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The Friar Is Guilty In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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The Friar is Guilty It was love at first sight, but in the quiet of the night, they were both dead. Romeo and Juliet fell in love instantly, they would have done anything for each other. They were so deeply in love, they ended up killing themselves for one another. Although thy were the ones that committed suicide, it was not their faults. There was a person that let them get to that point. The person who let them get there was the Friar. Friar Lawrence is guilty for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because he is the one who marries them. The Friar said to Romeo, “In one respect I’ll thy assistant be; For this alliance may so happy prove To turn your households rancor to pure love” (2.3.90-93). The Friar agreeing to marry Romeo and Juliet …show more content…

In Act four, scene one the Friar was talking to Juliet and said this, “Take thou this vial, being then in bed, And this distilling liquor drink thou off’ When presently through all thy veins shall run A cold and drowsy humor; for no pulse” (4.1.93-95). The quote given shows the Friar speaking to Juliet about the potion he is giving her. The potion he is giving her is not going to kill her but put her to sleep for forty two hours. Within these forty two hours Juliet’s family holds a funeral. Romeo comes to her grave once it is over to see for himself that Juliet is truly “dead”. When he gets there she is still asleep but he thinks she is dead. In his final act of love he kills himself so he could be with her. Overall Juliet would not have been “asleep” and Romeo would not have committed suicide if the Friar had not given her the …show more content…

If he gave him the letter sooner, Romeo would have known Juliet was only sleeping and not dead. Friar did not make sure the letter was delivered to Romeo. John told him that it wasn’t sent. There conversation went like this, “I could not send it - here it is again - nor get a messenger to bring thee, So fearful were they of infection… But I will write again to Mantua, And keep her at my cell till Romeo come-”(5. 2. 13-15 ,26,27). In this quote John tells the Friar that his letter to Romeo containing the information about the potion he gave to Juliet was not delivered. The Friar did not put any force in making sure the letter was delivered. Since he wrote to him again, after he already gave Juliet the potion there was a very little chance of the letter making it to Romeo before the potion was swallowed by Juliet. This is important because if the Friar made sure the letter was delivered Romeo would have known Juliet was only sleeping. If Romeo knew that, he would not have killed himself then in return, Juliet would not have either. The Friar did not complete the actions he needed to as fast as he needed to. Since the Friar did not deliver the letter fast enough it caused Romeo to kill

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Friar John told Friar Laurence, “I could not send it [the letter] - here it is again - nor get a messenger to bring it to thee, so fearful were they of infection.” Romeo did not receive the letter, which was vital to the plan. Without the letter, Romeo would think that Juliet was truly dead. At this point, Friar Laurence should be rushing to the cemetery because Romeo could be there, yet he waited hours before going to the cemetery. “Now must I to the monument alone; within three hours will fair Juliet wake.”

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When Juliet learns she has to marry Paris, she turns to the friar for help, saying she will kill herself if he speaks “not of remedy” (4.1.68). Friar Lawrence plans to fake Juliet’s death and advises her to drink a vial with liquor which “When presently through all thy veins shall run / A cold and drowsy humor” (4.1.97-98). Yet he makes the unwise decision to let Romeo know by letter, saying that he’ll “send a friar with speed / To Mantua with [his] letters to thy lord” (4.1.125-126). However, he doesn’t think of the possible consequences, including the possibility of the letter being delayed. Unfortunately, Friar John is quarantined and the searchers of the town do “not let [him] forth”, so he is unable to deliver the letter (5.2.11).

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What the Friar doesn’t take into account is that the plan will have to be executed flawlessly to ensure that no one will be killed. In the end of the play Romeo ends up dead because the letter telling Romeo about the staging of Juliet’s death isn’t delivered on time.

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After giving the sleeping potion to Juliet, he said he would send word to romeo so he could retrieve her. Friar sent a letter to Romeo but it did not make it to him. this is because friar john, the person he handed the letter to stopped to visit the sick, and was quarantined by the authorities who suspected he was infected by a plague. which made them refuse to send the letter. the text says " I couldn’t send it.

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All the difficulties and the bad situations that the lovers had gone through it were a result of Friar Laurence’s decision to remain silent. Secondly, Friar Laurence was not careful enough with the letter delivery as Romeo did not received it on time . This led Romeo to believe that Juliet was truly deceased and causing him to commit suicide. As well, when Friar John came back from Mantua, Laurence eagerly asked him about Romeo’s reaction to the letter, Friar John answered carelessly, “I could not send it -- here it is again--”(5.2.14). This quotation shows how much Friar John was inattentive about the importance of the letter, and how much Friar Laurence was incautious about informing Friar John how was the letter “full of charge” as he described to him later on.

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This letter contained him saying what he was going to do to Juliet with the potion, and how he was going to fake her death so she could run away with him, and they could live happy ever after. The Friar says, “The letter was not nice, but full of charge of dear import, and neglecting it may do much danger”(V.ii.18-20). This quote is saying that Friar Laurence did not send the letter with a reliable person. In doing this it made Romeo not know what was actually going on, and if he would of known that she wasn't actually dead, he would not of killed himself, and she would not of killed herself because of Romeo killing

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“I could not send it–here it is again—Nor get a messenger to bring it thee, So fearful were they of infection. ”(5.2.14-16). Friar John is telling Friar Laurence that he didn’t deliver the letter. This is Friar Laurence’s fault because he should of delivered the message himself so he knows for a fact that Romeo has gotten the letter and understood the plan that was going to happen. He ended up giving it to someone else not knowing for a fact that Romeo will actually get the

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If Romeo had gotten the note, he would have known that Juliet was going to wake up in a short time. Since the letter did not make it in time, Romeo took his own life because he thought Juliet was dead, which then resulted in Juliet taking her life as well. In Act V Scene 2, Friar exclaims, “Unhappy fortune! By my brotherhood. The letter was not nice but full of charge, of dear importance.”

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If he had gotten the letter, then he would know that Juliet was only on a sleeping potion. Friar admits that their death was “miscarried by [his] fault” (5.3.267). Miscarried was the letter that was “stayed by accident, and yesternight returned [his] letter back” (5.3.251-252). It’s common sense that the letter is what caused the death for which Friar is a hold of. It could have been the messenger’s fault that the letter didn't arrive, but it was Friar who put him in charge of the letter.

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So he knew what they were capable doing to themselves. Although he stopped them first he never stopped them the second time because he was to busy talking to the other Friar. If he knew the letter didn’t make it to Romeo he should have realized that he would have killed himself because he was so madly in love with Juliet. Juliet tried to kill herself after Romeo had gotten banished because she couldn’t live without him. What in his right mind did he think she wouldn't kill herself for finding Romeo dead because the letter you sent to him never got to him.

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Romeo and Juliet are young and irresponsible children believing they fell in love in less than four days. The Friar should have realized that this was rushed and couldn't be true love. Despite this he married the pair. He could have just said no to marrying them and stopped the entire thing. Friar Laurence also knew that just days before Romeo was crying over how much he loved Rosaline.

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Quoted, “ Meanwhile, I’ll send Romeo word of our plan. He’ll come here, and we’ll keep a watch for when you wake up.” Friar should have been wise and sent the letter and waited for confirmation that he received the letter before poisoning Juliet. Friar Lawrence also made the mistake of allowing someone other than himself to be in charge of Romeo's reception of this letter.

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Friar told Juliet he would get the letter to Romeo but the messenger never reached Romeo in time. This is Friar's fault because he didn't verify that the letters would reach Romeo. Because of Friar's foolish act, Romeo thought that Juliet really died, and that’s the reason he died. Following Romeo’s death, Juliet wakes up and realizes that her true love has died. She decides to also kill herself in order to be with

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Romeo, who was not informed of Friar's plan about Juliet and the potion, kills himself when he thinks that Juliet is dead, when she really isn't. Juliet arises and sees Romeo dead, and takes her own life. Friar is overcome by guilt and realizes that he has "a short date of breath." He says this because he realizes he is at to blame and he's being a coward about it. If Friar was not the reason for the two suicides he would have no reason for guilt.

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Friar suggests a potion that will put her into a death-like sleep for 42 hours, causing her family to believe she is dead, thus getting her out of marrying Paris. His instructions to Juliet of when and how to take the potion are written in a letter to Romeo, so he comes to Juliet when she awakes. Juliet comes to her parents after leaving friar’s cell, and tells them she is ready to be married. This results in her father moving the wedding up a day, which interferes with friar’s plans for Juliet. In turn, Juliet takes the potion sooner, which puts her in the “stiff and stark and cold [sleep that], appear[s] like death,” a day earlier than originally planned (IV. i. 113).

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