Why Is Friar Lawrence To Blame In Romeo And Juliet

In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, a character in this story to blame would be Friar Lawrence. He is a holy man. According to the story, he was the cause of Romeo and Juliet’s death. First of all, Friar Lawrence marries Romeo and Juliet. Then he is requested to marry Paris and Juliet by Capulet. However, Juliet asks Friar Lawrence for help and the results did not turn out good. Friar Lawrence is a person to blame because he agreed to marry Romeo and Juliet. In his mindset, he believes that it will stop the feud of the two households, the Montagues and the Capulets. However, as the results, the feud still continued. Yet, no one knows about the marriage of Romeo and Juliet beside the nurse and Friar Lawrence. Also, in one of Friar Lawrence’s lines, he said, “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’ rancour to pure love” (“DBQ: Romeo and Juliet: Who’s to Blame”. Doc. C). This line says that Friar Lawrence agrees to the marriage of Romeo and Juliet to end the feud.
Capulet has Friar Lawrence help with the marriage. Not to mention that Juliet is already married to Romeo, she cannot do much, but beg for Friar Lawrence’s help. Friar Lawrence knows that she is married to Romeo and decides to help her. He gave her “fake” poison. The poison will put her to sleep for about forty- eight hours. During the two days of her “death”, she is placed in the Capel’s monument (“DBQ: Romeo and Juliet: Who’s to Blame”. Doc. E). As the Capulets put Juliet in the monument, Balthasar spotted her and it led to an unhappy