Peer influence could be a good thing, but have you experienced the negative side of it? Well in the novel, Romeo and Juliet, by Shakespeare, the author describes the tragic love between a boy and a girl from the Elizabethan Era. The tragedy being that Romeo, part of the Montagues, and Juliet, part of the Capulets, is that their families were rivals. Because of this, they decide to keep their love a secret from their parents and get together. Through this journey, Many other characters come into play and are influences to Romeo and Juliet, much of who are adults. The most influential being Friar Laurence, is to blame for the tragedies that have occured and Romeo and Juliet’s death. To start, Friar laurence keeps this marriage a secret from the parents of both the sides. Friar Laurence purges his …show more content…
I married them;”(5.3.255). At the end of the story, Friar steps up and says this was his fault. He describes of how he kept their marriage a secret. Instead of keeping this a secret, he could have told the parents that they were married, and for sure he should’ve told the Capulets when they were arranging the marriage. Capulet seemed to not show hatred towards Romeo, just like he calms Tybalt at the party, “ Content thee, gentle coz, let him alone. [treat] {Romeo} like a portly gentleman.” (1.5.72). So there could have been a chance that Capulet would have agreed to this marriage. Secondly, Friar decides to make a plan to stop Juliet from trying to kill herself and to let her live with Romeo. Friar Laurence consults Juliet, “Take thou this vial, being then in bed, and this distilled liquor drink thou off;” and then later on Friar John, Friar laurence’s companion, confesses, “I could not send it -here it is again- Nor get a messenger ot bring