Preview

Friar Lawrence In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

Good Essays
Open Document
Open Document
715 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
Friar Lawrence In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet
Romeo and Juliet were two innocent children looking for any advice that would further increase the chance of them being together. They were willing to listen to anything anyone said and Friar Lawrence took advantage of that in order to end the feud between their families. All though he did succeed it was at the cost of these the lives of these children. Friar Lawrence is to take the complete fault of their deaths. Despite everything that happened, Friar Lawrence did not plan for the deaths and he did not physically kill them so he should be let go with restrictions on his job to further prevent an incident like this.
Friar Lawrence knew of the great feud between the families and the trouble it was causing throughout the kingdom. He saw the love between Romeo and Juliet as a way to end this feud and bring peace to the two families. His intentions were obviously good. He believed that if he married these two children that the two families would have to come together and end their feud but he did not thoroughly think through the consequences of this marriage. Part of his job as a friar is to only approve good long lasting marriages and
…show more content…
On one hand her true love killed her beloved cousin but if her love had not killed her cousin her cousin would have killed her love. After a lot of crying and yelling she decided she still wants to be with Romeo. She then goes to Friar Lawrence again seeking help. He realized that it was his fault marrying these two and that he had to fix it so he came up with an elaborate plan to get the two together. Once again his attentions were purely good but it did not turn out the way he wanted too. Because of a plague the letter containing the details of the plan were not delivered to Romeo and Romeo thought that Juliet had died which had also left Romeo heart broken. Friar Lawrence once again tried to do good but it ended in

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Good Essays

    Friar Lawrence is the one to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.He married them together in secret, he came up with the plan for juliet to drinks the “poison”. Friar was only trying to help Romeo and Juliet but in the end he only made it worst. Friar Lawrence is the murderer of Romeo and Juliet as he married them secretly which caused them lose their…

    • 548 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Most of the events that happen in Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, lead up to the final conclusion of the couple dying. Many, if not all of the major characters play an ultimate role in the tragic deaths of the “star crossed lovers”. The character that causes the most dramatic effect upon Romeo and Juliet’s deaths if Friar Lawrence. He is the one character who played a role in every aspect of the tragedy, from the marriage, to his plan to rescue Romeo from banishment to the plan to save Juliet from marriage to Paris.…

    • 612 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Here’s what I think, I think that Friar Lawrence was in charge of the death of Romeo and Juliet. Here are my reasons why I think Friar Lawrence was in charge of Romeo and Juliet,my first reason He knew about Romeo and Juliet liking each other, He secretly married Romeo And Juliet without their parents knowing about it first. And he also thought them getting married would end the family feud but it didn't end the family feud it just got more crazier from their. My second reason, After Friar Lawrence yelling at Romeo because he wanted to kill himself because he banished from the city and he couldn't see Juliet, Friar Lawrence offered Romeo to stay with him at the cell, of course Romeo took it because as long as he gets to see Juliet.…

    • 563 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Romeo and Juliet was a story about two lovers who died as a fault of two families that did not get along. (hook) In the story is Friar Lawrence is to blame for their deaths. He married Romeo to Juliet, he gave Juliet a sleeping potion, he hid Romeo from the prince when he got banished. With this information given, Friar Lawrence is to blamed. (thesis)…

    • 263 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    I believe that Friar Laurence is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Laurence was the one that gave Juliet the potion that made her appear dead, therefore misleading Romeo and causing him to kill himself. Friar Laurence says “Take thou this vial, being then in bed, And this distilled liquor drink thou off; When presently through all thy veins shall run A cold and drowsy humor; no pulse, no warmth, no breath.” When Friar Laurence was figuring out this plan he could had come up with something safer or a backup plan just in case something went wrong. He also should had thought of the pros and cons of this plan before he went through with it because he was faced with a huge problem when the plan could not get through to Romeo and…

    • 367 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Tragedies happen all the time in the world, books, and even plays. But these bad things always happen to everyone; there is no such thing as a perfect life. In the magnificent play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, the tragic death of these two star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet, takes place at the end of the play. Although there are many people to blame for their deaths, one person can for sure be blamed for this. Friar Lawrence is the character most responsible for the two star-crossed lovers deaths at the end of the play. For one thing, he never made sure that the letter got sent to Romeo, and that he kept their marriage a secret to the two families.…

    • 122 Words
    • 1 Page
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence’s plan to assist the two young lovers goes horribly wrong. In my opinion I believe that Friar Lawrence should not be punished or rewarded. I believe this because the two lovers were not meant to be together and there was nothing he could do to stop it. Although he did try his best to help them get around the consequences of attempting to be together. Friar Lawrence did this by creating a plan that would secretly get Romeo and Juliet back together again. Another reason that greatly influenced my opinion on this was that he only wanted to help. Friar Lawrence was not trying to sabotage anyone or ruin anything. He was simply attempting to mend the feud between the two families. He believed that…

    • 175 Words
    • 1 Page
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Romeo and Juliet is a story written by William Shakespeare of a romantic tragedy that happened between Romeo and Juliet. The story teaches us to think intensively before we do something that can impact our lives so greatly. The story also teaches us how love can affect the decisions that we make rapidly. As a secondary character, Friar Lawrence was a mentor to Romeo; he taught him new things and helped to light a path that would make his future sophisticated. At the end of the story, Friar Lawrence made an impact on the tragedy that occurred where Juliet and Romeo die for their love for each other. Without Friar Lawrence in the story, the end tragedy may have not happened; furthermore Romeo and Juliet may not have been together…

    • 408 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    Friar Laurence gives Juliet hope of seeing him again by giving her a sleeping potion, and promises that she will awaken with Romeo by her side. He is trying to help her back to her love. But in a turn of unfortunate events, Friar Laurence’s letter to Romeo about his lady’s ‘passing’ didn’t get received, but the news did. Romeo came back with death on his mind, and in the end they both met their tragic fates. Friar Laurence did not want any of this to happen, but him giving Juliet the potion further thickens the plot by adding a final climax to the epic love story. He unintentionally killed the two he spent countless hours trying to protect. Closing the play with an ironic, twist…

    • 682 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    After Romeo got kicked out of Verona, Juliet was upset and didn’t know what to do, so friar was keeping Romeo in the basement until Juliet came to see him. The priest told them the plan that Romeo had to go to a different town to live until he got the prince to let him back in Verona. Juliet was upset because Romeo was kicked out of Verona, but her father thought she was sad because of Tybalt’s death. So he arranged a marriage not knowing that she already married to Romeo. Juliet said she didn’t want to marry Paris. Her father got really angry and told her she will marry him or be kicked out of the house. “Go home, be careful, say you will marry him, sleep alone without the nurse, drink this vile of liquid that will put you in a death-like coma for 42 hours. Then, when you go in the family vault when the 42 hours are up, Romeo and I will be there to get you to Mancha with Romeo.” (2, 3 6) Friar is telling Juliet how to get out of marrying Paris. She wouldn’t have to do this if Friar Lawrence had just said no to this in the first place. Friar sends a letter to Romeo to tell him of the plan, but he doesn’t get the letter so he believes that Juliet is dead. Romeo then goes to an apothecary to get a poison that will kill him so he can be with Juliet. Poison has brought him to an immediate end. He killed himself to be with her, so she picked up his dagger and drove it though…

    • 868 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Friar Lawrence was a big part of the Romeo and Juliet story. He was the man who made things happen from the wedding to Juliet’s faked death, but did all these things lead to what was continues to be the saddest story ever written. Friar knew that Romeo wasn’t in love with Juliet he told him “So soon forsaken? Young men’s love then lies Not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes.” (Act 2 Scene 3) Even knowing that information Friar Lawrence agreed to marry the two children in hopes it would end the feud. He didn’t consider the long term effects of this marriage, Romeo told him he would be willing to die if he had…

    • 690 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Friar Lawrence’s ill-thought out action was one of the main contributions to the downfall of Romeo & Juliet. His actions in marrying the two resulted in a long series of unfortunate events. He gave the poison to Juliet, he trusted someone else with a letter of such high significance to deliver to Romeo, and vanished when Juliet was in the most danger in the tomb. If he had not have made these three major mistakes the couple would still be alive. The Friar also sees the marriage as a way of reconciling the two disputing families. This point is proven when Friar Lawrence says “For this alliance may so happy prove to turn your household’s rancour to pure love.” The nurse also leapfrogs off of this, giving Juliet the idea to get married in the first place. “Go, girl, seek happy nights to happy days,” she says. Both the Friar and the nurse get the children into the mess, but don’t bother to help them out of it. They don’t take responsibility for their actions. When Juliet needs the nurse, she betrays her by telling her to marry Paris and to forget about Romeo.…

    • 837 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Firstly, right after Romeo is banished Juliet comes to him for help; however, instead of being an adult, he gives her a poison to put her in a deathly sleep. Friar Lawrence is a major character that has a lot of pull in the play, but he’s also easily pushed into things he shouldn't agree with. When Juliet comes to him in hope of something to take her to Romeo he gives her a potion made of a plant. He gives an unstable 14 year old girl poison; there had to have been a better idea than that rattling somewhere in his brain. He comes up with this elaborate plan to trick the Capulets into believing their precious daughter is dead. They don’t bury her but put her in a tomb with others of both houses. She’s not even put in a casket. This then brings us to the second issue that Friar Lawrence make, he trusts people with things they should not be trusted…

    • 577 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    bed for the night. Juliet asks Romeo if he is leaving since it’s still a long…

    • 603 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    When the young lady woke up, she was terrified to see Romeo´s dead body. Friar Lawrence was there too, he granted us some answers: “I regret every second of what I have started. They were just two innocent kids. Romeo and Juliet were like my own family and I made it”.…

    • 282 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays