Around 1594 Shakespeare wrote the romantic tragedy Romeo and Juliet. This story has an intricate plot line; the two lovers prevail from rivaling families, after falling in love they marry and intend to run away to live together. From thereafter a series of actions taken by a number of the characters leads to their deaths. Despite the Nurse helping Juliet on numerous occasions, Friar Lawrence was at fault because he didn’t succeed in telling Romeo about the details of Juliet’s plan, created the plans that causes their deaths, and married the couple.
The tale of Romeo and Juliet ends with the death of the two lovers. But there is a reason behind their passing. Friar Lawrence, a priest in Verona, had a big part of the play, and may be the reason for Romeo and Juliet to lay still forever in their graves. The friar was the one that devised the plan to fake Juliet’s death, but ran away in cowardice when he was afraid.
Who is to Blame? In William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet Friar Lawrence is to blame for the two lovers deaths for numerous reasons. One of the reasons he is to blame for the lovers death is because he gave Juliet the vial. Another reason he is to blame for the deaths is because he didn't make sure Romeo got the letter explaining what Juliet’s plan was. The last reason to blame Friar Lawrence is because he married the two in secrecy.
Friar Laurence is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet for three reasons. First, he never should have agreed to marry them in the first place. He did so because of his idea that their marriage might mark the end of the bitter feud between the Montagues and Capulets. The part of his plan which was missing, however, was how the couple would ultimately announce that marriage. Although his heart was certainly in the right place, his decision ignored the possibility that several things could go wrong.
As they arrange a marriage behind everyone’s back, everything seems to be testing them; including a fight that broke out and ended in Tybalt’s murder and Romeo being banished from his hometown, Verona. Juliet could not go without being with her love, Romeo, and quickly had to find a way to be with him before her other marriage that her father arranged for her took place. As the friar arranges a plan for the two star-crossed lovers to reunite, things don’t work out the way they’re supposed to and end in the deaths of both characters. In Shakespeare’s, “Romeo and Juliet” Friar Laurence is to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s deaths because he is devious and has a poor planning ability.
In this quote, Friar Lawrence talks about how he gave Juliet the potion to fake her death. ¨Then I gave her a sleeping potion which so took effect as I intended, for it wrought on her the form of death.¨ (Shakespeare 5.3.223-224). Friar Lawrence understands how the potion would make Juliet appear as if she is dead. The friar also allowed her to take the potion before Romeo would be notified of the plan. This little planning from Friar Lawrence is the reason for Romeo and juliet’s deaths.
Soon after the Capulet party, Romeo and Friar Lawrence wait for Juliet at his cell and the Friar announces,”For, by your leaves, you shall not stay alone/ Till holy church incorporate two in one”
The friar according to the documents seem to be the real cause of their death, He is the one who gave the idea to marry romeo and juliet because he wanted peace between the Montagues and the Capulets, he also gives them the bad plan to take the potion and romeo also never got the letter due to a lot of pressure, but that is not the case. The friar was the secondary problem as the parents are seen before the resortion to the friar due to juliet's parents forcing her to marry paris in the first place. The friar agrees to help juliet according to document C titled “ I'll thy assistant be”. The friar agrees to give Juliet a remedy to make her seem dead so she won't have to marry Paris and then the Friar would send a letter off to Romeo informing him of the plan, which was never received. He assists in causing the death of romeo and juliet but he is not the real person to
Jacob Dangel Dr. Hanzel Snider Honors Intro to Literature 2/14/23 Romeo and Juliet In the play Romeo and Juliet there were many mishaps and stupid decisions leading to the deaths of the star crossed lovers. There are many people to blame, but the main three people with the biggest blame are Peter, Friar Lawrence, and Romeo himself. Peter is most to blame because of his lack of knowledge and desperate need for help. Friar Lawrence’s kind heart and Romeo’s need for lust also lead to the deaths of both Romeo and Juliet.
Romeo and Juliet The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet’s love story. The author of Romeo and Juliet is William Shakespeare, he wrote a play about two teens that had fallen in love. These teens’ family’s had a feud so they had to hide there love for each other. Even though Romeo and Juliet committed suicide, their untimely deaths are ultimately caused by the fate and family feud.
The question of who is most responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet can be complicated. Almost everybody in the play can be blamed because everybody has pitched in a little. There are many characters in the play by William Shakespeare who wronged Romeo and Juliet. The characters that contributed the most to Romeo’s and Juliet’s deaths are Friar Laurence, Lord Capulet and Paris. First of all, Friar Laurence is responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet because he has done some stuff that Romeo didn’t know about.
Death, tragedy, misery, love, and unity, all of these words describe the story of Romeo and Juliet, but it all revolved around Tybalt making his first terrible mistake. In the play Romeo and Juliet written by Shakespeare, the short story is that two young lovers secretly get married, people murder in anger, the two lovers get separated, and then end their lives in a tragic death because of no communication. But, like I said, this all revolves around a mistake Tybalt makes because of the feud between the Capulet (Juliet’s family) and the Montague (Romeo’s family). Tybalt is the character most to blame for the tragic events in Romeo and Juliet because, he killed Mercutio, which lead to Romeo 's banishment, which then leads to the suicides of Romeo
Who is to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s Death? In the devastating romance, Romeo and Juliet shows an illustration of how young love is able to cause destruction, not only in their lives but also the people’s lives around them. It also shows how other actor’s thoughts affected the people close to them, but the main question is, who is responsible for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet? The death of Romeo and Juliet was not their fault but Friar Lawrence's. Friar is to blame, not only for one action that contributed to their death, but for three actions.
Who is responsible for the death of Juliet Friar Laurence is to blame for the death of Juliet. Friar Laurence is the church leader in Verona. He is a friend and adviser to Romeo. He hopes by marrying Romeo and Juliet he will end the feuding. He also has a vast knowledge of plants and herbs.
Friar Lawrence was the one to blame throughout the entire story. Although Friar Lawrence was just trying to help throughout the whole story, he was just causing problems that led to Romeo and Juliets death. The one problem was just miscommunication between Friar Lawrence, Friar John, and Romeo. “Who bar my letter, then, to Romeo?”(S.S, pg. 470).
