A servant comes along baring very important news, he tells a young boy that the girl he loves has commited suicide. The boy’s emotions drain from his body leaving him lifeless. It is then and there he decides he will go to her tomb and take his own life as well. Little does anyone know, this whole situation could have been prevented. Had Romeo and or Juliet not have relied on Friar Lawrence to assist in their relationship. In William Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence is most to blame for the deaths because he is the person both Romeo and Juliet look to for advice and he fails them.
Friar Lawrence agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet despite his concerns about the marriage thinking it will stop the everlasting family feud. This ultimately leads to a fight causing Tybalt and Mercutio to …show more content…
Admittedly, if he would not have made the immedient, impulsive decision to end his life at Juliet’s tomb, then Juliet would most likely not have stabbed herself as she did at the site of her dead husband. However,his whole situation was thought up by Friar Lawrence. Earlier in the story, Juliet was being forced by her parents to marry Paris. Here she threatens to stab herself if she has to do so, foreshadowing her future death. Friar Lawrence says he can help her if she acts boldly by telling her to “take thou this vial, being then in bed, and this distillèd liquor drink thou off, when presently through all thy veins shall run a cold and drowsy humor, for no pulse…” (Shakespeare 4.1.96) Here the friar tells her to take a potion when she is about to go to sleep that will make her appear dead. Friar Lawrence then continues to tell her “Shall Romeo bear thee hence to Mantua.” He states that by drinking the potion and faking her death that Romeo and her can be together in Mantua since they cannot in Verona. Juliet takes his advice as she feels that is her only choice leading to the awful tragedy of Romeo and
Friar Lawrence agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet despite his concerns about the marriage thinking it will stop the everlasting family feud. This ultimately leads to a fight causing Tybalt and Mercutio to …show more content…
Admittedly, if he would not have made the immedient, impulsive decision to end his life at Juliet’s tomb, then Juliet would most likely not have stabbed herself as she did at the site of her dead husband. However,his whole situation was thought up by Friar Lawrence. Earlier in the story, Juliet was being forced by her parents to marry Paris. Here she threatens to stab herself if she has to do so, foreshadowing her future death. Friar Lawrence says he can help her if she acts boldly by telling her to “take thou this vial, being then in bed, and this distillèd liquor drink thou off, when presently through all thy veins shall run a cold and drowsy humor, for no pulse…” (Shakespeare 4.1.96) Here the friar tells her to take a potion when she is about to go to sleep that will make her appear dead. Friar Lawrence then continues to tell her “Shall Romeo bear thee hence to Mantua.” He states that by drinking the potion and faking her death that Romeo and her can be together in Mantua since they cannot in Verona. Juliet takes his advice as she feels that is her only choice leading to the awful tragedy of Romeo and