Friar Lawrence To Blame For The Deaths Of Romeo And Juliet

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Romeo and Juliet describe a tragedy and many are to blame for the deaths of the two “star-crossed lovers”. In this drama, two lovers fall into an inevitable death, and lots of people are to blame for the deaths of the two teens and siblings. The suspects of the deaths are Friar Laurence, the two lovers themselves, the “caring” parents of the lovers, or if all of them are responsible for the death of the married couple, Romeo and Juliet. Friar Laurence is one of the individuals who can be blamed as he married the two lovers knowingly of the problems that were bound to occur. Friar Laurence was approached by Romeo and was told of a plan to marry the Montague’s daughter, Juliet Capulet. While Friar Laurence considers his options, he chooses to marry the enemies because of Romeo’s persuasiveness and to attempt to help end the fierce battle against the two powerful families, the Montagues and Capulets. …show more content…

I married them, and their stol’n marriage day was Tybalt’s doomsday, whose untimely death banished the new-made bridegroom from the city-” This evidence shows the Friar wed the two “star-crossed lovers” and knew they were opposing families. Romeo’s banishment caused Juliet to cry and weep for her husband and threatened to kill herself because her parents tried to marry her to Count Paris, which would make her unfaithful and would be considered a sin. The evidence is shown in the drama, “You, to remove that siege of grief from her, betrothed and would have married her perforce To County Paris. Then she comes to me, and with wild looks bid me devise some means to rid her from this second marriage or in my cell there she would kill herself.” Friar Laurence believes faking death and having a plan would be successful and