Romeo and Juliet Coursework - To what extent is Friar Lawrence to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet?

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Romeo and Juliet Coursework

To what extent is Friar Lawrence to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet?

Friar Lawrence is a Franciscan monk. He is a good man and has a really good relationship with the lovers (Romeo and Juliet). He likes to help them and acts as a father to both of them guiding them in the right direction when they are in trouble. Friar offers Romeo and Juliet support when they need it.

Friar wanted to help the lovers with their family troubles, "this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households' rancour to pure love". For a very long time, the Capulets and the Montague’s had been feuding. Harsh words often led to violence between the two houses, who were sworn as deadly enemies. Prince Escalus of Verona encountered one of these bloody bra\&4s and angrily pronounced "if ever you disturb our streets again your lives will pay the forfeit of the peace"

Romeo was stunned by this revelation that the girl was a daughter of his father’s enemy, but vowed that not even death would keep him from his true love.

The party ended, leaving Romeo outside the Capulet house, gazing up in lovesick rapture at Juliet's window. Just then, to his joy, Juliet leaned from her balcony. Romeo whispered, "But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the East and Juliet is the sun! He wondered whether to speak to her, but as thought she was alone, began to pour out her heart: " Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name, or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, and I'll no longer be a Capulet."

She warned Romeo that if her family discovered him there, he would be killed, but Romeo was not alarmed, "For stony limits cannot hold love out." The young lovers agreed to meet the next morning.

On his way home, Romeo stopped at the monastery to visit Friar Lawrence. "Our Romeo hath not been in bed tonight," the Friar noticed, "I have been feasting with mine enemy," replied Friar. "Plainly know my hearts dear love is set on the fair daughter of rich Capulet what thou must combine by holy marriage." Friar thought Romeo was rather fickle as yesterday he had professed his undying love for Rosaline, but agreed to perform the marriage in the hope that "this allance may so happy prove to turn your household's rancour to pure love."

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When friar Lawrence decided to marry them he did it very hastily and did not realy think about the conciquences and all the problems that will have happened because of them being wedded this is what friar Lawrence did and I think that this contributed hugely to there deaths.

In the meantime, Romeo, hidden in the Friars cell, had just been informed of a change of heart by the Prince  rather than death, Romeo should only be banished from Verona. Then the nurse came with news from Juliet "She weeps and weeps." The Friar advised Romeo ...

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