Friar Lawrence Responsible For The Deaths Of Romeo And Juliet

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“Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny.” The Capulet and Montague families did not get along well but somehow their children, Romeo and Juliet fell in love. Romeo and Juliet get married and later that same day Romeo was banished for the murder of Juliet’s cousin Tybalt. Juliet’s parents want Juliet to marry Paris so she fakes her death with a potion causing Romeo to kill himself. Therefore, Friar Laurence is not responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because Romeo and Juliet are reckless and act without thinking, Romeo and Juliet’s families hate each other, and Juliet chose to fake her death to get out of marrying Paris.

First and foremost, Romeo and Juliet are reckless and act without thinking. For example, Romeo goes to the Capulet party knowing it is risky to do because he’s a Montague. Similarly, Romeo carelessly sneaks into the capulet garden to see Juliet knowing he’s putting his life in danger. And finally, after hearing of Juliet’s death, Romeo immediately buys a poison to kill himself, no questions asked. …show more content…

To prove my point, Romeo sneaks into the Capulet party and Tybalt wants to kill Romeo. As another illustration, Tybalt challenges Romeo to a duel for his presence at the party. Also, Mercutio fights Tybalt in place of Romeo and gets killed. Romeo then kills Tybalt and is banished by Prince