There are many people who have contributed to the devastating death of Romeo and Juliet. In the play, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Romeo of the Montague family falls in love with Juliet from the Capulet family. Due to the feud between the two families, the couple is forced to be together in secret. Although when the plans that Friar Laurence compose unfortunately do not succeed, Romeo takes his life thinking that Juliet was dead. After that, Juliet kills herself when she wakes up to see that her true love is dead. Even though there are many people involved in the death of Romeo and Juliet, Friar Laurence is ultimately responsible for the passing of the two lovers because of his carelessness in marrying them secretly, for giving
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The Friar’s reckless decision to aid the secret union of Romeo and Juliet is one of the many causes of their deaths. Friar Laurence agrees to marry the couple, because he believes that it would have ended the feud between the Montague and Capulet families. He marries the couple in secret, "For, by your leaves, you shall not stay alone/ Till Holy Church incorporate two in one" (Act 2, Scene 6), without thinking of the consequences. Once the news of Paris taking Juliet’s hand in marriage came around, he was not able to objectify against the marriage because he had already secretly married her to Romeo. Since he did not convince the two to make their marriage public, he was stuck between keeping their marriage a secret and avoiding marrying Juliet to two men. Ultimately, since he bound Romeo’s heart to Juliet privately, Lord Capulet forced Juliet to marry Paris, which ended in her faking her death and actually dying once she finds Romeo dead beside her when she wakes. Although Friar Laurence had good intentions when planning this arrangement, he did not think of the possible repercussion of this situation. Due to his ignorance, the action of marrying Romeo and Juliet is one of the many reasons that Friar Laurence is to blame for their …show more content…
Instead of going public and confessing that he had already married Juliet to Romeo, Friar Laurence leads the two lovers to their deathbeds when he convinces Juliet to take a vial of poison to fake her death. Soon after being forced to marry Paris by her father, Juliet seeks help from Friar Laurence. To avoid getting in trouble for marrying Juliet to two different men, he devises a plan for Juliet to “take thou this vial, being then in bed/ And this distilled liquor drink thou off/ ...The roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fade/ to paly ashes, thy eyes' windows fall/ Like death when he shuts up the day of life" (Act 4, Scene 1). Foremost, giving poison to a young girl like Juliet, who still has not seen the age of thirteen yet, is detrimental. Another flaw in this plan is that without the right information, Romeo did not know that Juliet was actually alive and only in a death-like slumber. The misinterpretation causes him to kill himself, which is followed by Juliet killing herself when she wakes up and finds her lover lying dead next to her. Since the Friar did not come clean about the marriage, Juliet was convinced into a plan that ended in the death of her and her husband. Besides the poisoning of young Juliet, a miscommunication between the Friar and Romeo adds another problem that causes the death of the two
The Friar’s reckless decision to aid the secret union of Romeo and Juliet is one of the many causes of their deaths. Friar Laurence agrees to marry the couple, because he believes that it would have ended the feud between the Montague and Capulet families. He marries the couple in secret, "For, by your leaves, you shall not stay alone/ Till Holy Church incorporate two in one" (Act 2, Scene 6), without thinking of the consequences. Once the news of Paris taking Juliet’s hand in marriage came around, he was not able to objectify against the marriage because he had already secretly married her to Romeo. Since he did not convince the two to make their marriage public, he was stuck between keeping their marriage a secret and avoiding marrying Juliet to two men. Ultimately, since he bound Romeo’s heart to Juliet privately, Lord Capulet forced Juliet to marry Paris, which ended in her faking her death and actually dying once she finds Romeo dead beside her when she wakes. Although Friar Laurence had good intentions when planning this arrangement, he did not think of the possible repercussion of this situation. Due to his ignorance, the action of marrying Romeo and Juliet is one of the many reasons that Friar Laurence is to blame for their …show more content…
Instead of going public and confessing that he had already married Juliet to Romeo, Friar Laurence leads the two lovers to their deathbeds when he convinces Juliet to take a vial of poison to fake her death. Soon after being forced to marry Paris by her father, Juliet seeks help from Friar Laurence. To avoid getting in trouble for marrying Juliet to two different men, he devises a plan for Juliet to “take thou this vial, being then in bed/ And this distilled liquor drink thou off/ ...The roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fade/ to paly ashes, thy eyes' windows fall/ Like death when he shuts up the day of life" (Act 4, Scene 1). Foremost, giving poison to a young girl like Juliet, who still has not seen the age of thirteen yet, is detrimental. Another flaw in this plan is that without the right information, Romeo did not know that Juliet was actually alive and only in a death-like slumber. The misinterpretation causes him to kill himself, which is followed by Juliet killing herself when she wakes up and finds her lover lying dead next to her. Since the Friar did not come clean about the marriage, Juliet was convinced into a plan that ended in the death of her and her husband. Besides the poisoning of young Juliet, a miscommunication between the Friar and Romeo adds another problem that causes the death of the two