Mistakes In The Tragedy Of Romeo And Juliet

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You could say, “Well if Romeo and Juliet were never born, this wouldn’t have ever happened. Hahah,” but I am going to attack this straight at the source. The reason that all this death and misfortune happens in The Tragedy Of Romeo and Juliet is Friar Lawrence’s fault. The man, the myth, the legend, is secretly behind all this. Whether he planned to cause this chaos or was hired as a hitman, no one will ever know. But something we do know is, as the most acknowledged man in the town, he makes a lot of big mistakes. A massive mistake he made was wedding Romeo and Juliet together in secrecy. Another is giving the secret plan, to put Juliet asleep for 42 hours, to a protege to deliver to Romeo. There are so many mistakes, in 5 paragraphs, I cannot

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