Romeo and Juliet, widely known as star crossed lovers, took their own lives and evidently restored peace between the once feuding families of the Montagues and Capulets. Throughout the play written by William Shakespeare, there are many opposing characters and forces acting against Romeo and Juliet’s relationship. Their love story ended in their deaths, and it was Friar Laurence’s mistakes that led them to do so. The events that led to their death was when the Friar gave a sleeping potion to Juliet, entrusted someone else with a very important letter, and ran and hid during the tomb scene. Thus unintentionally, Friar Laurence was the one responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet. Mistakes made by Friar Laurence shows that he is the one …show more content…
The solution to Juliet’s problem, after she threatened to kill herself if the Friar did not have a solution, was to drink a potion that would make her look like she is dead. If Friar Laurence had not given the potion to Juliet, and instead gave her another plan such as possibly helping her escape Verona, Romeo and Juliet would have still been alive. Without the potion, Romeo would not hear that Juliet “died” and would not have rushed back and act carelessly. Also, the problem with this was that he trusted a child to fake her own death by herself without anyone else knowing while he thought of a plan to get Romeo back in order to dig her up after she was buried. If friar had not told juliet to keep her fake death a secret and told the nurse or someone, they could have …show more content…
that cause their own deaths, however Friar Laurence is evidently the person to be responsible for the death because the whole faking death situation was the Friar's idea, led the two lovers to the tomb scene. Unbelievably, when friar and Juliet were at the tomb scene before the prince came, he ran away to try to hide from getting into trouble. Juliet tells the friar to “Go, get thee hence, for i will not away.-” And he does, leaving Juliet to herself. If he had not ran away he could have saved Juliet from stabbing
When a young girl comes to ask him for advice, he decides to explain a way for her to persuade her loved ones into thinking that she is dead by giving her a potion that would make her fall into a death like sleep. He gives her this deathly potion that could potentially harm her without realizing the death he will cause because of it. He also decides to send a letter to her husband explaining what is going to happen without taking into consideration that there might be a way quicker way for news to travel. This resulting in Romeo not receiving the news of the plan before the news of Juliet’s ‘death.’ Friar Laurence could have easily avoided all of these problems if he thought ahead like a responsible adult should.
He didn’t follow the rules. Do to Friar trying to cause happiness he caused grief. He made a potion that slows the heart rate, so Juliet could fake her death and have Romeo without an issue. He caused the death of Romeo because Romeo didn’t know she was not dead, so Romeo had drank poison beside her and died, then when it was time for her to wake up she found Romeo dead beside her, and she stabbed herself and died right beside Romeo.
Friar Laurence was a huge character in the book, but is thought to be the one who killed Romeo and Juliet. The friar was the one who had the idea and the one to marry them. The friar married them to help end the feuds between their families, but it only ended their lives. They were so in love they would do anything for each other, including dying for each other. “Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, Brags of his substance, not of ornament They are but beggars that can count their worth.
He gave Juliet, a suicidal and unstable fourteen year old girl, a potion to make her appear dead simply because she did not want to marry Paris. Had he simply taken her to Mantua instead of giving her the potion she would have never been put in the situation to kill herself. Friar Laurence displays his irresponsibility when he gives Juliet the vial saying, “if...thou hast the strength of will to slay thyself...take thou this vial... no warmth, no breath shall testify thou livest.” (IV,I,72,93,98).
The play "Romeo and Juliet" by Shakespeare is a play consisting of two families mainly. The families are the Montagues and the Capulets. They are feuding families meaning they do not get along. The Capulets have a daughter named, Juliet. The Montagues have a son named, Romeo.
If they hadn’t faked her death, then Romeo’s messenger wouldn’t have told him that Juliet was dead. Romeo then wouldn’t have taken his own life and they might have been able to be together. Because Friar’s plan didn’t work out, Romeo and Juliet both ended up taking their lives. Finally, I believe that the Friar should be held accountable is because he left Juliet alone when she needed him most.
If Friar wouldn't have given her the potion in the first place, none of them would have ended up dead. If he gave Juliet the poison, he should have at least told Romeo, knowing that they were in love. Friar isn't the only one to blame for this
Friar Lawrence is to blame for this reason because when he was going to send the letter to Romeo telling him about the potion and telling Romeo that Juliet actually isn’t dead. He should have told his messenger that it was very important and needed to be there immediately. Instead the messenger missed Romeo because he was to late, and Romeo was already on his way to kill himself. I also think that Friar Lawrence should have delivered the message personally, then he could have told Romeo what the plan was and how Juliet is actually still alive. I also think that matters should have been dealt with differently and personally.
The friar made the most substantial mistakes for the death of these two young lovers. This tragic story of two star-crossed lovers begins when the Friar, Laurence, agrees to marry this young teen dyad. Not only
The Tragedy Of Romeo and Juliet By William Shakespeare is a tragic love story about two star crossed lovers written in a play. Romeo and Juliet fall deeply in love and end up dead after a short marriage--whose fault is it? Friar Laurence, because he gave Juliet the potion, failed to inform Romeo that he gave Juliet the potion and married Romeo and Juliet after one day. The Fault of the Friar Firstly, Friar Laurence gave a poison to Juliet, a huge mistake he could’ve avoided if he only thought of a better plan.
The question of who is most responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet can be complicated. Almost everybody in the play can be blamed because everybody has pitched in a little. There are many characters in the play by William Shakespeare who wronged Romeo and Juliet. The characters that contributed the most to Romeo’s and Juliet’s deaths are Friar Laurence, Lord Capulet and Paris. First of all, Friar Laurence is responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet because he has done some stuff that Romeo didn’t know about.
At one point in the play, the Friar decides to turn a simple plan into something complicated that results in both Romeo and Juliet dying. When Juliet demands Friar give her a solution for her problem, he responds: “A thing like death to chide away this shame, / That cop’st with death himself to scape from it” (4.1.74-75). The friar could have taken the situation of Juliet wanting to die by telling her that death is not the solution and to talk with her parents and tell the truth. Instead, the Friar decided to take this simple situation and made it complicated by telling Juliet she needs to fake her own death. Then, when Romeo and the Nurse are concerned about Romeo and Juliet’s Marriage, the Friar thinks he can fix the situation by saying: “To blaze your marriage, reconcile your friends, / Beg pardon of the Prince, and call thee back” (3.3.151-152).
As they arrange a marriage behind everyone’s back, everything seems to be testing them; including a fight that broke out and ended in Tybalt’s murder and Romeo being banished from his hometown, Verona. Juliet could not go without being with her love, Romeo, and quickly had to find a way to be with him before her other marriage that her father arranged for her took place. As the friar arranges a plan for the two star-crossed lovers to reunite, things don’t work out the way they’re supposed to and end in the deaths of both characters. In Shakespeare’s, “Romeo and Juliet” Friar Laurence is to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s deaths because he is devious and has a poor planning ability.
Romeo and Juliet: Friar Laurence is to Blame In Romeo and Juliet, Friar Laurence plays a major role in the deaths of the pair. The Friar is a member of the Order of St. Francis, a group of wise and generous priests, Romeo and Juliet trusted Friar Laurence and his insight, turning to him for advice, and solutions. However, Friar Laurence’s rash decision in marrying Romeo and Juliet, his reckless plan for rescuing Juliet from an arranged marriage with Paris, and his fear of committing sin all added to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. He was there throughout Romeo’s and Juliet 's lives; he married them, came up with a plan to keep them together, and was a friend throughout their tragedies. Friar Laurence, through his lack of good
In the play of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet kill themselves for each other’s love. But who is the fault of their death? Friar Laurence is the blame for their suicide. Friar Laurence is the blame for Romeo and Juliet’s suicide because he first married Romeo and Juliet secretly, he didn’t send the letter about the plan to Romeo himself, and he didn’t get to the tomb early enough to rescue Juliet.