The Friar keeps Romeo and Juliet’s relationship a secret, but he fails to realize how he could have helped the two lovers avoid conflict if he had come clean to the households. The Friar believes that Romeo and Juliet’s marriage “May so happy prove, /to turn [their] households’ rancor to pure love” (2.3.98-9). Yet when the Friar marries them, he makes no move to tell the households, and disregards the initial reason for marrying the two. The Friar has no reason to abstain from explaining the marriage to the households, yet he decides to continue to keep it a secret until Romeo and Juliet are already gone. When Romeo is declared to be exiled, he tells the Friar “There is no world without Verona walls, /but purgatory, torture, hell itself. /World’s
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When the Friar learns that the letter was not received by Romeo, he realizes “The neglecting it /may do much danger” (5.2.18-20). The Friar should have been prepared if the letter had not reached Romeo, and his neglect caused his plan to go south. The Friar believed that his plan was fool-proof and that he would have nothing to worry about, when in reality the plan had lots of room for error. Once the Friar’s plans are foiled, he admits to Juliet that “It strains [him] past the compass of [his] wits” (4.1.48). The Friar failed to think through his plans and ended up with nowhere else to turn to but the potion. His ignorance caused the demise of Romeo and Juliet, and could have all been avoided if not for his haste. After finding Romeo dead in the tomb, the Friar fails to understand “What an unkind hour /is guilty of this lamentable chance!” (5.3.xx-xx). The Friar cannot comprehend how much he had caused to go wrong. He made so many wrong decisions, and did not see the effect until the very end until it was too late. The Friar made haste with his plans and failed to think them through, ultimately leading to the death of those he was meant to
When the Friar learns that the letter was not received by Romeo, he realizes “The neglecting it /may do much danger” (5.2.18-20). The Friar should have been prepared if the letter had not reached Romeo, and his neglect caused his plan to go south. The Friar believed that his plan was fool-proof and that he would have nothing to worry about, when in reality the plan had lots of room for error. Once the Friar’s plans are foiled, he admits to Juliet that “It strains [him] past the compass of [his] wits” (4.1.48). The Friar failed to think through his plans and ended up with nowhere else to turn to but the potion. His ignorance caused the demise of Romeo and Juliet, and could have all been avoided if not for his haste. After finding Romeo dead in the tomb, the Friar fails to understand “What an unkind hour /is guilty of this lamentable chance!” (5.3.xx-xx). The Friar cannot comprehend how much he had caused to go wrong. He made so many wrong decisions, and did not see the effect until the very end until it was too late. The Friar made haste with his plans and failed to think them through, ultimately leading to the death of those he was meant to