Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet, talks about the tragic fate of two young lovers, Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet’s families, the Capulet and Montague, have deep hatred that has been going on for many years. On one fateful night at a party that the Capulet held, Romeo and Juliet met and fell in love for the first time. They knew that each other belonged to their families’ rival, they still loved each other overwhelmingly. They then decided, with Friar Lawrence helping them, to get married the next day because of their love for each other. A series of unfortunate events later happened, such as Tybalt and Mercutio’s death, Romeo getting exiled, and Juliet getting forced to marry Paris, eventually leading
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In the play, Friar Lawrence is seen by many to be a role model and guidance counselor whom they can trust. However, throughout the story, he makes many decisions that raises many questions about whether or not he is fit to have those roles. One failure is that he wasn’t able to follow his own advice, he was being hypocritical. When Romeo talked to the Friar about Juliet he said to him, “Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.” (II.IV.101), yet he decides to wed both of them despite knowing that they have only met a day ago. He also fails to inform the lover's parents of the marriage, although he is supposedly a responsible adult. The Friar created the plan of faking Juliet’s death to send her off to Romeo in order to escape the conflict with her family in Verona. On the surface, it’s a very good idea, however, it's a very dangerous and irresponsible thing to do. Not only is he unsuccessful in helping Romeo and Juliet by creating the plan, but he fails even more when does not to inform Romeo of the plot in time, which led to their demise. “ Friar was making a desperate bid to save her life, because Juliet was threatening to commit suicide. Unlike Juliet’s nurse, however, the friar should have been grounded in morality and used his educated mind to reason with her instead of adopting such an untenable scheme.” (Wheeler). The Friar’s mistakes overall has been caused by his debatable morals and his wrong ways of acting and reacting to the situation at hand. Ultimately, he Friar fails as he does not follow the morals he preaches in his religion and as an
In the play, Friar Lawrence is seen by many to be a role model and guidance counselor whom they can trust. However, throughout the story, he makes many decisions that raises many questions about whether or not he is fit to have those roles. One failure is that he wasn’t able to follow his own advice, he was being hypocritical. When Romeo talked to the Friar about Juliet he said to him, “Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.” (II.IV.101), yet he decides to wed both of them despite knowing that they have only met a day ago. He also fails to inform the lover's parents of the marriage, although he is supposedly a responsible adult. The Friar created the plan of faking Juliet’s death to send her off to Romeo in order to escape the conflict with her family in Verona. On the surface, it’s a very good idea, however, it's a very dangerous and irresponsible thing to do. Not only is he unsuccessful in helping Romeo and Juliet by creating the plan, but he fails even more when does not to inform Romeo of the plot in time, which led to their demise. “ Friar was making a desperate bid to save her life, because Juliet was threatening to commit suicide. Unlike Juliet’s nurse, however, the friar should have been grounded in morality and used his educated mind to reason with her instead of adopting such an untenable scheme.” (Wheeler). The Friar’s mistakes overall has been caused by his debatable morals and his wrong ways of acting and reacting to the situation at hand. Ultimately, he Friar fails as he does not follow the morals he preaches in his religion and as an