The Consequences Of Friar Lawrence In Romeo And Juliet By Sheakespeare

The choices of few can have cataclysmic effects, but rarely is the consequence of poor decisions the death of others, in Sheakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, this is the occurrence, the story revolves around, multiple have their own part into the lead up to their death but the one that carries the most blame is the character Friar Lawrence. This is most effectively displayed through the events of Friar Lawrence when he administers a plan to both Romeo and Juliet for them to be by themselves, his constant lack of true communication to them, and he married Romeo and Juliet knowing the consequences of doing so with their families having such tension between them and was ultimately the reason why a plan for them to be alone was devised. To begin with,

However, events did not proceed as such, Romeo was not informed correctly of the plan and was simply told that his love, Juliet had died. This sent him rushing to her and for him to die with her when she had not really died. When Juliet finds Romeo dead beside her she takes her life. The unfortunate unfolding of misinterpreted events was not a complete and utter surprise to all, before Juliet had even consumed the potion that the Friar was given to her, she came up with her own doubts. More than one of the scenarios she had envisioned did end up becoming reality for her, she was able to see the gaps in the Friar's plan before even carrying it out, most thoroughly said through Juliet's own words,”What if it be a poison which the friar/Subtly hath ministered to have me dead”(Shakespeare 4.3.23-24). This actively leads back to the idea of Friar Lawrence attempting to do what he can, taking to an extreme and under delivering, should he have been more careful or cautious with the implications of his plan, events would not have happened as