Friar Lawrence In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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Friar Lawrence is most to blame because, when Friar Lawrence gave the letter to Friar John he didn’t specify how important that letter really was. Friar John didn’t know how important the letter was or he would’ve tried way harder to get that letter to Romeo. If Friar Lawrence would’ve made it clear how important the letter was Friar John would’ve gave it more effort to get it there quicker. Friar Lawrence never told Friar John that this letter could possibly save two lives. So, therefore Friar John just blowed the letter off as not important, which led to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
Also, Friar Lawrence always has good plans but they never work out in the end. He had the huge plan for Juliet to drink the potion so she could get away
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By Friar Lawrence marrying Romeo and Juliet he thinks that the families will bond together and become closer. It really just leads to more problems. Also by Friar Lawrence marrying them it causes Juliet to keep refusing to marry Paris which causes her dad to get very frustrated and angry. He calls her names and gets carried away which really hurt Juliet. This causes her to feel unwanted and feels forced to marry Paris when she’s already married to Romeo. Also, when she marries Romeo they have to see each other. However Romeo got banished for the killing of Tybalt, so he has to sneak around to see her. Then he sneaks to her house on honeymoon night to see her, this causes Romeo to always be at risk. By Friar Lawrence marrying Romeo and Juliet Friar crosses a huge line which puts both of them at danger at all times because they are from two different families who hate each other.
Other characters was to blame but ultimately Friar Lawrence had the biggest portion of the blame. Friar Lawrence did many things that led to the these lovers deaths. He married Romeo and Juliet without permission, his plans always sounded and looked good, but they never finalized and never ended well. Also he never told Friar John that the letter was extremely significant to Romeo. At the end of the story Friar Lawrence had the greatest degree of blame out of all the characters for these two lost lovers

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