The Influence Of Friar Lawrence In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

in order to unite the families; as in Act 2, Scene 6, when he marries

Friar Lawrence plays a big part in causing the death of Romeo and Juliet because he secretly marries them knowing something either negative or positive will happen. Friar even tells Romeo the cautions for he says 'Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.' (Act II Scene III 97) Friar marries them because he thinks that the marriage is going to end the feud between the families of Romeo and Juliet. He knows that even though Romeo and Juliet are in love they will never be able to see each other. Not in a grave to lay one in, another out to have” (Act II scene III 85) Also, if Friar Lawrence did not give Juliet the potion that she was going to use to deceive her family into thinking she was dead to get out of her marriage to Paris and make Romeo aware of what was going to happen, their deaths would not have occurred. Romeo goes to the tomb thinking Juliet is really dead after Balthasar accidently informed him of Juliet’s apparent death not knowing of her plan. If he had stayed there longer without taking the poison he had obtained from Apothecary they both would not have killed themselves. He brought the poison to the tomb to end his own life next to Juliet after seeing for himself if she was really dead. Romeo did not want to live without Juliet.

According to Act V Scene III it states, “Come, I’ll dispose of thee among a sisterhood of nuns.” Juliet relies “ Go, get thee hence, for I will not away. Then Friar Lawrence left Juliet to be with her husband. According to this quote, it seems like Friar Laurence does not care for Juliet. He is only trying to protect himself from the watchman. He should not have done that because earlier in the book she was threatening to kill herself. According to Act IV Scene I, it states “ I long to die if what thou speak'st speak not of remedy. According to that quote, she's saying if you don’t have anything to fix this I will be able to take my own life to be with Romeo, hat s when Friar Lawrence gives her the potion and tells her to take it.He left her in a upsetting mood. Hs e had more of a chance to take her life. He should have conforted her, but he didn’t, and left her to be on her own. Then she had killed herself.

Even though he was not actually on stage for most of the play, he was the most important character in the play. There was basically three major parts that lead to the tragedy; marriage, the plan and the deaths. In all three of these parts Friar Lawrence played a vital role. His attempts to make the marriage of Romeo and Juliet was very admirable but were poorly planned. It these attempts that make his role the most significant one in the play. This is why Friar Lawrence is the most powerful character in the play.

The potion was able to have Juliet fake her death for forty-two hours and place her into a catatonic state. Juliet took this potion so she could get away with not having to marry Paris. According to act 4 scene 4 and 5, the nurse was the one to find Juliet deceased in her bed and is the one to tell Juliet's parents. When Romeo caught the wind with this tragedy he discovered that he couldn’t live his life without Juliet so he ended up killing himself. Friar Lawrence was to blame for this because the potion wasn’t necessary, Juliet could have stuck up for herself and decide that she didn’t want to marry Paris now. This is the second reason why Friar Lawrence is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and

There are many characters in the play of Romeo and Juliet that have important roles and unique characteristics. One of these characters is Friar Lawrence, a Franciscan monk who is an expert in plants and medicines. While the Friar does not appear in all parts of the play, he acts as an advisor to Romeo and Juliet and gets them married. Being an honest, trustworthy, and loving friend, Friar Lawrence helps keep Romeo and Juliet together while maintaining his character and not acting dual-sided or having a second nature. Throughout the later parts of the play, Friar Lawrence’s characterization remains consistent as he guides the two lovers through their troubles and eventually ends the family feud between the Capulets and the Montagues.

Friar Lawrence was one of the most important characters in the novel. Even though he was not on the stage for most of the play he greatly contributed to the tragedy that would soon happen at the end of the play. There was basically three major parts that lead to the death of Romeo and Juliet, which Friar Lawrence was involved in all of them. Friar Lawrence played a vital role in the marriage, planning and death of Romeo and Juliet. His attempts to do the right thing were noble, but because of poor planning they would soon lead to the inevitable tragedy.

The story of Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, results in a tragedy where both main characters die. Friar Lawrence, a character Romeo and Juliet turn to for advice, is the cause of this tragedy. Friar Lawrence is responsible for organising the marriage of Romeo and Juliet, devising a plan to help Juliet fake her death, and he is responsible for the letter informing Romeo of this plan which does not arrive. These three events lead to both Romeo and Juliet committing suicide.

“For never was a story of more woe, than this of Juliet and her Romeo”, was said in the tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. This classic Shakespearean tragedy would not live up to its name, if Friar Lawrence had not caused the deaths of these two star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet. He had created the secret plans and gave most of the advice in the play, he did not check if the plans worked and he was worried about getting caught throughout the play after helping either Romeo or Juliet. This proves that Friar Lawrence is the cause for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.

The first reason Friar Lawrence is responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s tragedy is that he is only marrying them for his own selfish greed. [William Act iv, line 91-92] For example in this quote Friar Lawrence says “For this alliance may so happy prove, To turn your households’ rancor to pure love.” This quote connects to my first reasoning because Friar Lawrence is talking about the hatred between the two houses. He only agreed to marry Romeo and Juliet because he knew that if it worked he could be the town hero. He’d be praised for bringing the two families together. Moreover, He caused many problems because of this marriage.

As you can see on page 453 the Friar says to Juliet, “This distilled liquor drink thou off; When presently through all thy veins shall run a cold drowsy humor.” What the Friar is describing are the effects of the potion if Juliet drinks it. Another way the Friar is guilty of murder is that he didn't deliver the letter to Romeo himself, if he wouldn't have given the letter to Friar John and just delivered the letter himself then Romeo would have known about Juliet’s ‘Death’. As you can see on page 468, Romeo was expecting a letter from the Friar but doesn't receive one. “Dost thou not bring me letters from the Friar?” Even though Friar Lawrence is mostly the blame for the two teen’s deaths it is also the Capulet’s faults because Mr. And Mrs. Capulet pushed Juliet to marry Paris. Mr. Capulet even disowned his poor daughter because at first she declined her father’s proposal to marry Paris (page 444). But, the deaths of Romeo and

In Romeo And Juliet, Friar Lawrence plays a very important role in not only being a friend of the lovers, but also the person who is to blame for their deaths. Many people argue about who is the one who caused their deaths; Friar always seems to be the most popular. There are different explanations on who is to blame for Romeo and Juliet's death, two big ones being Friar Lawrence and Nurse.

Near the end of the play, Friar comes up with an idea to get Romeo and Juliet back together. With Romeo being banished to Mantua, he writes him a letter to explain what will happen and where it will take place. He then gives this letter to Friar John, who is supposed to deliver the letter, but it is later found out that he was held in quarantine and was unable to deliver it. While this is taking place, Friar Lawrence gives Juliet a vile and tells her to drink it, saying that it will put her in a death-like state for 48 hours. Once she is found “dead” she will be laid in the family tomb. Once the 48 hours are up, she will awaken and Romeo was supposed to come and take her somewhere safe where they can be together. This plan backfired when Romeo didn’t receive the Friar’s letter and took matters into his own hands when Balthazar tells him Juliet is dead. Because Balthazar believes Juliet is truly dead, Romeo believes that this is the news that was supposed to come from the Friar. Romeo then paid for a bottle of poison that he will drink when he lies next to Juliet. If Friar’s plan would have succeeded, they would be together and they could work out a plan to keep them both safe and end the family feud. Because the plan backfired, both Romeo and Juliet end up dead at the end of the

Friar Lawrence imprudently agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet, even though he knows that it will cause later consequences. At first, Friar thinks that “For this alliance may so happy prove/To turn your households rancor to pure love” (2.3.98-99), meaning that he thinks the marriage will bring about peace to the two opposed families, the Montagues and the Capulets. Immediately, however, he tells Romeo,” Wisely and slowly, they stumble that run fast” (2.3.101). Friar Lawrence warns Romeo that if he is too hasty, then it leads to bad consequences. Friar Lawrence is clearly aware that if he and he alone marries the two, then their marriage will collapse, yet he decides to marry Romeo and Juliet. This causes both of them to sink into depression after Romeo gets banished from the city of Verona, his home town. Without Friar Lawrence, the two would not have married, which would not lead to their depression and further

In the play the friar stated: “Then it is likely thou wilt undertake, a thing like death to chide away this shame, that copes with death death himself to escape from it: and if thou darest, I’ll give thee remedy. (4.1.73-76)”. When Friar Lawrence stated this, he was implying that he would give Juliet the potion following every step of his plan, (which he did not do). He also said that Juliet faking her own death is the ideal solution for a dilemma that he put Romeo, Juliet and himself in. Therefore, if he did not meddle in the first place, there would not be any need to give Juliet the