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Romeo And Juliet's Fate

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Was Romeo and Juliet’s fate written in the stars, or by Friar Laurence? Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. In this play set in the 1300s, the title characters meet, fall in love, get married, and kill themselves within a few days. There are many potential themes for this piece of literature. A theme is a universal idea able to be understood by all of mankind. One possible theme play is: “Destiny cannot be stopped but it can be slightly altered.” Romeo and Juliet’s destiny is to be together no matter how it happens. Friar Laurence influences the theme because he marries Romeo and Juliet secretly, plans their escape, and gets someone else to deliver an important letter to Romeo. To begin, Friar Laurence first influenced the …show more content…

For example, in act 5 scene 2, Friar John tells Friar Laurence that his letter did not make it to Romeo. On lines 18-20 Friar Laurence says, “The letter was not nice, but full of charge, / Of dear import, and the neglecting it / May do much danger…” This reference shows Friar Laurence saying that it is dangerous that Romeo has not gotten the letter. The letter contained vital information about the escape plan, such as when Juliet would awaken and that she was not dead, just under a sleeping potion. The Friar putting the responsibility of delivering the letter off on someone else influenced the theme because it ended up causing both Romeo and Juliet to commit suicide. Had he brought the letter to Romeo himself Romeo would have been at the tomb when Juliet woke up and they would have run away to Mantua together. Instead, Romeo got to the tomb thinking that Juliet was dead and killed himself. When Juliet awoke she also killed herself, seeing that Romeo was dead. They did end up being together, but in death. Their destiny was still fulfilled, just not the way it should have been. The Friar caused this tragic end with his advice that did more bad than good. Therefore, Friar Laurence not delivering the letter to Romeo himself impacted the theme because he slightly changed Romeo and Juliet’s

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Romeo and Juliet is a play about star-crossed lovers. Romeo is apart of a high class Montague family; their rival is the Capulet family. Romeo falls in love with the daughter of Lord Capulet. They want to get married but they know that this will not be approved between their family feud. This is why they secretly ask Friar Laurence to marry them in secret.

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First, Friar Laurence comes up with this whole plan for Romeo and Juliet to stay together but didn’t do what was supposed to be done for it to go smoothly. Everything would have been okay if he did not make one crucial mistake, he forgot to make sure the letter got to Romeo! In the text it states “Who bare my letter, then to Romeo?---I could not send it”(Romeo and Juliet 5.2. 13-14). Friar was not aware of Friar John’s quarantine and could not send the letter, and neither could his messenger. Also, Friar Laurence should’ve followed up with him to make sure everything was fine, but failed to do so.

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As they arrange a marriage behind everyone’s back, everything seems to be testing them; including a fight that broke out and ended in Tybalt’s murder and Romeo being banished from his hometown, Verona. Juliet could not go without being with her love, Romeo, and quickly had to find a way to be with him before her other marriage that her father arranged for her took place. As the friar arranges a plan for the two star-crossed lovers to reunite, things don’t work out the way they’re supposed to and end in the deaths of both characters. In Shakespeare’s, “Romeo and Juliet” Friar Laurence is to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s deaths because he is devious and has a poor planning ability.

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