In addition to being an extremely selfish Friar, he continues to make his already poor situation into an absolute disaster. The Friar, on multiple occasions provides atrocious advice to multiple people, including Juliet. He provides her with such advice on multiple occasions, such as, “Give consent/ to marry Paris” (IV i 89-90). The Friar knew that she was in love with Romeo, and he could have easily prevented the death of many by just telling someone at this point that he had married them and she did not love Paris. This reasoning, while being the most logical, is in fact the opposite of the Friar’s course of action. Moreover, he provides Juliet with the means to fall into a sleep deep enough for her family to presume her dead. “Take thou
