How Does Lawrence Make Decisions In Romeo And Juliet

People who tend to rush through things without giving thought to decisions can be very frustrating. Often, these decisions happen to be fairly important. When these types of decisions aren't taken seriously, it can hurt others. Whether these decisions are about getting a message to a friend, or as important as faking someone’s death, in Romeo and Juliet, by Shakespeare, many characters make important decisions without thinking through the consequences. In this play, Friar Lawrence is one of those people, and he is the cause of Romeo and Juliet’s deaths because he is too reckless and makes Romeo and Juliet take too many unnecessary risks.
Lawrence was too quick to marry the pair of lovers, he put ending the families’ feuds over Romeo and

Juliet shows up at the Friar's cell desperate for a way out of her father’s proposal. Lawrence comes up with a plan that could work, but it requires lots of communication and timing, not to mention that it involves Juliet being buried and risking her being poisoned. Explaining to Juliet that this is a very dangerous and risky plan, the Friar says, “I do spy a kind of hope, Which craves as desperate an execution As that is desperate which we would prevent… That copest with death himself to ’scape from it. An if thou darest, I’ll give thee remedy” (4.1.70-72,77-78). To avoid a desperate situation, Juliet needs a desperate plan if she dares to comply. He gives a desperate Juliet only one option without thinking of any other plans and makes her put her own life at stake while causing lots of distress to her. By rushing his decision and pushing Juliet to go with the first plan he thought of, it puts Juliet in an unsafe position. As an adult mentor and advisor to Romeo and Juliet, Lawrence fails his

Lawrence reveals his plan for delivering the letter, as well as how important it is when he says, “Who bare my letter, then, to Romeo?/ I could not send it—here it is again—/[Gives FRIAR LAWRENCE a letter]... The letter was not nice but full of charge, 20 Of dear import,/ and the neglecting it/ May do much danger” (5.2.13-15,19-21). Lawrence finds out that the person he told to deliver the letter couldn't give the letter to Romeo. He is worried in this scene because of the result of his own actions by his carelessness and not delivering the letter on his own. After he realizes that he needs to do something quickly to save Romeo and Juliet, he tells Friar John about how urgent it is, and how dangerous the situation may be. If Lawrence took this letter more seriously and had a more safe, and certain way to have this urgent letter delivered, he could have saved Romeo from the confusion and taking his