Friar Lawrence Responsible For The Deaths Of Romeo And Juliet

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Romeo and Juliet is one of the most famous love stories of all time, but it leaves the reader looking for someone to blame for the tragedy at the end, and you could be looking in the wrong place. The play was written by William Shakespeare in the 1500’s, and the story is set in the 1300’s in Verona, Italy. It is one of Shakespeare’s greatest works, and students still study it and it’s literary qualities today. Romeo and Juliet quotes fate as the reason for the tragedy at the end of the play, but Shakespeare left plenty of evidence that a person was a factor in the unfortunate ending. Although the toxic feud between the Montagues and the Capulets certainly had a part in the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, the character most responsible is Friar Lawrence, …show more content…

Also, had to have known that the plan could be potentially harmful, or even lethal to Juliet. This plan of his only brought about death and suffering to Verona. Finally, Friar Lawrence ran from the bloody tomb when he heard guards coming, and when Juliet needed him most. When in the tomb, looking at her dead husband’s corpse, Juliet cries to Friar Lawrence: “Go, get thee hence, for I will not away.- Friar Lawrence Exits What’s here? A cup, closed in my true love’s hand? Poison, I see, hath been his timeless end.— O churl, drunk all, and left no friendly drop To help me after? I will kiss thy lips. Haply some poison yet doth hang on them, To make me die with a restorative.” (Romeo and Juliet.5.3.172-178) In the tomb, Juliet wakes and finds her dead husband. Friar Lawrence asks her to leave with him, but at the first sight of trouble, he begs no more. He flees the scene and the distraught woman. Friar Lawrence left Juliet to kill herself in the tomb. His plans were the reason she was there in the first place, but he left

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