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Romeo And Juliet Friars Fault
The end of Romeo and Juliet, the prince declares that “some shall be pardoned and some punished.” Friar Laurence is most at fault for the outcome of the play. Friar is the one who married Romeo and Juliet, he is the one who gave Juliet the secret position, he also did not get to the vault in time to tell Romeo the truth. Friar is the one who marries Romeo and Juliet just to end a feud between two families. In the second line of the prologue of act three scene six, it says “When she arrives, the two confess their love to each other and prepared to be married by Friar Laurence.” This information tells us about who is marrying Romeo and Juliet.The second reason that the way the play ends is Friars fault is because, he is the one who gave the secret

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