Friar Lawrence: The Tragedy Of Romeo And Juliet

The gravity of Romeo and Juliet?s death was strong enough to bring warring families together. This was the happy note, or the bittersweet end to the story of two starcrossed lovers. The death of the couple could have been prevented if one man had not interfered, the good Friar Lawrence. He was in fact, the reason for their deaths.

In the beginning of the romance between Romeo and Juliet, Romeo came to the Friar?s cell and asked of the Friar a great request. Romeo asked the Friar to marry Juliet and himself. This should have alarmed Friar Lawrence, and he should have forbade that any such action should be taken. That was not the case. Instead of alerting their parents or just telling them to let it go, he thought that a match between them would save the two families and end the fued.

In the defense of the Friar, he did think he was doing the right thing. He didn't even think anything would go wrong. So of course he married them. Is marriage not for two people who love each other to come together in …show more content…
He acted irresponsibly, in the way that he treated the situation. He was the adult, he should have been smarter than Romeo and Juliet. Friar Lawrence acted irrationally in the situation that unfolded. Instead of having common sense, he did things no sensible man should do. He gave a thirteen year old girl poison, to make her fall into a death like sleep, and married together the children of rivaling families. In his own way, he was doing the best thing he could have done in the situation. Alas that was not enough. In his ?old age?, he should have been more sensible, and counter the impatience of children with his own self control and composure. Somehow this grown man avoided having perspective on the situations at hand and didn't even notice. His problem, was that he was so caught up in the moment he did not think. Friar Lawrence was a pillar, in the undoing of the lives of Romeo and