Who Is The Friar Responsible For The Demise Of Romeo And Juliet

Friar Laurence: The Demise of Romeo and Juliet The plot of Shakesphere's Romeo and Juliet begins with something that few books do- a foreshadowing of the main characters' deaths. Romeo and Juliet is a 1597 play set in Verona, Italy written by William Shakesphere, it is a tragic 16th century love story about 2 star-crossed lovers whose fate was to die in each other’s arms. The main duo’s deaths could have been stopped and there is only one character who connects everything that caused them to depart from this world: Friar Lawrence. Whether it was Romeo and Juliet's marriage or the Friar giving Juliet the sleeping potion that resulted in her and Romeo's deaths, even his failure to transport a letter to Romeo on time, he was always the root of

The Friar agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet after Romeo begs him to marry the pair and a little while later he tells Romeo, “Wisely, and slow. They stumble who run fast” (A2,S3,L94) this implies that Friar is counting on the failure of the marriage and telling Romeo that this may not be the correct choice for him or his bride. He marries the two solely for the reason that the marriage may bring the two families together and end the elongated war between the families. He never once thinks about how this marriage may affect the couple or them as individuals, both in their teen years and are still growing and figuring themselves out, so is marriage really the best option for these two literal children? The Friar seemed to think so. If the Friar had not married Romeo and Juliet, maybe they would not have been as attached to each other as if they were each other's life jackets and it may have prevented them from killing themselves for the sole reason that this person that they had fallen into a whirlwind romance with and known for only a week had

Friar Laurence then says to Juliet “Let not the nurse lie with thee in thy chamber. Take thou this vial, being then in bed, And this distilling liquor drink thou off.” This quote shows that Friar is driving her in the direction of further disobeying her parents. After this he tells Juliet of a plan to get her out of this marriage, he says to agree to it and on the night before the wedding to take that sleep potion that he has presented to her, then he will have her moved to the tomb and then he will go to the tomb and be there when she wakes up so that she can run away with Romeo. The Friar could have gone to her parents or even the Prince after juliet comes to him and he could have confessed to Romeo and Juliet’s secret marriage, which could prevent Romeo’s man, Balthasar, from seeing the body of a “dead” Juliet and then reporting back to Romeo about it, thus preventing Romeo from overreacting and finding the poison he later killed himself with and running to Juliet. He should not have given her a poorly thought out plan if he could not guarantee that it would not go wrong, and Juliet was wrong to put her trust in him even if he was the only one that knew what had happened between her and