Ignorance In Romeo And Juliet
“Ignorance is a poison that kills love, friendship, and all the good feelings.” ~unknown. In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet , written by William Shakespeare, a pair of star crossed lovers take their life. Romeo and Juliet take their own lives because of the man they trusted the most, Friar Lawrence. Lawrence's carelessness and ignorance in his actions cause the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Lawrence's carelessness was very evident when he was trying to help the lovers get back together but failed and instead got the two killed. This was clear when Lawrence had told Friar John to send the letter to Romeo, but failed to do. Instead of taking an initiative and mailing that letter again, Lawrence replied with “ Friar John, go hence get me
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She had trusted the Friar to help her save her marriage with Romeo and make sure she doesn’t end up marrying Paris. To ensure Juliet from not marrying Paris and to stay united with Romeo, Friar Lawrence had come up with a plan. His plan for Juliet was to “Go home...give consent to marry Paris… take thou this veil, being then in bed, and this distilling liquor drink thou off… I will watch thy waking and that very night shall Romeo bear thee hence to Mantua” (p.750). Friar Lawrence had ensured that there wouldn't be any flaws to this plan. But what had happened was that Romeo didn’t get the letter and came to Juliet’s tomb and had killed himself. After waking up from her coma-like state, Juliet had seen her husband lying dead on the ground. She decided that “[she] will not away...haply some poison yet doth hang on them to make me die with a restorative.... The I’ll be brief. O happy dagger!” (p. 769-770). Juliet had killed herself because she thought that a world without Romeo was equivalent to no world at all. Without Friar Lawrence’s carelessness and ignorance in the plan, Romeo wouldn’t have killed himself and neither would Juliet. He was the cause of their deaths because of the failures in his plans. The death of Romeo and Juliet was the cause of Friar Lawrence's carelessness and ignorance. Without him trying to reunite the couple with his plans, he wouldn’t have killed them. He had caused Romeo’s death by not giving him a letter and he had caused the death of juliet by being ignorant in his plan. Because Romeo and Juliet had so much trust in Friar Lawrence, he might have been more careless and ignorant and caused their deaths. “People don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want their illusions destroyed”
She had trusted the Friar to help her save her marriage with Romeo and make sure she doesn’t end up marrying Paris. To ensure Juliet from not marrying Paris and to stay united with Romeo, Friar Lawrence had come up with a plan. His plan for Juliet was to “Go home...give consent to marry Paris… take thou this veil, being then in bed, and this distilling liquor drink thou off… I will watch thy waking and that very night shall Romeo bear thee hence to Mantua” (p.750). Friar Lawrence had ensured that there wouldn't be any flaws to this plan. But what had happened was that Romeo didn’t get the letter and came to Juliet’s tomb and had killed himself. After waking up from her coma-like state, Juliet had seen her husband lying dead on the ground. She decided that “[she] will not away...haply some poison yet doth hang on them to make me die with a restorative.... The I’ll be brief. O happy dagger!” (p. 769-770). Juliet had killed herself because she thought that a world without Romeo was equivalent to no world at all. Without Friar Lawrence’s carelessness and ignorance in the plan, Romeo wouldn’t have killed himself and neither would Juliet. He was the cause of their deaths because of the failures in his plans. The death of Romeo and Juliet was the cause of Friar Lawrence's carelessness and ignorance. Without him trying to reunite the couple with his plans, he wouldn’t have killed them. He had caused Romeo’s death by not giving him a letter and he had caused the death of juliet by being ignorant in his plan. Because Romeo and Juliet had so much trust in Friar Lawrence, he might have been more careless and ignorant and caused their deaths. “People don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want their illusions destroyed”