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The Friar Lawrence Is To Blame In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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Who is to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s deaths? Neither of them is to blame. The Friar Laurence is to blame for both of their tragic deaths just because of one simple mistake that he made. The reason why the Friar is to blame is because he never got the message clear to Romeo. In addition, Friar John did not tell the whole story to Romeo, so he is also to blame, he says “I'll go and bring it to thee.”(Shakespeare 898) with his intentions to get the letter to Romeo, but sadly did not fulfill. The message was not clearly sent and yet Friar Laurence feels guilt for what has been done, he says, “And I stand here, both to impeach and purge, myself condemned and myself excused.”(Shakespeare 907) So, The Friar does feel bad for the misunderstanding
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