William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is about the two families whose long-standing hatred led to the deaths of Romeo, the son of Montague, and Juliet, the daughter of Capulet. Even though there families have an ancient grudge they fell in love. After meeting they soon married but did not tell their families in fear of being separated. Soon after they married a chain of events lead to the death of them both which in some ways is there fault because both of them committed suicide, Romeo because he thought Juliet was dead and Juliet after she realized that Romeo had died. I think it is not Romeo and Juliet that are most responsible for the their death but Friar Lawrence and the disease in Mantua that kept Romeo from receiving a letter from Friar …show more content…
On (Shakespeare 179) Friar Lawrence states that he has a plan that would let Romeo and Juliet be together once more. The main part of his plan for Juliet to drink a remedy (Shakespeare 179) which she would drink to put her in a death like sleep for 2 and 40 hours. Juliet would then be thought to be dead and would be buried soon after her dead in the Capulet tomb. Juliet was to then wake in 2 and 40 hours and Romeo would be there so they could escape together unnoticed. The plan seemed perfect but Friar Lawrence was not able to give Romeo notice of this. The evidence of this is on (Shakespeare 213) when Friar John tells Friar Lawrence that he was not able to give Romeo the letter. Once Juliet died Romeo received notice that Juliet was dead he did not know of the plan for the escape of Juliet so she could be with him. Romeo rushed off to see her one last time and then kill himself because he felt there was no longer a point to live. Juliet woke up right after Romeo had died from drinking the poison and she herself felt no point to live. Juliet shortly after killed herself even after Friar Lawrence getting there and trying to get her to come with him so she could be safe (Shakespeare 227). The final evidence is on (Shakespeare 233) when Friar Lawrence admits that he is responsible for the deaths of Romeo and his sweet Juliet. This why I believe that Friar Lawrence should take most of the responsibility for what happened on this tragic
Friar Lawrence is to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s death because he didn’t tell Friar John how important it was to deliver the letter to Romeo. Romeo didn’t know what was happening with Juliet and he thought she was dead. Friar Lawrence doesn’t make it to the Capulet’s Vault on time, so Romeo gets there before him and Friar couldn’t explain things to him and tell him what was happening with Juliet. When Friar got to the Vault, Romeo was already dead. “Romeo!
The last plan he had was to give Juliet a non-lethal drug that will make her seem dead for the next forty-two hours, have her buried in the family crypt, and found by Romeo. Romeo, who at the time had been banished from the city and sent to a near-by city, was waiting for news that he had been pardoned, which never happens. Instead, he gets news that Juliet has died, which of course isn’t true, but he goes ballistic over it. He buys poison, and heads back to the city to see if it’s true for himself, goes into the Capulet crypt, sees Juliet’s “dead” body which has been “dead” for almost two days, which still has color in it, and kills himself. Five seconds later, Friar Lawrence shows up because the person who was supposed to send the message to Romeo that Juliet hadn’t actually died got held up, so Romeo never got the message.
Friar Laurence is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because of his irresponsible actions and choices. Firstly, Friar Laurence was the one who agreed to marry Romeo and Juliet in secret. This choice made by Friar Laurence was the first event that contributed to their deaths.
In Friar Lawrence’s plan to reunite Romeo and Juliet, he decided to give Juliet a potion that would allow her to fake her death. In Act 4, Scene 1, Friar Lawrence says “Take thou this vial, being then in bed… and this distilled liquor thou off.” When telling this to Juliet he never tells her how Romeo would be able to get back to her, making this decision again with his heart rather than his head. Friar Lawrence never considered the kinds of outcomes that would occur because of this plan. He didn’t give either Romeo nor Juliet clear instructions as of what to do or
Friar Lawrence is the one to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s death because he married them, gave Juliet the potion, and promised Juliet that he and Romeo would be there when she awakes from her “death.” One good reason Friar Lawrence is responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet is because he is the one who married Romeo and Juliet when he knew their families were enemies.
Friar Lawrence saw their marriage as an opportunity to bring the two families together and stop the fighting. With their marriage in mind Friar comes up with a plan to help Romeo and Juliet stay together after Romeo is banished to Mantua, and his plan would also bring the Capulet's and Montague's together. Friar Lawrence brings Juliet a potion and encourages her to drink it. The potion will make her sleep for 48 hours and appear to be dead. Friar was to get a message to Romeo to inform him of the plan, but there was no guarantee that Romeo would get the message before hearing the news of Juliet’s death.
“For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo” (Shakespeare 5.3.309-310). Juliet and Romeo were deep in love. Although this quote is true about this being a great story, there were quite a few tragedies that happened, specifically deaths. Many people died, but the most famous deaths in this story were those of Romeo and Juliet. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence was to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
In Act 4, Scene 1, he gives Juliet a potion that made her appear dead for 42 hours. Friar Laurence tells Juliet “Take thou this vial, being in bed, and this distilled liquor drink thou off when presently through all thy veins shall run a cold and drowsy humor for no pulse shall keep his native progress but surcease. No warmth, no breath shall testify.” This plan ends up not working because Romeo is not informed in time of the plan and due to his impulsiveness he decides it's best to drink poison and Juliet to do the
When a death occurs, people panic, actions are regretted, and mysteries are thought about throughout the day. Unfortunately, it is impossible to change anything, and the only choice is to cope with the loss. At times, people that look guilty are excused, but it's the least guilty looking people that may have been responsible for contributing to the death of a loved one. Romeo and Juliet is a play written by WIlliam Shakespeare who did an excellent job of proving that many different characters can be responsible in different ways for contributing to a death. So in the end, Romeo and Juliet may have been the ones that triggered each other to commit death due to their unique and intense situation, but Friar Lawrence allowed that situation to occur
“Oh happy dagger!” (Shakespeare, p. 1141, 2012) Juliet exclaimed as she plunged a dagger into her chest, ending her life. Just moments previous, Romeo had done likewise by drinking a powerful poison which was said to kill twenty men. Both deaths were tragic losses for the fair community of Verona, a medieval city used by William Shakespeare to stage his story of the two lovers of Verona, in a play called Romeo and Juliet.
The Friar is most to blame for Romeo and Juliet's deaths because he was involved in many of the events that went wrong leading to their deaths.(Thesis) First of all it was the Friar idea for Juliet to fake her death in the first place. He could have just told Juliet to go to Mantua and be with Romeo without having a complicated plan that would go wrong. The Friar said “Take thou this vial, being in bed and this distilling liquor drink thou off”(Iv.i.93).
Other simpler ideas would've worked effectively. He could’ve sent Juliet along with Romeo to Mantua and met them there to get married. Instead, Friar Lawrence went ahead with his plan and Juliet drank the vial and later that night was presumed dead. The next sequence of events led to Romeo’s death and ended with Friar Lawrence meeting with Juliet beside Romeo’s
Who is to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s Death? In the devastating romance, Romeo and Juliet shows an illustration of how young love is able to cause destruction, not only in their lives but also the people’s lives around them. It also shows how other actor’s thoughts affected the people close to them, but the main question is, who is responsible for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet? The death of Romeo and Juliet was not their fault but Friar Lawrence's. Friar is to blame, not only for one action that contributed to their death, but for three actions.
He had given Juliet, who was begging for help, a small vial containing the liquid that would fake Juliet’s death. When the time had come, he depended too much on Friar John, and Romeo received the wrong news. Romeo had thought that Juliet was dead and went back to Verona with a bottle of poison to kill himself. Quickly, Friar Lawrence ran to stop him, only to find Romeo dead and Juliet waking up.
This plan is for Juliet to drink a potion which simulates death so that she will be buried in the family tomb where Romeo can come and visit her. This plan works, Romeo is in the tomb waiting for Juliet to wake up, but someone is coming and Juliet hasn’t woke up yet, so Romeo drinks poison and dies.