Villains: Tybalt, Lord Capulet, Capulets & Montagues "What, art thou drawn among the heartless hinds?" Romeo and Juliet is considered to be the most famous of Shakespeare tragedies. The tragedy of Romeo & Juliet is caused by the villains in the play. Tybalt, feuding Capulets & Montagues, and Friar Lawrence are the three possible villains that caused the tragedies in Romeo and Juliet. Tybalt is a main villain in Romeo and Juliet, he is first introduced at the beginning of the play. In Act 1 Scene 1, Tybalt storms into a quarrel between the servants of Capulets and Montagues. While Benvolio is trying to stop the fight, Tybalt intimidates Benvolio and draws his sword to fight the Montagues. Even though Tybalt only had five lines, but this …show more content…
Friar Lawrence's mistake is not to let Romeo and Juliet marry each other, but to not think of the plan. In Act 4, Friar Lawrence gives Juliet - an immature 14 year old girl - with a potion that makes her look dead, just to avoid the marriage with Paris. The next huge mistake is that Friar Lawrence trusting Friar John to deliver the letter to Romeo. The letter is very important because it contains the plan. Instead of delivering the letter personally, Friar Lawrence gives the letter to Friar John, and Friar John ends up kept in a quarantined house due to an outbreak of plague. Friar Lawrence also leaves Juliet when she needed him the most. In the tomb scene, after Juliet wakes up and finds out that Romeo is dead. Even though Friar Lawrence says that a greater power has ruined the plan, but he didn’t specifically explain what causes the tragedy of Romeo. Instead, he runs away because the watchmen is coming. From the three huge mistakes above, Friar Lawrence is an irresponsible, careless, and self-centred character. Overall, his plan has too many variable and is very risky, If he doesn't make the mistakes, then the plan would end up differently, Romeo and Juliet would not kill
There has never been a story so sad and terrible like the story Romeo and Juliet, but the reason for all the sadness was Friar Lawrence. As the judge I have decided that Friar Lawrence should be blamed for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. In the play, Romeo and Juliet, written by Shakespeare, Friar Lawrence should be blamed because he acted inappropriately by devising a plan, he encouraged them to continue on seeing each other, and he never told the families about their children’s suicidal tendencies. Friar Lawrence acted inappropriately when he devised a plan to get Juliet to fake her death and run away. This is shown in Act 4 Scene 1 when Friar Lawrence says, “ When you're in bed, take this vial, mix it’s contents with liquor, and drink.
In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, a long grudge between the Montague and Capulet families rattled the city of Verona and caused tragic deaths for Romeo and Juliet. Numerous characters had the opportunity to prevent these deaths. Most importantly, Friar Lawrence, followed by Romeo, and then the Apothecary. Because all three of these characters were self-centered in different ways, they all contributed to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
Tybalt was the factor in Romeo and Juliet's death as he always had aggressive behavior toward the Montagues no matter what. Tybalt hated the Montagues and had no respect or remorse for them, such as he said, “What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word, as I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee” (1, 1, 56-57). This shows the animosity he had towards them. This then leads to the house party the Capulets host and Tybalt saw the Montagues gate-crashing the party.
Juliet, very young and irresponsible, leaving Friar Lawrence's good intentions to lead to the misfortune in Shakespeare’s play. One reason why Friar Lawrence is reliable for the deaths of both Romeo and Juliet is because leading up to
Tybalt is antagonist person in this book because he had to be selfish, hard headed and try to take Romeo's life. Romeo went to Capulet’s party and Tybalt recognize him and he’s going to expel Romeo to the party. He said to Lord Capulet, “Uncle, this is a Montague, our foe; A villain, that is hither come in spite to scorn at our solemnity this night” (1.5.60-61). “It fits when such a villain is a guest. I’ll not endure him” (1.5.74).
He left because he didn’t want to be caught and there would have possibly been a punishment or suspicion so he left when he heard a noise. He also ran away when Juliet needed him the most and he didn’t stay for her and help her out, he just left. Another reason is because she killed herself. If Friar Lawrence would have stayed in the tomb with Juliet and kept his eyes on Juliet, then Juliet wouldn’t have killed herself and he could have stopped her before she did and she could have went and lived somewhere else for a while and would have made it through her grief without ending up killing herself.
But, Tybalt's is also to blame in the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo kills Tybalt right after marrying Juliet and this story starts to have a downfall. As Tybalt in Act 1, Scene 1 states, “ What, art thou drawn among these heartless hinds? " Tybalt makes fun of Benvolio for trying to stop the fight. Almost immediately you see that he is a arrogant and impulsive character.
In the tomb he says, “Stay not to question, for the watch is coming; come, go, good Juliet. I dare not stay longer. ”(5.3.158-159). Instead of staying with her, he was afraid of the consequence if he was caught there, so he fled and soon after he fled Juliet sacrificed herself to be with Romeo. If Friar Lawrence had stayed with Juliet and not have been scared over the consequence, Juliet could have
Friar Lawrence was the one to blame throughout the entire story. Although Friar Lawrence was just trying to help throughout the whole story, he was just causing problems that led to Romeo and Juliets death. The one problem was just miscommunication between Friar Lawrence, Friar John, and Romeo. “Who bar my letter, then, to Romeo?”(S.S, pg. 470).
quickly.(DBQ Doc. C “I’ll Thy Assistant Be”) When Friar Lawrence tries to fix his mistake by helping Juliet when she refuses to marry Paris, he hurts Romeo and Juliet even more by giving Juliet the sleeping potion. He may be trying to help Juliet, but he is also trying to prevent someone else from finding out that he married Romeo and Juliet.
Friar Lawrence’s attempt to reunite Romeo and Juliet demonstrates his all-around commitment and determination to help the young lovers. His plan, unfortunately, fails, as Romeo never received the message in time for him to change his mind, then tragedy strikes as he takes his own life. Friar Lawrence in Romeo was a very good character who had many roles but his bad judgment and mistakes lead to tragedy in the end. Friar Lawrence was a very impactful character in Romeo and Juliet.
Third he didn’t get the note to Romeo fast enough. Friar Lawrence is the most to blame for the events that occur in Romeo and Juliet because, yes R&J came up with the idea of marriage, it was the friar that followed through with it, and married them. If the Friar had not agreed to marry them, then who knows what would have happened. They could have run away and gotten married somewhere else where they could have lived happy and in peace, or they could have just not gotten married and live completely different lives. In the
There are many characters that contributed to the tragic acts of love and suicide in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, but who is the most to blame? In the famous play, we have two families, the Montagues and the Capulets, who have been feuding with each other for many years. Romeo, from the Montague family, and Juliet, from the Capulets, have fallen in love. Due to the distasteful acts from each side, their children must go to great lengths to keep their love a secret.
Friar Lawrence should have taken charge of the situation and instead of trying to cover up and hide his mistake, he should have confronted it head on. Furthermore, the Friar would have never been in this situation if he had convinced Romeo and Juliet to wait and come out with their feelings for each other. Of all people he should know from his scholarly studies that lies just lead to a path of misery. In a whole, Friar Lawrence made the mistake of not sticking to his more traditional roots to explain to Romeo and Juliet their irrational love. Maybe if he did it would have resulted in saving both of their
He should have been more careful when telling Friar John to deliver the letter. Friar John was innocent and did not recognize the importance of the letter when it wasn’t delivered. This was because of Friar Lawrence’s ignorance to inform him. He should of took matters into his own hands with a job this important. This ignorance also occurs by him with Romeo and Juliet.