Good Advice In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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Usually when someone is asked to give advice, their “help” doesn’t lead to multiple deaths. For most people, that would be considered bad advice or not doing the right thing. In Romeo and Juliet, there are several characters who would be considered bad advice-givers and would never be asked for advice again. Nurse and Friar Lawrence, the mentors and parental-like figures for Romeo and Juliet, are not good characters to fall under that category, considering their influences on the play’s outcome. Even though Nurse and Friar Lawrence offer good advice and are trying to help Romeo and Juliet, their ways are questionable and sometimes even illegal, leading to them not having down the “right things” in their situations.

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