Friar Lawrence To Blame For The Deaths Of Romeo And Juliet

` Love is something that everybody is searching for in life, but if you let that love spiral out of control it could lead to something much worse. (Attention Getter) In Romeo and Juliet they let their love get out of control and it ultimately lead to their deaths. (How it Relates to Play) Other people also had a big impact on this one of those people was Friar Lawrence.(Provides additional Info) 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). He is saying lay in bed and drink this poison. He could have just told her to leave Verona instead. He also says “No warmth, no breath, shall testify thou livest’(Iv.i.98). He is saying that it will seem like she is dead even though she is not. It was his idea for her to do this.

The Friar was responsible for sending a letter to Mantua to let Romeo know the plan but he did not receive it. In the play, he says “I’ll send news to Mantua, with my letter to thy lord”.(Iv.i.123) He did not take care of this himself though he sent Friar John with the letter. They would not let him leave the city. He says “I could not send it, here it is again”(V.ii.14). Romeo did not end up getting the letter in time and he went to Verona. Friar Lawrence promised to relay the information, but he failed to do