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Friar Lawrence To Blame For The Death Of Romeo And Juliet

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Love blinded Romeo and Juliet while care blinded the Nurse as Romeo and Juliet is the lovebird story. Rome and Juliet is a poetic book written by William Shakespeare to convey many messages through his poems and books. This one, specifically called Romeo and Juliet, took place in medieval Italy in the 1400s, in the beautiful city of Verona where the two lovers get discreetly married to one another which leads them to their own demise. This book shows the true meaning of love, fear, and sin. Fear was shown, but mostly toward the end of the show where they acted as the tragic heroes. Many people put the blame for the deaths on Friar Lawrence, but the real ones to blame are the two lovers themselves and the nurse. Romeo and Juliet are to blame because they made very questionable decisions that were based on their emotions. “Three words, dear Romeo, and good night indeed. If that thy bent of …show more content…

Romeo- “Doth my name lodge? Tell me, that I may sack The Hateful Mission(80)” & Juliet - “Be not so long to speak. I long to die if what thou speakst’ speak not of remedy(97).” These quotes show that when the two lovers are separated, they long for answers. They demand alternatives from the Friar, but when these hardships don't have alternatives to seeing their loved ones, they say they will self-delete themselves. This puts the blame on the two lovers and not the Friar because as a Friar you offer guidance, it is their job to help especially when being threatened with sins. Being faced with such a delicate situation, the friar did not have time to fully prove the plan as seen in Acts 4-5, the plans were flawed. But the time of the consequences of the flawed plans had to seep and slowly unfold; these were the consequences of the two lovebirds rushing for answers without fully assessing the

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