Causes Of Friar Lawrence In Romeo And Juliet

With a flicker of hope that the marriage will work and end the feud, Friar Lawrence remarks that, "this alliance may so happy prove to turn [their] households' rancor to pure love" (II iv 91-92). The blame can be placed on Friar Lawrence because he cares too much for Romeo and Juliet and eventually takes an extreme and risky approach to facilitate their union.

Throughout the book, Friar Lawrence shows the he has a virtue of peace to bring to feuding families together. Friar Lawrence’s soul reason for the marriage of Romeo and Juliet is to make an attempt at ending the feud between the families. Friar Lawrence said,“In one respect I'll thy assist be: / for this alliance may so happy prove/ to turn to your households’ rancour to pure love” (II.III.90-93). By marrying Romeo and Juliet he sees an opportunity to end the feud, once the parents of each households find out about the marriage maybe they would put aside their feud for the sake of their children. Friar Lawrence is wondering when Romeo will tell everyone about his marriage. “Where thou shalt live till we can find a time/ to blaze your marriage, reconcile your friends” (III.III.150-151). Friar Lawrence shows in this quote that he wants Romeo to tell everyone about his marriage so that it will bring harmony between the two feuding families.

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Through his tragedy structure, Shakespeare creates complex characters with layered and flawed personalities such as Romeo’s. This is portrayed through Shakespeare’s use of literary technique, which highlights the characters who play a significant role in the wedded lover’s death. The character who is primarily responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s unfortunate catastrophe was Friar Lawrence due to his actions and choices which escalate the tragic events in the plot.

The bond between Friar Lawrence and Romeo is a brotherly type relationship.This is because, considering the age gap, they seem to know each other for a long time. Also, because the Friar is willing to help Romeo and Juliet get married. Not only because it is his job to marry anyone who asks, but because he thinks it will the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets. On page 105, Friar Lawrence says, "There's one good reason why I'll assist you: this marriage could be the happy cause of turning the enmity between your two households

Friar Lawrence is speaking to Romeo in this quote. He is saying how the two lovers marriage will break the feud an create an alliance. This quote is a perfect example of how Friar married Romeo and Juliet for all the wrong reasons.

Were Romeo and Juliet meant for eachother or was it all a coincidence? In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, the outcome for everyone was devastating. If Mercutio had not fought Tybalt, Friar Lawrence had not provided the potion, and Friar John delivered the message; Romeo and Juliet would still be alive.

Star-crossed lovers are partners whose love lives are destined to fail due to fate. In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, it is said that two star-crossed lovers are initially unable to be together since their families have an ancient, long-term feud. With this prolonged hatred towards each other, anyone from the Montague and Capulet families cannot be together. However, Romeo and Juliet attempt to bypass this because of their strong and intense love for each other. By the end of the play, Romeo and Juliet have committed suicide. Romeo and Juliet’s passing did not happen coincidentally. Although there may be many people to blame for this, the blame of the fall of Romeo and Juliet is most likely Friar Laurence. Friar Laurence

After Romeo spends an evening talking with Juliet on the balcony, he realizes how madly in love with her he is and that he wants to marry her. He first goes to Friar Lawrence begging for him to marry the two. Even though Friar Lawrence knows that it is not a good idea given they are from rival families, he agrees to help Romeo because he hopes that it might bring the two families together. In agreement to help Romeo with the wedding, Friar Lawrence responds with, “In one respect I’ll thy assistant be/For this alliance may so happy prove/To turn your households’ rancor to pure love.” (2.3.90-92)

Friar Lawrence proclaims, “Till holy church incorporate two in one” (Romeo and Juliet. 2.6.37). This piece of evidence is the message that Shakespeare conveys, where the reader can comprehend that the Friar has agreed to marry Romeo and Juliet. This is significant because this causes a tragedy between the two, and additionally, their families, but furthermore, united the two families after their suicides. The action taken by Friar Lawrence caused a ripple effect on the other characters in the story because some people become distraught because of the marriage and caused a playful quarrel between Tybalt and Mercutio, which ended in the death of Mercutio. Romeo and Juliet may have felt that Friar Lawrence was to blame because he did not cancel the marriage request. Friar Lawrence may have agreed to marry Romeo and Juliet because he was miserable with the Capulet and Montague family feud. Additionally, characters in the story may appear to blame Romeo and Juliet themselves for not knowing their boundaries and choosing to get married. Juliet proclaims, “If thou dost love, pronounce it faithfully” (2.2.94). Juliet said aloud that if Romeo no longer became a Montague, then they could be married happily. Romeo and Juliet knew that they were not allowed to speak to each other, and because of their misery of

There has been many tragedies caused by romance throughout time, for example the play ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by William Shakespeare focuses on the misfortune of two star-crossed lovers. There is a clear character to blame for the many deaths, Friar Laurence is the most to blame for many obvious and overlooked reasons.

I personally blame others for things that happen, unless I know it was truly me that did it. The people that I normally blame are my sister and brother. Mainly because they are always somehow part of what happened. My sister is little so she sometimes is the reason that things happen. In Romeo and Juliet the main reason they died was the feud between their parents and because friar Lawrence decided to marry them.

Another way Friar Lawrence is responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet is when he agrees to marry them without the Montagues and Capulets being aware. He is very buoyant about the marriage at first,he hopes that this will bring the two families together and stop the feud. While optimistic at first he soon starts to doubt the pairing of these two. "So smile the heavens upon this holy act / That after-hours with sorrow chide us not!"(II.vi1-2) This excerpt shows how Friar Lawrence prayed to god that the two will not be punished

Friar Lawrence plays a religious role in the play thus making him trustworthy to Romeo and Juliet. He is the only one they trust and the only one they seek advice from. Friar Lawrence plays a major role in Romeo and Juliet's love. First he unites them together in holy matrimony "For this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households' rancour to pure love." (2.3.91-92). Friar Lawrence unites them both together not only because of their true love for one another but in hopes that the coming together will stop the feud between the Montagues and Capulets. He is a very courageous man because of doing all that he did for Romeo and Juliet. Marrying the two is a noble thing to do considering the hatred between the families but all Friar Lawrence is trying to do is bring peace to both families. Friar Lawrence is an old man, which shows he has a lot of knowledge and is wise. When things went wrong, he stayed optimistic and still tried to help them. For example when Romeo had slayed Tybalt, he made Romeo aware that things were not as bad as it looks in his eyes. He kept Romeo from killing himself and told him that Juliet is still alive, that is all that matters; to go and talk to Juliet. He was also explaining to him that he did not do a bad thing because Tybalt would have killed him if he had not slayed him. Even when the nurse had given up and told Juliet to marry the county Paris, Friar Lawrence tried to convince Juliet's father to extend the wedding so Juliet would not have

One of the ways that friar Lawrence was at fault was marrying Romeo and Juliet. First, he married them without telling either of their parents. The monk had good intentions when he said, “IN one respect I'll ve assistant thee for thy alliance may so happy prove to turn your households rancor to pure love”(Act II, scene i). He thought the marriage would bring finally bring peace to the long time family feud. Clearly Friar Lawrence should have told these star-crossed lovers to come back to reality.