Friar Lawrence Responsible For The Death Of Romeo And Juliet

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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

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