The Friar To Blame For The Death Of Romeo And Juliet Essay

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Who's to blame for all the death, and violence in Romeo and Juliet? Is it Romeo or Juliet? Although the two teenagers are still to the blame for the actions they did the blame falls on to Friar Lawrence for the great deal of actions he did that caused many deaths. Friar Lawrence is the most to blame for the events in Romeo and Juliet.

At the end of act two, scene six Friar Lawrence knew that the Capulet, and Montague families were enemies, but he went ahead and secretly married Romeo and Juliet. The friar believed if he married them the family's feud would end because of the marriage. Before he married the two he questioned Romeo if he actually loved Juliet, thinking if they loved each other then it was okay to marry them, but the friar knew that it was forbidden to marry two people from the fighting families. Friar Lawrence then questioned Romeo if he actually loved her because just the day before, Romeo loved Rosaline and said if he couldn't be with her he wouldn't be with anyone else. Romeo then fell in love faster than a blink of an eye. Also later that night Romeo was with Juliet, but the friar thought he was with Rosaline all night and not with a girl he meet in one day that he
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However it wasn't his fault that he was exposed to a plague that covered the city of Verona and wasn't able to leave the city. If Friar Lawrence was more responsible and gave the letter explaining the plan about Juliet fake death to a person that could actually delivered the message, then Romeo would have not have killed himself when he found Juliet in the tomb. The Friar could have also to prevent Romeos death had a back up plan if the message never got to Romeo, or have given the message to a second person to make sure the message was delivered. If the priest would have had a back up plan or a second messenger then he could have saved Romeo and Juliet

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