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Is Friar Lawrence To Blame For Romeo And Juliet's Death?
Everyone has a different opinion on who cause Romeo and Juliet's death. Some may say that their parents did, others may say that they caused the death of themselves, but Friar Laurence was the main cause of their death. In the play Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet meet at a Capulet masquerade. They instantly fall in love and they decide to get married, the thing about their marriage is no one but the Nurse, Friar Laurence, or themselves know. Lord Capulet arranges Juliet to marry Paris, Juliet doesn't know what to do since she is already married, so she goes to the Friar seeking his advice. Friar Laurence and Juliet come up with a plan to make sure Juliet doesn't marry Paris. Sadly, the plan backfires and it leaves Friar Laurence to blame for the death of the two lovers.
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And here I stand, both to impeach and purge myself condemnèd and myself excused" (5. 3. 223-227). In this quote, Friar Laurence is stating that he's the main suspect. He is the main suspect because he was found there by the watchman standing by Juliet and Romeo's bodies. Before the death of Romeo and Juliet, he kind of foreshadows their death by saying; "Hold daughter. I do spy a kind of hope, which craves as desperate an execution as that is desperate which we would prevent. If, rather than to marry County Paris, thou hast the strength of will to slay thyself, then is it likely thou wilt undertake a thing like death to chide away this shame, that copest with death himself to 'scape from it. And, if thou dearest, I'll give thee remedy" (4. 1. 68-76). The foreshadow in this quote, is that he says if she doesn't want to marry Paris, then she should slay herself and at the end of the play, when she sees Romeo, she kills herself. She didn't want to marry Paris so she took the Friar's remedy, the remedy worked, but not in the way they hoped it

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