Friar Lawrence Is To Blame In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Was romeo’s impulsive acts the cause of all the deaths.In the short story Romeo and Juliet Romeo falls in love with rosaline and then falls in love with Juliet and after he falls in love with juliet he suffers a banishment by the prince and wants to see Juliet but can't enjoy your trying to find different ways to see him and has to suffer the consequences and they both die.
In the story Romeo and Juliet Friar Lawrence seems to be the person because he gave Juliet the potion.’’Hold! Get you gone, be strong and properous in this resolve. I’ll send friar with speed to mantua, with my letter to thy lord’’! He is giving juliet the potion so they can do the plan, but Romeo doesn’t know what

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