Friar In Romeo And Juliet

Two very in love teenagers take their life, in order to save their forbidden love, but with the help of whom they thought was keeping their love alive. In the play, Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare, two teenagers from feuding families in Verna, Italy fall in love at first sight. Romeo Montague, of the Montague Family and Juliet Capulet of the Capulet Family. What lesson is learned is to never give a promise you can’t keep, although, this is not taught to Romeo or Juliet, but the Friar who helps them. In William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, Friar Laurence is responsible for the tragedy due to his careless, inconsiderate, and sneaky traits he has demonstrating the author’s message that Friar Laurence should have never been
Romeo needed someone to marry him and Juliet undercover, so he asked Friar Laurence. Friar knowns the very complicated relationship of the two teens. If Friar was a true peacemaker he would have told the Capulet and Montague family of their forbidden love, but instead he tries to bring the families together by marrying Romeo and Juliet. When Romeo approached Friar he asked him if he would marry him to his love. Friar thought he was talking about Rosaline, when he found out it was another love he was not pleased. Romeo convinces him to marry him and Juliet. He gives in and marries the two under cover. “I pray thee chide not. She whom I love now/ Doth grace for grace and love for love allow. The other did not so.”/ “O, she knew well/ Thy love did read by rote, and could not spell./ But come, young waverer, come go with me./ In one respect I'll thy assistant be;/ For this alliance may so happy prove/ To turn your households' rancour37 to pure love”. This quote does an amazing job showing how sneaky Friar is, he was well aware of the consequences of marrying Romeo and Juliet. Instead of keeping the feuding hate quiet, he definitely would have caused a major fight if anyone found out who married the two teenagers. Friar says, “For this alliance may so happy prove/To turn your households' rancour37 to pure love”, what he means by this is maybe marrying Romeo and Juliet would bring the two families together. This was a selfish, sneaky move, if Juliet and Romeo’s marriage brought the Capulets and Montagues together he would have stepped up taking all the credit. Sneaky traits that Friar demonstrates, would never be expected in the church especially since he is