deaths because he did not take on the responsibilities of an adult, he did nothing to prevent their death’s, and if he did not marry them in the first place then they would not be dead.
Romeo & Juliet Brady Horton Final Draft Document. “I bite my thumb at them.” These are some of the words and jesters that started the street fight in Act 1 scene 1. In Romeo and Juliet, fights are frequent throughout the book. Friar Laurence is not responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because Romeo and Juliet are reckless and act without thinking, the two families’ feud all of the time, and Friar Laurence tries to help them.
Romeo & Juliet (David Soto Perez) Final Draft Document. Romeo and Juliet are like fire and water. They're two very different things that shouldn't mix. Friar Laurence tried to make it work,for the better of the two families,but it didn't work.
Romeo & Juliet (Alexander Garland) Final Draft Document. Would you do anything for your loved one? That's what Romeo and Juliet did, and it killed them. Some people think that Friar Laurence is responsible for their deaths, but I disagree. In the process of killing themselves, Romeo and Juliet also accidentally kill 4 other people.
In Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, they were two people from different kingdoms, but one day when they had a party with masks, Romeo looked at Juliet just like Juliet looked at him. The two of them began to talk to each other until they realized that they were each from a different side, that made them feel uncomfortable but they still continued talking, at the end of that the two of them fell in love making there be a secret love Friar Lawrence is responsible for many deaths since he had the plan to fake Juliet's death which would cause Juliet to die just like Romeo thanks to a delay on the part of the messenger. that if the messenger had not stopped to help the sick child, the two would have been saved and would have been able to escape
In Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall into a forbidden relationship due to their families’ disapproval. This predicament of love provokes the two star-crossed lovers to commit suicide. In reality, the real person responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet is Friar Lawrence. Romeo and Juliet were deathly in love and wanted to get married, but couldn't, given the fact that their families’ were archenemies. The Friar decided to scheme a plan to wed Romeo and Juliet behind their parents’ backs (Act 2).
Romeo and Juliet were very impulsive and would have done anything and everything to be together, unfortunately this meant taking their lives. This all could have been prevented and Friar Lawrence was the reason for their deaths. Firstly, Friar Lawrence is to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s death. An example from the text was when Friar Lawrence married Romeo and
The guidance of Romeo and Juliet leads up to the star-crossed lover’s death. In Shakespeare's play “Romeo and Juliet”, the couple died for many reasons, the most important being the advice and the people or things that guided them to do the things they did. In William Shakespeare's “Romeo and Juliet”, Friar Laurence is responsible for the tragic deaths of the couple because of his foolish decision-making and planning. Friar Laurence is held accountable for his bad decision-making which eventually leads to the star-crossed lover's death. First, Friar agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet secretly without realizing the possible outcomes of his actions.
Throughout the course of the play Romeo and Juliet, it can be assumed that many different characters in the play may, or may not have been responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet but, evidence and proof shows that the deaths of Romeo and Juliet were the cause of the feuding families, Capulets and Montagues. No one knows why the two families were feuding. If the two families got along, Romeo and Juliet would have never died. Had the died not existed between the families, Romeo and Juliet wouldn't have felt the need to keep their love a secrecy. Friar Lawrence would not have had to come up with a plan to secretly marry them and many people wouldn't have been killed.
Romeo and Juliet's ageless story has fascinated audiences for decades by delving into themes of love, tragedy, and the fallout from rash decisions. In this tragic tragedy, the individuals who determine the fates of the star-crossed lovers are also responsible for their untimely deaths. Friar Laurence stands out among these characters as a pivotal figure whose misguided acts and poorly thought out ideas directly contribute to the eventual disaster. It is clear that Friar Laurence played a crucial role in the deaths of Romeo and Juliet by looking at his character and evaluating his key scenes in the play. Friar Laurence killed Romeo and Juliet because of his poorly thought-out schemes and misdirected acts.
Romeo and Juliet is probably the most famous love story ever written of all time. A tragic tale showing the forbidden love of two young star-crossed lovers that come from two feuding families. With the term “star-crossed lovers”(Shakespeare.prologue 6) used by Shakespeare with the chorus in the prologue, we know the tragic fate of our two main characters, but by who? The untimely death of Romeo and Juliet was ultimately caused by Friar Lawrence and the long-standing family feud. To start off the long-standing family feud between the Capulet family and the Montague family is undeniably the one most to blame for the tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
