Romeo And Juliet Trust Analysis

Trust is something to be put into someone, but only if they are up to it. In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Friar Laurence is trusted more than he should have been. The false trust put in Friar Laurence caused him to be rash and selfish which in turn caused the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. He agreed to marry them, came up with the plan that killed them and he abandoned Juliet. Someone who does not follow their own advice should not be trusted with others lives. Friar Laurence is about to marry Romeo and Juliet in secret and he is apprehensive about the marriage but still goes through with it. Right before he marries them he says “These violent delights have violent ends / and in their triumph die, like fire and powder, /

Friar Laurence comes up with a plan to save Juliet from marrying Paris. The Friar gives her a potion that will make it look like she is dead. She will wake up in the family tomb and Romeo will rescue her and they will run away. He sends a letter with Friar John to tell Romeo to go to the tomb to save her. Friar John is stopped because of the plague and can not deliver the letter. As soon as Friar Laurence finds out his plan has been ruined, he says “Unhappy fortune! By my brotherhood, / The letter was not nice, but full of charge, / Of dear import ; and the neglecting it / May do much danger” (V.II.17-20). Friar Laurence’s plan to save Romeo and Juliet’s marriage is a desperate one. He is trusting a suicidal 13 year old with a potion that will make someone look like they are dead. Just before he gives it to Juliet she talks about killing herself over Romeo. Another aspect of his failing plan is that he trusts one person with sending the letter to Romeo. He sends Friar John alone to send the letter and when he fails Friar Laurence tells him how important the letter is after he comes back. After he fails to send it Friar Laurence just says that is bad luck. Later in the play, he also describes the play as desperate. How can he expect this plan to work even though it is riddled with

Juliet has just found out her husband has committed suicide and Friar Laurence leaves her to save himself from prosecution. Friar Laurence shows how little he actually cares about her when he says “Come, I’ll dispose of thee / Among a sisterhood of holy nuns. / Stay not to question, for the watch is coming. / Come, go, good Juliet. I dare no longer stay”(V.iii.156-160). This part of the play shows just how much Friar Laurence only thinks about himself. Everything he does has to have some return for him. She is there in the graveyard feeling very vulnerable. She missed her husband's suicide by mere minutes and it could have been her fault, if she had taken the potion a little bit earlier she could have prevented it. Even though she is going through all of this Friar Laurence still offers to get rid of her in a convent. Also when he was marrying them he was also only doing it for personal gain. He knew that there must be some reward in ending the feud in Verona which had caused many deaths. People have died and all he can think about is how to run