In William Shakespeare’s tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence should not marry Romeo and Juliet. One reason they should not marry is both Romeo and Juliet are much too young for marriage. Romeo is sixteen, extremely dramatic, and easily wooed. Falling into a deep depression when the so called love of his life Rosaline rejected him, he claimed he had lost himself. When he laid eyes on Juliet, Rosaline was suddenly apart of the past and Juliet was his new fascination. Juliet is thirteen going fourteen in a few weeks, but that is still not a suitable age for marriage. Contrary to Juliet's mother, even her father wants her to wait at least two years till marrying, seeing as she is still a child who has not seen the world. “My child is yet …show more content…
The moment Romeo saw Juliet he was awed by her pure beauty, as she with him. They waste no time admitting to one another how they felt, but before they knew it the night was over. Not much long after they meet again and Juliet proposes they marry, as long as he has honorable intentions of love. Throughout this, they both have failed to discover crucial information about each other that solidifies a marriage. The foundation of their marriage cannot be based solely off infatuation and good looks. Lastly and most importantly, Romeo and Juliet should not marry because there is too much hatred and aggression between the families. A marriage will not hold well if the two families, in this case the Montague's and Capulets, absolutely despise each other. For example, when Tybalt, a Capulet, sees Romeo, a Montague, at a feast strictly for Capulets he becomes enraged. He requested for his sword and was ready to end Romeo’s life at that moment. “To fleer and scorn at our solemnity? Now by the stock and honor of my kin. To strike him dead I hold it not a sin” (Shakespeare I. v. 56-58) The enmity is so deep rooted that the servants loathe each