The Evidence Of Friar Lawrence Guilty For Romeo And Juliet

Imagine being a man who was seen as someone as holy and influential as the church, and then turning your back on your beliefs to help two young lovers betray their families. This is the trial and tribulation that Friar Laurence went through after realizing his plan of getting the young Montague and Capulet together resulted in their deaths. Although Friar thought he was being helpful and caring, he was ultimately the man responsible for the deaths of Sir Romeo Montague and Lady Juliet Capulet. My first piece of evidence to prove Friar Laurence guilty is a diary entry he wrote a couple days after the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. He wrote about the deaths being his fault and that he did nothing to stop it. While he was in the tomb, he wrote, …show more content…
Lady Juliet Capulet came to his cell for help because her beloved Romeo was banished. In an attempt to get them back together, the Friar gave young Juliet a potion that would put her into a sleep that appeared as death until Romeo came and then she would be awake. When giving Juliet the potion the Friar told her his plan, “Each part, deprived of supple government,/Shall, stiff and stark and cold, appear like death./And in this borrowed likeness of shrunk death/Thou shalt continue two and forty hours,/And then awake as from a pleasant sleep./Now, when the bridegroom in the morning comes/To rouse thee from thy bed, there art thou dead./Then, as the manner of our country is,/In thy best robes uncovered on the bier/Thou shalt be borne to that same ancient vault/Where all the kindred of the Capulets lie./In the meantime, against thou shalt awake,/Shall Romeo by my letters know our drift,/And hither shall he come, and he and I/Will watch thy waking, and that very night/Shall Romeo bear thee hence to Mantua./And this shall free thee from this present shame,/If no inconstant toy, nor womanish fear,/Abate thy valor in the acting it” (IV. i. 105-120). Friar Laurence made this plan to get Romeo and Juliet back together, which ultimately led to their deaths. Mainly because of this reason, Friar Laurence should be considered guilty for the horrific deaths of Romeo and Juliet. I believe that these are the three pieces of evidence that prove that Friar Laurence is guilty for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. If the Friar had not put together a plan to get Romeo and Juliet back together, then we would quite possibly not be here today. So ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I hope you take these facts into consideration as you decide who is to blame in this terrible case of star loss