Friar Lawrence is one of the first characters that should be punished because of his actions. The first reason is that he married Romeo and Juliet. He went behind their parents back and decided to marry them even though he knew what he was doing would get him in trouble. The second reason why he should be punished is that he could have prevented Romeo and Juliet’s death. If he would have just taken the letter to Romeo, instead of making a friend do it, the plan would have worked and they wouldn’t have died. Lastly, he was the one that came up with that plan to fake Juliet’s death. He was the reason the Romeo, Juliet, Paris, and Lady Montague died. If Friar and Juliet hadn’t come up with that plan, Romeo and Juliet could have just been together in secret, instead of both of them dying. Overall, Friar Lawrence should be punished because he could have prevented multiple deaths from happening. …show more content…
The first and biggest reason would be that she kept all of Juliet’s secrets. If she would have told her parents, then this situation could have been prevented. She also went to go talk to Romeo after he was exiled. She realized that Juliet was upset about Romeo, so she went to go talk to him and even invited him over to Juliet’s house for a romantic evening. Lastly, she told Juliet to marry Paris, even though she knew that she was with Romeo. Being married to two people at the same time is illegal, so she was going against the law just to try and comply with the Capulet’s wishes. Finally, I think that she should be punished because if she would have just told Juliet’s parents, Juliet wouldn’t have had to