Friar Lawrence To Blame For Romeo And Juliet Death Analysis

659 Words3 Pages

The lives of the two characters, Romeo and Juliet are taken at the site of the Capulet family grave. Romeo kills himself thinking that Juliet is dead. As Juliet wakes up she realizes Romeo is dead and proceeds to kill herself. The montagues and the capulets have been fighting for a while and that is why Romeo and Juliet have to hide their marriage, because if they are caught they will both get in trouble. There are multiple reasons for why everyone should believe that Friar Lawrence is to blame for the deaths.

Friar Lawrence is responsible for Romeo and Juliet's deaths. Friar Lawrence married Romeo and Juliet, this was the first mistake that would lead to their deaths. A bond between them is created through marriage. Romeo goes the Friar to show his knew love to Juliet and his intent to marry her. After Friar nonetheless agrees to marry the couple, Romeo leaves and the Friar says “Wisely and slow; they …show more content…

“Be strong and successful in this decision , I'll send friar quickly to Mantua with my letter for Romeo...Unhappy fortune! By my brotherhood , the letter was not just a nice greeting . It was full of very important information.It's very dangerous that it hasn't been sent...She'll be very angry with me that Romeo doesn't know what happened.”(5.2 258-259) Friar Lawrence trusts Friar John with the important note but Friar john does not send it to Romeo so it is friar Lawrence's fault that something bad will happen to Romeo because he will think that Juliet is dead. Friar Lawrence contributed to Romeo and Juliet's death because he didn't get the note to Romeo so Romeo thought Juliet was dead and he killed himself and when Juliet finally woke up she saw that Romeo was dead so she killed herself