Choices In The Tragedy Of Romeo And Juliet By William Shakespeare

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Two unfortunate deaths just by a few unwise choices from a single man. In the story, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, the two main characters of the story, Romeo and Juliet, died at the end because of the choices they made throughout their journey which resulted in their own deaths. The main reason for their deaths was because of the suggestions and decisions that the Head Friar of Verona, Friar Lawrence, made that were supposed to allow Romeo and Juliet to live happily ever after. Most of the decisions that he made, and each time he makes another he makes Romeo and Juliet’s situations even worse.
One of the decisions that Friar Lawrence made was brewing up the potion for Juliet to drink that would put her in a coma like

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