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The Relationship Between Friar Lawrence In William Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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“Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare is about Romeo and Juliet, who fall in love but they are from two separate parties that have a feud. They get married anyways but it is very hard to see each other. So they ask Friar Lawrence to help them so he makes a complex plan to get the two to Mantua unharmed and easily in his eyes. That was not the case unfortunately because it failed and Romeo and Juliet both kill themselves because they couldn’t live without each other. Loyalty is one of the major themes of this book. Friar Lawrence helps convey this theme of, being too loyal could come back and hurt you in the end because he was too Loyal to both Romeo and Juliet. Friar Lawrence tried too hard to keep Romeo and …show more content…

By making this plan he not only put Romeo and Juliet in danger but he also put himself in danger as well. In 4.1.55 Friar was too loyal when she threatened to kill herself because he came up with a plan. We can tell he was too loyal because he felt obligated to do something about her marrying Paris. He could've just gave her some advice and went along his day like he usually does, but he had to get involved which was not be right decision. All of this shows us that the theme of Being too loyal could come back to hurt you in the end. The evidence clearly shows that Friar Lawrence is to blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet because he could've gave some helpful advice but he decided to get involved because he is loyal to both of them. We also see he is loyal when Juliet threatens to kill herself because he had to intervene and make the plan. This theme is very important to all humanity because you can trust someone and be loyal so much, but if one thing goes wrong it could all come back and hurt you in the

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