Romeo And Juliet Apothecary Essay

Who is to blame for the sorrowful deaths of Romeo and Juliet? The Friar and the poor Apothecary both caused the demise of the two young children of Verona, with their unfortunate choices. The Apothecary sells poison willingly to Romeo, and the Friar marries both of them to each other in secret and gives a sleeping potion to Juliet. The Apothecary's action of selling poison by choice to Romeo ultimately leads to the death of both Romeo and Juliet. Romeo goes to an impoverished street in Mantua to buy poison and the Apothecarist agrees to sell him some, saying, “My poverty, but not my will consents” (5.1.75). The apothecary fully consents to providing Romeo with poison. While he consents, he also consents that he is aware of everything Romeo

The ghostly confessor, Friar Laurence’s action of providing Juliet with a sleeping potion was in the end connected to the death of the two young teenagers. Juliet's lyingly goes to Friar's cell and he comes up with a plan to ultimately avoid the marriage with Paris. He devises a plan saying, “Take thou this vial, being then in bed” (4.1.95). Friar Laurence tells Juliet to take and drink this vial of potion. This presents Juliet with the idea of faking her death using a sleeping potion in a vial; therefore trusting the priest more than her parents. Not to mention, in the same scene, the Friar says, “Shall Romeo by my letter know our drift, And hither shall he come, and he and I will watch thy [waking] and that very night shall Romeo bear thee hence to Mantua” (4.1.116-119). The Friar has a delusional plan that is supposed to take place before Juliet is supposed to get married. The Friar doesn’t even take into account what if the plan fails or messes up, he just assumes he knows best compared to the parents of Romeo and Juliet. In general, Friar Laurence giving Juliet a sleeping potion prompted the eternal rest of Romeo and