As is the case with many others, Romeo and Juliet fell in love accidentally. Romeo’s unreal love for Rosaline was soon dismissed once encountering Juliet. With any great tragedy, their love failed. Many reasons exist to this failure, including fate, young age and lack of sanity, it will be easily argued, that Friar Lawrence also played a key role in their love’s failure. Romeo and Juliet became victims of their own love due to the irresponsibility of Friar Lawrence, fate and young age.
Friar Lawrence, who acted as a counselor for two lovers, intended to end the bad blood between two families in his community, bringing peace among Romeo and Juliet’s families.”For this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households’ rancor to pure love”(Act II, Scene III). As an experienced man who was …show more content…
His motivation of the warring families shadowed his rational thought and necessary understanding that the marriage would not be accepted by the couple’s families. Lawrence understood that the couple was childish and naive, as he said “ so soon forsaken? Young men’s love then lies not truly in their hearts, but their eyes”(Act II, Scene III). When Romeo came to him angry and depressed, Lawrence agreed to immediately marry him to Juliet. Lawrence could have instead chosen to delay the marriage, giving the young additional time for the engagement and clarifying his intentions and the situation to Montague and Capulet. When Juliet came to him for help, instead of taking more time to find a solution, for Paris and Juliet’s dilemma, he felt pressured to help Juliet so that she would not commit suicide. He said,” Hold daughter! I do spy a kind of hope, which craves as desperate an execution as that is desperate to prevent”(Act IV, Scene I). In light of Lawrence
Friar Lawrence, who acted as a counselor for two lovers, intended to end the bad blood between two families in his community, bringing peace among Romeo and Juliet’s families.”For this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households’ rancor to pure love”(Act II, Scene III). As an experienced man who was …show more content…
His motivation of the warring families shadowed his rational thought and necessary understanding that the marriage would not be accepted by the couple’s families. Lawrence understood that the couple was childish and naive, as he said “ so soon forsaken? Young men’s love then lies not truly in their hearts, but their eyes”(Act II, Scene III). When Romeo came to him angry and depressed, Lawrence agreed to immediately marry him to Juliet. Lawrence could have instead chosen to delay the marriage, giving the young additional time for the engagement and clarifying his intentions and the situation to Montague and Capulet. When Juliet came to him for help, instead of taking more time to find a solution, for Paris and Juliet’s dilemma, he felt pressured to help Juliet so that she would not commit suicide. He said,” Hold daughter! I do spy a kind of hope, which craves as desperate an execution as that is desperate to prevent”(Act IV, Scene I). In light of Lawrence