What role did the Friar Lawrence and the nurse play in the deaths of Romeo and Juliet ?

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Romeo And Juliet Coursework

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What role did the Friar Lawrence and the nurse play in the deaths of Romeo and Juliet ?

Romeo and Juliet is a story of two young person who were in love with each other. They fall in love which is the only mistake that they did. They would never know that their love would lead to tragedy. According to my opinion there are three main aspects which effected Romeo’s and Juliet’s life which are Friar Lawrence, the nurse, and fate.

        There were brawls going on between families who are Montagues and Capulets. Romeo was a Montague and Juliet was a Capulet. So they can’t meet each other in the way that they wanted to. They could only meet secretly. To communicate each other the nurse helped them by carrying messages between them. Basically the nurse act like a messenger. Also W.Sheakspear used him as a comic character so that she can relive the tragedy and make the play move intense. She provides a contrast in type of love which is physical, sexual and bawdy but love between Romeo and Juliet is romantic.

        Friar Lawrance who is a Catholic Priest is the other chatacter to blame. He was acting as a peacemaker. He was trying to bring peace between families. He was acting like a father to Romeo. One day morning  Romeo went up to the Friar and asked him to marry Romeo and Juliet. Friar Lawrence said yes and hoped that it would bring peace between families. But he was just hoping that it will all go positive. He said ‘turn your households’ rancour to pure love.’ He was right but only in someways. When he said ‘these violent delights have violent ends.’  I can’t help myself to think about something bad is going to happen.

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        Romeo and Juliet were going to meet again but Juliet was shocked after she heard that her cousin Tybalt is dead. When she heard that he got killed by Romeo, she was compeletly surprised. It didn’t take too much for Juliet to get the other bad news. It was the prince of Verona saying that Romeo got banished from the city. As soon as Friar Lawrence heard that news he looked for a solution and adviced Romeo to go to Montua.

        When Romeo was at Montua Juliet’s life was getting harder and harder. Her cousin was dead, her husband was ...

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