History books often leave detailed records of the events that occurred in the past. This secondhand information tells how organizations formed, why wars were started, and the struggles people had to face in order to preserve and fight to finally achieve their ultimate goals. Romeo and Juliet is an example of how bad decisions can lead to your demise, especially sen where Juliet and Romeo killed themselves since they thought they couldn’t be together in the end. The way they decided to kill themselves begs the question, who is truly the mastermind behind these deaths? Of course, it was their own free will that lead them to that choice, but these rich spoiled children had to have received help from an additional party. There are three sketchy …show more content…
He is credited with the plan to send Romeo out to Mantua in order to later find and marry Juliet. He was also responsible for giving Juliet the items that she needed in order to escape her marriage to Paris. In the text Friar Laurence tells Juliet,”Take thou this vial, being then in bed, and this distilled liquor drink thou off; when presently through all thy veins shall run a cold and drowsy humour, for no pulse shall keep his native progress, but surcease: no warmth, no breath, shall testify thou livest;” (Shakespeare, page 36). This quote illustrates Friar Laurence’s statement towards Juliet as he provided her the vial that would allow for her to appear dead as part of the plan, While this plan did backfire and he confessed to his involvement in the fiasco, he was let off with a warning and consoled by the Prince, “We still have known thee for a holy man,“ (Shakespeare, page 46). During this instance, the Prince called him honest for giving the statement that indicated he was the major culprit behind Romeo and Juliet’s deaths. Based on his statements detailing his involvement in the children’s deaths, he gives proof that others were involved in this