ipl-logo

Friar Lawrence To Blame In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

476 Words2 Pages

In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, it talks about two star-crossed lovers who were supposed to have a feud, but instead fall in love deeply. They both met at a masquerade for Capulets, which Romeo snuck in to supposedly see his old love until he saw Juliet. They both fell in love and would meet each other secretly. A day after, they both decide to get married and have a priest named Friar Lawrence to perform the wedding, but a terrible battle hits when Juliet's cousin Tybalt finds out that she was in love with a Montague and demands to battle Romeo, but it does not end well. Tybalt kills Romeo’s best friend, Mercutio, and Romeo kills Tybalt. Therefore, Romeo was banned from Verona and had to leave. This left Juliet vastly upset to the point …show more content…

This made Juliet desperate to end her life, so she only had one hope, who was Friar Lawrence. He was able to come up with a plan which was for Juliet to fake her death so that Romeo could save her, so he gave her a potion that would get her into deep sleep. Friar then sends his deliverer, Friar John to send his letter to Romeo, which never happened, Therefore Friar John is to blame for Romeo and Juliet's death. One example from the play was that John was instructed by Friar Lawrence to deliver a letter to Romeo about the plan of Juliet's “death”. Friar John was sent to Mantua to give the letter to Romeo until he was stopped by health officials and had to stay inside a house with people who were infected by a deadly plague (Act 5). This evidence clearly proves that if Friar John found another way or kept going, he would’ve sent the letter to Romeo on time so he could sneak inside the cell and save Juliet. One example from the play is that Friar John wanted another messenger to send the letter to Romeo, but he was too scared because he believed that he would be infected by the plague (Act

Show More
Related
778 Words | 4 Pages

When thinking about tragedies William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet comes to mind. Romeo and Juliet is a tragic story that takes place in Verona where the Montagues and Capulets fight due to their generations of hate. Which their rage ends the life of two lovers, Romeo and Juliet. Romeo, the son of Montague, is a love sick and emotional young man that would do anything to win love. Juliet, the daughter of Capulet, is a thirteen years old young girl that fell in love with Romeo.

Read More
692 Words | 3 Pages

Friar John was not mentioned in the story until the last act, but he was tasked by Friar Lawrence to deliver an especially important letter to Romeo that housed the secret plan, “I writ to Romeo that he should hither come as this dire night to help take her from her borrowed grave, being time in potion’s force should cease” (5.3.257-262). This piece of evidence explains how the letter contained all the information that Romeo needed to know about his plan including the fact that Juliet is not actually dead. This plan would have worked seamlessly if it were not for the fact that Fryer John failed to deliver the letter to Romeo before he was told by his servant that Juliet had “died.” “I could not send it-Here it is again, nor get a messenger to bring it to thee, so fearful were they of infection” (5.2.14-16). In this quote, the reader is informed that the letter did not make it to Romeo and that he gave the letter back to Fryer Lawrence after his lazy attempt at delivering it.

Read More
371 Words | 2 Pages

Romeo and Juliet is known to be a tragedy. The Prince says that everyone is to blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet. I think that Friar Lawrence, out of everyone, is the most to blame for the deaths. Although the Friar had the most part of it, Romeo’s death was bound to happen, but Juliet’s could’ve been prevented. He knew marrying the two was a bad idea, he explains why when he says, “Young men’s love then lies - Not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes,” (Shakespeare 733) and when he says, “Women may fall when there’s no strength in men.”

Read More
648 Words | 3 Pages

But what made everything worse was when he promised Juliet that once she woke up from the poison, Romeo would greet her and they could live happily ever after. Everything was going according to plan; he made the letter for Friar John to give to Romeo, but he didn’t know that there was a plague outbreak going around and they had to quarantined there, so the letter was never

Read More
491 Words | 2 Pages

“A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life” (DBQ: Project, 2013), which puts an end to an ancient feud between their families. William Shakespeare is the writer of Romeo and Juliet, a play about Juliet, who was born a capulet, Romeo, who was born a Montague, and their feuding families. Romeo and Juliet met, fell in love, and were secretly married, despite Juliet being betrothed to another man, Paris. As a ruse, Juliet fakes her death, which eventually leads Romeo to take his own life. Juliet sees Romeo dead, and stabs herself with Romeo’s dagger.

Read More
739 Words | 3 Pages

If someone were to commit suicide whom would you blame? Usually, people commit suicide because there is pressure put on them by others, which causes stress. This could be from peers bullying them to parents having hard expectations and also from the loss of other people, there is a multitude of different things that can cause this. Sometimes it isn't just one thing that is stressing them out, it could be a culmination of different things. Friar Lawrance and Juliet are to blame for her death.

Read More
636 Words | 3 Pages

Romeo and Juliet is one of the most well known, yet controversial pieces written by Shakespeare. Some argue that the root blame to the lovers' demise can be traced back to their families' ancient feud, and others argue that possibly Friar Lawrence can be put to blame for their tragedy. Although everyone is equally at fault, Juliet’s immaturity and impulsive behaviors led to the death of not only her, but her lover and cousin. Let’s start off by acknowledging that Juliet is a 13 year old girl who, like many teenagers, isn’t worried about other people’s feelings. She clearly knows that Romeo is her enemy, yet she still thinks going after him would be a good idea, which is proven in Act II, Scene 2, where she declares her love for Romeo.

Read More
700 Words | 3 Pages

In Act 5 scene 2, Friar John told Friar Lawrence, “They quarantined the house, sealed up the doors, and refused to let us go there.” Friar Lawrence asked, “ Then who took my letter to Romeo?” Friar John stated, “I couldn't send it. Here it is.” These quotes show that if Friar Lawrence sent the letter sooner they could have avoided the plague, and Romeo would have had the letter.

Read More
453 Words | 2 Pages

Romeo & Juliet Nevaeh Allison Final Draft Document. Love sees clearly, and seeing, loves on. But infatuation is blind; when it gains sight it dies. This quote by Mary Roberts Rinehart especially applies to Romeo and Juliet, for the love they had for each other was ultimately their downfall. Friar Lawrence only played a minor role in their deaths.

Read More
576 Words | 3 Pages

Introduction Romeo and Juliet, two ill-fated lovers that were destined for sacrifice, not love. Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. He was born on April 23, 1564 in Warwickshire. Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare's best works due to how the fault of the two lovers death is left up for interpretation, there isn't one singular answer to this because there are many people to blame fate Lawrence and the two families have the most blame out of everyone they have the blame everyone the cause of their death had to do with the feud ending the feud and attempts to escape the feud. Body Paragraph #1

Read More
830 Words | 4 Pages

When Friar John gets back, Friar Lawrance asks John what Romeo’s response was to his letter. John then tells him he was unfortunately unable to deliver the letter. “Suspecting that we both were in a house Where the infectious pestilence did reign, Sealed up the doors and would not let us forth, So that my speed to Mantua there stayed”(V.ii. 217). Friar John was on his way to deliver Friar Lawrences’s letter to Romeo, but fate had another plan. She placed an illness in the town John was in and he was forced to quarantine; because of this, Romeo was unable to receive the letter which then leads to him making the reckless decisions leading to the end of his and Juliet’s life.

Read More
752 Words | 4 Pages

Friar Laurence tells Friar John to send a letter to Romeo. However, he helps infected people and is told by the government to be quarantined. Thus, Romeo does not receive the letter. Romeo can't live without her and takes his own life. Romeo and Juliet thought they had made the best decisions.

Read More
1295 Words | 6 Pages

The deaths of Tybalt and Mercutio caused an upset among both houses who want consequences for those involved. This brings misery to all, Romeo plunges into a depression upset at the loss of his friend and in distress due to his banishment from Verona as a repercussion of him killing Tybalt. On the other side, the Capulets have lost Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin. Juliet has mixed emotions; she is sad over her cousins’ death but is devastated over Romeo’s banishment. Romeo and Juliet are both young and are unable to make decisions between family and love, which only leads to their own demise along with tragedy towards those who have been affected by their secret

Read More
606 Words | 3 Pages

Friar Lawrence asked this to John. Friar John could not deliver that letter because of an infection, the Black Plague. I don’t know why Lawrence didn’t just deliver the letter himself and not put his responsibilities on somebody else. He was just trying to help, but resulted in the death of Romeo, Juliet, and Paris. If Romeo would have got the letter, then he would have never gone and bought that poison and killed himself in the Capulet’s tomb.

Read More
567 Words | 3 Pages

In the famous play Romeo and Juliet, many are to blame for the death of the star-crossed lovers. But not as much as Friar John, the one responsible for delivering a message to Romeo. If not for him stopping to help an ill civilian, then Romeo would have gotten the message and wouldn’t buy the poison to end his life. Friar John is sent by Friar Lawrence to give Romeo the message saying that Juliet is alive and well and that they plan to get them together.

Read More

More about Friar Lawrence To Blame In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

Open Document