In the play‚ ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by William Shakespeare‚ Friar Laurence is a man well-respected and trusted by his community. He is a loyal adherent to Romeo and gives wise advice to those who need it. This changes when Romeo requests that the friar discreetly marries both him and Juliet. Friar Laurence made a myriad of mistakes following the marriage of Romeo and Juliet‚ as he was trying to preserve their confidentiality. His mistakes inevitably led to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. During the
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a tragedy from beginning to end. Love and violence at the beginning then at the end is death. It was Friar Lawrence fault for Romeo and Juliet death. One reason was the plan because the note did not get to Romeo and other things happen. Friar Lawrence married them. Lawrence giving Juliet the sleep potion. Did not tell Romeo that Juliet is not dead. These are the decision that show it was Friar Lawrence fault. It was bad when they got marry because the Capulet and Montague hate each other
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to anything anyone said and Friar Lawrence took advantage of that in order to end the feud between their families. All though he did succeed it was at the cost of these the lives of these children. Friar Lawrence is to take the complete fault of their deaths. Despite everything that happened‚ Friar Lawrence did not plan for the deaths and he did not physically kill them so he should be let go with restrictions on his job to further prevent an incident like this. Friar Lawrence knew of the great feud
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Shakespeare‚ Friar Lawrence and the Nurse are to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet in both direct and indirect ways. To begin‚ Friar Lawrence decides to marry Romeo and Juliet because of his idealistic views on ending the brawl between the two houses‚ without thinking of the repercussions. After deliberating over marrying Romeo and Juliet‚ Friar says‚“[i]n one respect I’ll thy assistant be:/For this alliance may so happy prove/To turn your households’ rancour to pure love.” (II.iii 90-92) Friar Lawrence
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Shakespeare’s play‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ Friar Laurence is responsible for the death of Juliet. In act 4‚ scene 1‚ Friar Lawrence displays his absurdity by saying‚ “If… thou hast the strength of will to slay thyself… take thou this vial… no warmth‚ no breath shall testify thou livest.” Friar Lawrence’s plan for Juliet is audacious and somewhat irresponsible. These words show the true meaning of irresponsibility‚ because when he spoke this‚ her life is in his hands. Further‚ giving Friar John the letter was another
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In the play‚ “Romeo and Juliet‚” Friar Laurence is usually not considered a main character‚ although he has a large role in the story. He is also much different than most of characters in the play. Friar Laurence’s good character traits were greatly contrasted by the Capulets‚ the Montagues‚ and Juliet’s nurse. He is one of a kind. Friar Laurence’s good character traits are expressed in two conversations with Romeo. First‚ he shows that he is educated by showing his knowledge of classic
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better than the other. Though the families are the ones who kill one another the person at fault isn’t part of either family‚ but of the church. Friar Laurence is the villain of the play ending the lives of so many‚ without ever knowing he would do it. “For this alliance may so happy prove‚ To turn your households’ rancour to pure love.” (III. ii. 91). Friar Lawrence tells Romeo‚ after many lines of arguments‚ that he will marry the two in hopes it will bring the houses together. It’s a brilliant plan
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interesting scene. Also Friar is the cause of Romeo and Juliet’s deaths. He has a big role in Romeo and Juliet’s lives. Friar is responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet by wedding them. If Friar would not have married them. “I’ll tell thee as we pass; but this I pray that thou consent to marry us to-day” (44). This quote means that Romeo asks if he can marry him and Juliet. “For this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households’ rancor to pure love” (45). Friar is agreeing to marry Romeo
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espouse someone else. In all the chaos‚ Tybalt‚ the Nurse‚ and Friar Laurence are to be incriminated for the death of the love birds. William Shakespeare utilizes the characters action to demonstrate blame in the deaths of the star-crossed doters in the play “Romeo and Juliet.” Tybalt is a cousin to Juliet‚ and he is very truculent.
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case of Romeo and Juliet‚ Friar Lawrence does both of these things. Friar Lawrence is most responsible for these star crossed lovers deaths for many reasons. Some reasons are he tends to do things for the wrong reasons‚ he doesn’t think things through‚ and is quite forgetful. Friar knows that Romeo and Juliet are moving too fast because he states‚ “an old tear that is not washed off yet‚” (767). This is in reference to Romeo loving Rosaline just the night before. Friar Lawrence knows that Romeo
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