This piece of evidence shows that Friar John was supposed to deliver a message to Romeo that explains Friar Lawrence’s plan. But, that message couldn’t be delivered because Friar John was shut up in a quarantined house due to an outbreak of plague. This made Romeo believe false information from Balthazar, which triggered him to kill himself. Unaware of the plan, he tells Romeo that Juliet was found dead. Friar Lawrence realized that there will be no one to retrieve her from the tomb when she awakes.…
Friar Lawrence agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet even though there was a strong chance it would lead to terrible consequences. “In one respect I’ll thy assistant be, For this alliance may so happy prove To turn your households’ rancor to pure love” Lawrence says to Romeo.(2.3.90-93). In this quote, he explains why he agrees to marry them. He has the intention of settling the two families feuds by having Romeo and Juliet married.…
Argument Builder Name: Olukemi Adelakun Class: 302 Period: 3 Overall Position The view I am arguing for is: Humans are basically violent and savage My argumentative claims are the reasons my overall position is true. They are Claim 1: The boys on the island disregarded the rules Claim 2: The boys turned into animals Claim 3: The hunters, hunted very savagely Evidence to back up my claims: Evidence 1: Jack went against Ralph( the chief of the tribe) and broke off and decided he wasn't going to follow the rules and created his own tribe…
Friar Lawrence is collecting flowers as an effort to create a medicine. He takes precaution and make sure that none of the flowers are poisonous. Romeo approaches the Franciscan, and asks to give a confession. Friar Lawrence agrees, and Romeo explains his situation with Juliet. At first, he speaks in riddles.…
The Gulf Oil Spill of 2010 is often called the worst oil spill in US history. On April twentieth 2010 BP oil rig exploded killing eleven people and causing a leakage of about 3.19 million barrels to pour into the gulf. The twenty-two mile long plume not only rested on the surface of the water, but also adhered together and fell to the ocean floor. This largely and negatively affected marine life. The number of average number of dolphin deaths per year went from sixty-three to one hundred and twenty-five in the months following the spill.…
By neglecting to make the best decisions possible, Friar Lawrence condemns 6 people to their deaths. First, Friar Lawrence marries Romeo and Juliet without their parent’s permission. In Act II, scene iii, Romeo tells Friar Lawrence about his new love, Juliet. After some discussion about how this was a bad thing, Friar Lawrence agrees to marry Juliet to Romeo, saying, “For this alliance may so happy prove, To turn your households'…
Even though Friar Lawrence is the adult in the situation, he leaves Juliet, a child, because he is afraid of getting caught in committing a “sin”. The Friar’s incompetence leads to numerous bad decisions on his part. The most disastrous is the fact that he marries Romeo and Juliet “illegally.” In Act II, Scene VI he states, “you shall not stay alone/…
Friar Lawrence has a large influence on Romeo and Juliet's death because he is ignorant and was not prepared for a bad outcome to the plan he made for them. When Friar Lawrence told Friar John about letter, he did not emphasize just how important the letter was. If he had told him how the letter could mean the difference between life or death for Romeo and Juliet, then the letter may have gotten to romeo in time. Throughout Romeo and Juliet's love for one another, Friar Lawrence only thinks making the Montagues and Capulets Friends. If he would have thought about the outcome of the plan for thoroughly Romeo and Juliet may still be alive.…
Friar Lawrence is a Murderer Teenagers usually have a trusted adult in their lives, a person they go to for guidance and support. In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the starring couple is in dire need of help. Friar Lawrence becomes their advisor, but unfortunately he fails. Friar Lawrence’s actions lead to their untimely death. Friar Lawrence’s selfishness, childish actions, and poor decision-making doom Romeo and Juliet.…
Friar Lawrence is suggesting loving moderately, not with too much haste and passion not with too little interest and emotion. He says this to Romeo, he is parenting him and parenting him well however, his wise and rational reasoning with Romeo, later are over powered by his spineless and cowardly actions, leaving Juliet alone in the tomb. Friar Lawrence fails Romeo and Juliet at their hour of greatest in the tomb. The Friar arrives but is to late save the lives of Paris and Romeo.…
“Hold, daughter! I do spy a kind of hope, which craves as desperate an execution” (IV.i. 69-70). 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, and suggested the plan that led to Romeo and Juliet’s death. The Friar would have simply refused not to help the lovers anymore if he used his common sense, instead he succumbed to their desires, again, and formed an impulsive plan in his mind on the spit with out weighing the consequences. Friar Lawrence, who is displayed as a man of god, is actually just as impulsive as Romeo and…
In Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence has an idea that, if executed right, could allow Romeo and Juliet to be together happily. He says to Juliet, “Hold, daughter, I do spy a kind of hope, which craves as desperate an execution as that is desperate which we would prevent...and if thou dar’st, I’ll give thee remedy” (4.1.68-70, 76). Juliet is so loyal to Romeo (whom she has only known for 3 days at this point) that she is willing to pretend to be poisoned. After she is buried, Romeo is supposed to enter the vault where she is laid, and awake her fro mher slumber, and the two are to run away together. However, Romeo doesn’t get the message, and when he hears of Juliet’s death, he travels to the vault to see her.…
His posthaste making of decisions, bad advice, and selfish and lazy qualities ultimately cause the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Throughout the tragedy, Friar Lawrence makes very important decisions without thinking them through fully. After rebuking Romeo for saying he forgot about Rosaline and loves Juliet, the…
They think that Friar John is in charge of delivering Friar Lawrence’s message to inform Romeo about the plan to reunite Romeo with Juliet once again, but Friar John is not able to deliver it to Mantua, where Romeo lives in banishment, because a plague hit the place where he stays at and is not allowed out. Because he is not able to deliver it, Romeo is not brief about the plan. When Romeo hears the news of Juliet's death, it leads to his death, and Juliet’s too. They argue that if only Friar John could have done something different, it would have saved the lovers’ lives. However, Friar Lawrence is not wise in trusting a man to deliver such vital information.…
Friar Lawrence’s mistakes led to Romeo and Juliet’s death. Friar Lawrence should have thought about his plan more before he proceeds it. Friar Lawrence is responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s death because he told Juliet to take the potion. He also helped them with their marriage. They died because Romeo didn’t get the letter from Friar Lawrence.…