Mercutio In William Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

Like any true detective, the readers of Romeo & Juliet must discover with the evidence spread throughout the text, who is truly responsible for the young couple’s untimely demise? The culprit is someone who supported their marriage and helped them through every up and down of their relationship. The only stout supporter of this doomed duo was Verona’s religious leader, Friar Lawerence.
Primarily, Friar Lawerence approved of Romeo and Juliet’s love. He marries them early into their relationship, even though their parents wouldn’t approve(II.vi). Back then, what your parents said, went. A person wouldn’t dare disobey higher authority unless they feel vindicated by their intentions. Furthermore, after his entire plan is foiled by Juliet’s sudden marriage, he
Their major evidence lies in act I scene IV where Mercutio persuades the Montague heir to join him at the Capulet party in hopes of finding a girl to dissolve any thought of Rosaline from his mind. Had Mercutio not insisted that Romeo join him in revelry, the two lovers would have never met, thus saving them from a doomed relationship. However, their relationship would not have been doomed, or even a relationship, if Friar Lawerence shut down the marriage proposal in the first place! The same collective would also argue that Mercutio’s death to Tybalt and Romeo’s subsequent murder of the Capulet was all the result of the Prince’s cousin, therefore he is responsible for the exile of Romeo. This argument is not wrong, but is pointless when you consider how the Montague reacts afterwards. He complains to the head of Verona’s church, and is given a plan which they are supposed to follow in order to return him to his wife. Then, the very man who devised this plot, goes against it and sends the wrong man! Whilst their youthful fling was started by the young royal, its result of it is on the old