Friar Lawrence Responsible For The Deaths Of Romeo And Juliet

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In Romeo and Juliet a play by William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet were unable to marry due to feuding families, so they turned to Friar Lawrence to be wed. Friar Lawrence decided to marry the two, because he desired to end the feud between the Capulets and the Montagues. Through the Friar’s plan to get Romeo and Juliet away from Verona, Romeo thought Juliet had died, and he killed himself, then Juliet took her life as well. This essay will go through Friar Lawrence’s role in the play, and will show that Friar Lawrence is responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, due to his decision of marrying the two young lovers, his reasoning for his plan was selfish, and that the marriage also leads to the death of Paris. Friar Lawrence does not