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The Consequences Of Friar Lawrence In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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In the play, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, Friar Lawrence is at fault for the deaths of the main characters. First, he makes the mistake of marrying the two without the consent of their parents. Despite knowing about the feud between their families, he hopes to assist in, “[turning their] households’ rancor to pure love” (II, iii, 99). He allows Romeo and Juliet to love each other more without ensuring that they understand the potential consequences of marrying to the enemy family. Later, Friar Lawrence comes up with the plan to fake Juliet’s death. He gives her a poison to make her look, “stiff and stark and cold, appear like death” (IV, i, 105) for 42 hours. Following this, he fails to tell Romeo that it was fake
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