Romeo and Juliet Essay
The play ‘Romeo and Juliet’ written by William Shakespeare has been studied all over the world because it is relevant to today’s society with regards to a number of things including keeping the peace. In the play, there are several incidents that result in the deaths of the two main characters, Romeo and Juliet. Often, people have debated whether Friar Lawrence is to blame for the tragic events which unfold in the play. Three main arguments prove this statement. Firstly he marries Romeo and Juliet knowing they have only known each other for a couple of hours and the friar is not thinking of the repercussions at all. Secondly, the Friar’s plans for Romeo and Juliet to be together, and Juliet faking her death causes Romeo …show more content…
The Capulet family believe that Juliet is dead however Friar Lawrence has come up with a plan so that Juliet does not have to marry Paris, resulting in Juliet and Romeo being with each other in Mantua. In act 4 Scene 1 Line 89-120 the friar tells Juliet the plan to fake her death. To summarise Friars plan, Juliet has to give consent to marry Paris on Thursday and drink a special potion which will make her appear dead. Then Juliet will wake up 42 hours later in the Capulet’s tomb where Friar Lawrence will be waiting accompanied by Romeo. Although the friar is trying to help Juliet he acts impulsively. Throughout the plan there are many factors that could result in the plan being a failure. For one, if the Friar made the potion too strong for Juliet, she could be poisoned. Secondly, if a member of the Capulet family see Juliet alive there will be great confusion and scrutiny involving the Capulets and Friar Lawrence. Also there are too many factors that are out of Friars Lawrence’s control. The Friar’s plan causes Romeo and Juliet to kill themselves. A more suitable course of action is that Friar Lawrence should come clean with Juliet's parents and explain why Juliet and Paris cannot marry. Although this would cause Capulet and Lady Capulet to become irate and most likely disown her, it would cause Friar Lawrence to not rely so heavily on a plan that can cause many
The play ‘Romeo and Juliet’ written by William Shakespeare has been studied all over the world because it is relevant to today’s society with regards to a number of things including keeping the peace. In the play, there are several incidents that result in the deaths of the two main characters, Romeo and Juliet. Often, people have debated whether Friar Lawrence is to blame for the tragic events which unfold in the play. Three main arguments prove this statement. Firstly he marries Romeo and Juliet knowing they have only known each other for a couple of hours and the friar is not thinking of the repercussions at all. Secondly, the Friar’s plans for Romeo and Juliet to be together, and Juliet faking her death causes Romeo …show more content…
The Capulet family believe that Juliet is dead however Friar Lawrence has come up with a plan so that Juliet does not have to marry Paris, resulting in Juliet and Romeo being with each other in Mantua. In act 4 Scene 1 Line 89-120 the friar tells Juliet the plan to fake her death. To summarise Friars plan, Juliet has to give consent to marry Paris on Thursday and drink a special potion which will make her appear dead. Then Juliet will wake up 42 hours later in the Capulet’s tomb where Friar Lawrence will be waiting accompanied by Romeo. Although the friar is trying to help Juliet he acts impulsively. Throughout the plan there are many factors that could result in the plan being a failure. For one, if the Friar made the potion too strong for Juliet, she could be poisoned. Secondly, if a member of the Capulet family see Juliet alive there will be great confusion and scrutiny involving the Capulets and Friar Lawrence. Also there are too many factors that are out of Friars Lawrence’s control. The Friar’s plan causes Romeo and Juliet to kill themselves. A more suitable course of action is that Friar Lawrence should come clean with Juliet's parents and explain why Juliet and Paris cannot marry. Although this would cause Capulet and Lady Capulet to become irate and most likely disown her, it would cause Friar Lawrence to not rely so heavily on a plan that can cause many