Who's to blame for all the death, and violence in Romeo and Juliet? Is it Romeo or Juliet? Although the two teenagers are still to the blame for the actions they did the blame falls on to Friar Lawrence for the great deal of actions he did that caused many deaths. In William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence the is the most to blame. At the end of act two, scene six Friar Lawrence knew that the Capulet, and Montague families were enemies, but he went ahead and secretly married Romeo and Juliet. The friar believed if he married them the family's feud would end because of the marriage. Before he married the two he questioned Romeo if he actually loved Juliet, thinking if they loved each other then it was okay to marry them, but the friar knew that it was forbidden to marry two people from the fighting families. Friar Lawrence then questioned Romeo if he actually loved her because just the day before, Romeo loved Rosaline and said if he couldn't be with her he wouldn't be with anyone else. Romeo then fell in love faster than a blink of an eye. Also later …show more content…
But at the end of the book when six people died, including Romeo and Juliet, the friar admitted that he married the two knowing they were enemies and told all the secrets that were kept. But he told about the secrets and marriage way too late because if he would have told someone like their parents, then he could have prevented their deaths. There were also multiple secrets, including the fake death of Juliet, which never got told to Romeo because the message was never sent, the sleeping potion that made Juliet look like she was dead, and the marriage that could have been told and changed the ending or have saved the lives that were lost. The priest admitted to his actions at the end of the book because he was frightened that he might have been blamed and punished for the deaths that