Who Was Responsible For The Deaths Of Romeo And Juliet

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“Come child tell me your issues, God will forgive you for your sins.” Friar Lawrence and Friar John, the ones you go to for help. Or in this case the ones who will end your life. They have the ones who assisted in the suicide of Romeo and Juliet. The one who helped start this life taking mess. “For this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households’ rancor to pure love,”( Shakespeare page 411). Friar Lawrence believed that marrying Romeo and Juliet would change things between the feuding families. When Juliet came to him again, to deal with having to marry Paris. He realized the mistake he made in marrying romeo and Juliet, so he gave Juliet a potion that will put her in a comma. “...Take thou this vial, being then in bed, and this distilled …show more content…

“I could not send it-here it is again-nor get a messenger to bring it to thee,”(Shakespeare page 470). Friar John unable to hold up his part. All he had to do was send the letter to Romeo about Juliet not really being dead ad two lives would have been saved. He might not have played a big role, but he had an important job to do. They both are father like figures, that thought what they were doing was the right thing to do for the kids. Just like Marlin from Finding Nemo. “Nemo, don't move! Don't move!… Are you sure you wanna go to school this year? 'Cause there's no problem if you don't. You can wait 5 or 6 years,”(Finding Nemo) He was the over protective father who promised nothing would ever happen to his son. He thought that keeping him away from sticky situations was a good idea. Marlin, Friar John and Friar Lawrence all believed they knew what was best. If it wasn’t for the Friar’s the two children would still be alive and not married. Paris would still be alive. Sometimes taking things into your own hands and not thinking about the consequence is not a smart decision. They just looked at the small things it would change marrying Romeo and Juliet not the big picture. For future reference get more than one

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