Similarly, another character that should accept responsibility for the catastrophe in the play is Friar Lawrence. In Act 2, Scene 3 Romeo asks Friar Lawrence to marry him to Juliet. The Friar said that the only reason he agrees to marry them is because “ For this alliance may so happy prove, To turn your households’ rancour to pure love.”(Shakespeare, Act 2, Scene 3, lines 87-8) The Friar agrees to marry the two, because he believes the family feud will end if they marry each other. However, Friar Lawrence was naïve to think this way because after the marriage, problems pile up, leading to the catastrophe. When Juliet must fake her own death to avoid being married to someone else, it is a consequence of the secret wedding of Romeo and Juliet.
