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

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Behind any tragedy of love, there is always someone’s fault to blame for that. In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare lots of tragedy events happen to the characters. The Capulets and The Montagues have a feud and Romeo (Montague) and Juliet (Capulet) fall in love. They have to keep their love a secret and they only adult that knows is Friar Laurence. The Friar helps them be together, but what he doesn't know he was just helping them get closer to their deaths. The one that I think has the most fault is Friar Laurence. It’s the Friar’s fault that tragedy events happen because he told Juliet to take the position one day after the wedding day. The Friar told Juliet that if she took the position she won’t have to marry Pairs and that she

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