Is Friar Lawrence To Blame For Romeo And Juliet's Death?

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In Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, they are trying to be together, but their families won't stop fighting. But from being from different families that are fighting, they won't let them be together so they have to do it behind their parents' backs. (Act 2) Friar Lawrence is the one to blame for giving Juliet the potion to make her look dead. Friar Lawrence thought that it would be best for Juliet to fake her death. Romeo didn't get his letter, so he wanted to kill himself. I think if Romeo waited longer he would not have died. (Act 5) Some may claim that Lawrence is not to blame for Romeo and Juliet's death because he did it for them to be happy. But however fire Lawrence could be the one to blame for their death because if he stayed out