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Who Is The Friar Guilty In Romeo And Juliet

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Friar is like, totally a criminal...seriously. Mentor, defined as a wise and trusted teacher or counselor. Everyone has had some person as a mentor. As a mentor that person should both advise their pupils if they need help, or in some cases even take the matter into their own hands. In "Romeo and Juliet", a story in which two star crossed lovers meet, fall in love, and eventually take their lives, their was a Holy man called Friar Lawrence. The Friar was a mentor to both of those lovers, and obviously failed miserably... not only was the friar unwise in his decisions, he didn't act like the adult he needed to be. To put it in perspective if he had just went and told the parents all of that could have been avoided. Notably, the friar went behind romeo and Juliets parents and married them without consent. This is very prominent because, being a holy man means you shouldn't lie, and many would consider marrying people without so much as a word to the parents a lie. On the bright side, the friar thought, "...this alliance may so prove to turn your households' rancor to pure love." However positive his intentions were does not change the fact that he lied, which is ironic because he is a holy man. …show more content…

The friar harbored Romeo after he had killed tybalt, which is illegal. Also, the friar told a banished Romeo to "Go get thee to thy love, as was decreed,ascend her chamber, hence and comfort her..." He helped a banished criminal spend an extra night in the very town which he was banished from. Later, he told Romeo to,"But look thou stay not till the wa be set, for then thou canst not pass to Mantua." The friar is sending an emotionally scarred teen, who legitimately tried to kill himself in front of him. If he wouldn't have ignored the signs, both Romeo and Juliet would still be

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