Friar Lawrence is mainly to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Lawrence is appreciated for being an educated and holy man. He is the only person who understands Romeo and Juliet. He is like a parent to Romeo and Juliet as he guides and advises them throughout the play. The Friar joins both of them in holy matrimony without their families’ blessings. The reason why Friar Lawrence marries both Romeo and Juliet is because he believes that the wedding will end the feud between both families: “In one respect I’ll thy assistant be, for this alliance may so happy prove, To turn your households’ rancour to pure love”. The marriage leads to many problems in the play. An example of this is when Lord Capulet decides that Paris will marry Juliet:” She shall be married to this noble earl”. Friar Lawrence guides Juliet in play and he tries his best to help Romeo and Juliet to stay together. Friar Lawrence also plan’s Juliet’s fake death which goes wrong in the end, when Romeo does not receive his letter and comes early to Juliet’s tomb. Friar Lawrence gives too much help, too much advice, which although he means well harmed them.
Another character who plays a part in Romeo and Juliet’s deaths is Tybalt. Tybalt is Juliet’s cousin and he is a troublemaker in the play. Tybalt is a character known to be argumentive this is displaced through the play: “. An example is when he begins a fight with Mercutio, Romeo’s best friend in Act 3 Scene 1. He kills Mercutio, than Romeo kills Tybalt and Romeo is banished out of Verona and away from Juliet.
One of the other main characters who are guilty to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet is Lord Capulet. Lord Capulet is an ambitious individual and he is intent on achieving his goals, regardless of whom or what may come in the way. Lord Capulet and Lord Montague are both against each other and they are enemies. This stops Romeo and Juliet from asking their parents for their blessings. Lord Capulet also arranges Juliet and Paris’s marriage without the consent of Juliet. He feels he is doing the right thing because Paris is a powerful man. Juliet goes to Friar Lawrence for advice because she is in a dilemma and does not know what to do. Juliet feels sad, lonely and that her father has put her in a difficult position. In essence, he has played a vital role in her death.
The crucial motivation that leads to Romeo and Juliet deaths is the feud between both of the families. Romeo and Juliet were doomed to die. Juliet’s parents did not pay attention to their daughter’s needs and her feelings. Had both families not been enemies, Romeo and Juliet would still not have been happily married inevitably. Lord Capulet is responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s’ deaths if he had not arranged the marriage between Juliet and Paris, Juliet would not have gone to Friar Lawrence to ask for advice. Which the Friar suggested such a dangerous plan. He thinks he knows what is best for Juliet but he doesn’t know what Juliet is feeling. In those days, the basic essentials of marriage were money, society, values, morals and power, not love. Friar Lawrence was honoured for being a holy and educated man; The Friar’s advice to Juliet was taken too intense levels and he suggested such a dangerous plan, he was playing with their lives. Tybalt is fighting in the play to defend the honour of the family: “Now, by the stock and honour of my kin, To strike him dead I hold it not a sin”.
In my opinion, I think that Romeo and Juliet parents are too blame for their deaths mostly because they don’t think about their children and they just her about the families honour.
