The deaths of the two protagonists in the Shakespearean tragedy Romeo and Juliet were heavily influenced by the negligence of Friar Laurence and the Nurse. At the request of Romeo, Friar Laurence marries the love-struck adolescent to his headstrong damsel, Juliet, which prompts a series of catastrophic events and the play’s pivotal apotheosis. The Nurse abandons her duties to Juliet by expressing her desire for the patriarch to marry Count Paris, exhibiting negligent behaviour. The Friar’s approach to helping Juliet in a dire situation concludes with the aforementioned calamity. Already divided by the long-standing feud, Friar Laurence and the Nurse’s carelessness conspire against Romeo and Juliet, thus being ultimately responsible for their
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After the star-crossed lovers profess their love for each other in spite of their families’ bitter feud, Romeo impetrates that the Friar consents to unite them in marriage. Shocked by his fickleness between Rosaline and Juliet, Friar Laurence questions Romeo’s state of ‘love’, believing it to be mere infatuation. Although sceptical of Romeo’s change of heart, the Friar nonetheless agrees to marry the couple, hoping to reconcile the two families through their children’s union, stating, ‘In one respect I’ll thy assistant be/For this alliance may so happy prove/To turn your households' rancor to pure love’ (Act 2, Scene 3, line 90-92). Friar Laurence’s motivation — the unification of the two warring households — shadows his rationale thought and inevitable understanding that the marriage will not be accepted by the couple’s individual families. His imprudent deed in marrying the young lovers inadvertently strengthens their questionable bond, promoting their predetermined demises. Although his intentions were pure, Friar Laurence’s impulsive consensus to marry Romeo and Juliet unravels a sequence of woeful occurrences, and consequently, their
After the star-crossed lovers profess their love for each other in spite of their families’ bitter feud, Romeo impetrates that the Friar consents to unite them in marriage. Shocked by his fickleness between Rosaline and Juliet, Friar Laurence questions Romeo’s state of ‘love’, believing it to be mere infatuation. Although sceptical of Romeo’s change of heart, the Friar nonetheless agrees to marry the couple, hoping to reconcile the two families through their children’s union, stating, ‘In one respect I’ll thy assistant be/For this alliance may so happy prove/To turn your households' rancor to pure love’ (Act 2, Scene 3, line 90-92). Friar Laurence’s motivation — the unification of the two warring households — shadows his rationale thought and inevitable understanding that the marriage will not be accepted by the couple’s individual families. His imprudent deed in marrying the young lovers inadvertently strengthens their questionable bond, promoting their predetermined demises. Although his intentions were pure, Friar Laurence’s impulsive consensus to marry Romeo and Juliet unravels a sequence of woeful occurrences, and consequently, their