The complications of love, nevertheless, lead to tragedy. Almost all of William Shakespeare’s tragedies result with death, Romeo and Juliet specifically have many deaths that all begin because of two children that fall in love. It is a love at first sight moment for them, which lead to secret upon secret that conceals the truth. In the beginning, a feud is brought upon the audience between the Montagues and the Capulets that is simply a continuation of prior events that move on to this recent generation. Friar Lawrence who involves himself from the start, is quite knowledgeable about the ancient grudge between the families and is a main prospect in hiding Romeo and Juliet’s love affair. Then, there is Lord Capulet who knows nothing about the
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To begin, Friar Lawrence has more concern on uniting the two families then he does on the possible obstacles that can occur. For instance, Friar Lawrence is skeptical on marrying Romeo and Juliet because of how little they know of each other, but agrees to it knowing that it may bring the feud to an end, stating that, “[He’ll]…assistant [them]: for this alliance may so happy prove to turn [Romeo and Juliet’s] households’ rancour to pure love” (Shakespeare 2.3. 90-92). As well, the ancient grudge is the cause of a lot of annoyance throughout the streets of Verona and Friar Lawrence wants to see this feud be put to an end. By marrying the two lovers, he figures that it may end the constant outbreaks between the families, leaving peace in Verona. However, if Friar Lawrence thinks of the consequences that he can run into, then he can give them an explanation of why they should wait so that the situation will not spiral out of control. Next, Friar Lawrence is always coming up with big plans to assist the two lovers with their problems but does not think about whether or not they can backfire. For example, when Juliet is delirious about marrying Paris, she seeks assistance from Friar Lawrence to get out of the wedding. He tells her to, “Take… [the] vile…and [the] distilling liquor [and] drink thou off” (4.1. 96-106). In particular, Friar Lawrence overthinks solutions and comes up with rambunctious plans that will end in a disaster. He over complicates his plans which then entitle them to have a less degree of accuracy to work out in the end. If he keeps things more simple, then there will not be so many loopholes that can result in a disastrous end. Although, Friar Lawrence means well, he does not think of what can happen in the future and goes out of his way to scheme up different plans that always end up
To begin, Friar Lawrence has more concern on uniting the two families then he does on the possible obstacles that can occur. For instance, Friar Lawrence is skeptical on marrying Romeo and Juliet because of how little they know of each other, but agrees to it knowing that it may bring the feud to an end, stating that, “[He’ll]…assistant [them]: for this alliance may so happy prove to turn [Romeo and Juliet’s] households’ rancour to pure love” (Shakespeare 2.3. 90-92). As well, the ancient grudge is the cause of a lot of annoyance throughout the streets of Verona and Friar Lawrence wants to see this feud be put to an end. By marrying the two lovers, he figures that it may end the constant outbreaks between the families, leaving peace in Verona. However, if Friar Lawrence thinks of the consequences that he can run into, then he can give them an explanation of why they should wait so that the situation will not spiral out of control. Next, Friar Lawrence is always coming up with big plans to assist the two lovers with their problems but does not think about whether or not they can backfire. For example, when Juliet is delirious about marrying Paris, she seeks assistance from Friar Lawrence to get out of the wedding. He tells her to, “Take… [the] vile…and [the] distilling liquor [and] drink thou off” (4.1. 96-106). In particular, Friar Lawrence overthinks solutions and comes up with rambunctious plans that will end in a disaster. He over complicates his plans which then entitle them to have a less degree of accuracy to work out in the end. If he keeps things more simple, then there will not be so many loopholes that can result in a disastrous end. Although, Friar Lawrence means well, he does not think of what can happen in the future and goes out of his way to scheme up different plans that always end up