Firstly, Friar Laurence married Romeo and Juliet knowing that their families hated each other and that it could end very poorly (Shakespeare 944-45). Friar knew this was a bad idea, but he continued with it and married the two. However, if he did not do this he would never be in trouble and Romeo and Juliet would then have to get married the ordinary way, thus, letting both families know. Next Friar decides to give Juliet a vial which will put her in a death-like state and sends a letter to Romeo about the plan, but it does not get to him (Shakespeare 993-1012). If Friar Laurence did not give Juliet the vial, Romeo would not kill himself because he thinks Juliet is dead.
Juliet’s caretaker was unbothered to tell Lord and Lady Capulet about the relationship going on between Romeo and Juliet. Juliet’s sitter was the, “the drudge, and toil in [her] delight”(II.5.80). The Nurse was evidently Juliet’s silent partner, an accomplice to these peccant deeds; she could have told Lord and Lady Capulet about Juliet’s lover which could have possibly saved her life. Juliet was unaware of the name of the masked man that she fell in love with so she asked her caretaker to figure it out. After the gathering, Juliet was curious to who that mate was, so she told her Nurse to.
The Friar helps Juliet fake her death and fool her parents. Although the Friar's intentions were good, the end resulted badly because he thought that if Romeo and Juliet were married, it might help to reunite the two families. "Till holy church incorporate two in one." The Nurse is
Friar Laurence knows that Romeo and Juliet have feelings for each other. Friar Laurence is even the man that was willing to marry Romeo and Juliet. While Romeo and Friar Laurence were waiting for Juliet on the altar, Friar Laurence tells Romeo,“These violent delights have a violent ends/ And in their triumph die.” (2.5.9-10) Friar Laurence knows that their marriage will bring about consequences, and he still chose to marry them. If Friar Laurence didn’t marry Romeo and Juliet, their deaths wouldn’t have occurred. After Romeo is banished from Verona, Friar Laurence helps Juliet come up with a plan for her not to marry Paris.
This was mostly due to poor timing and bad luck when it came to his plans. In his attempt to save Romeo and Juliet’s relationship he ended up killing them both. Nurse did the same by helping Juliet get into the whole relationship in the first place, then once again when she turned Juliet down when she asked for help to get out of marrying Paris. Nurse was just trying to do what was best for Juliet; but this time Nurse was wrong. Prince Escalus, unlike Nurse and Friar Lawrence didn’t affect the tragedy so directly.
Romeo had previously liked another girl he saw and then all of a sudden he was deeply in love with Juliet. It took them They both knew that they came from rival families but they still did not care and got the idea to get married. Romeo and Juliet were responsible for their own deaths as evidenced by Romeo’s and Juliet’s choice to act upon their love for each other too quickly, their decision to hide their affections for each other from their family, and taking their own lives on their on their own free will. They did not think out the situation correctly and make rational decisions.
Upon further investigation, Friar Lawrence should receive the blame. Admittedly, Tybalt has a large influence on Romeo and Juliet’s death, because he caused the fight. Romeo tried to avoid it, but Mercutio joined in and started the fight and later Tybalt killed Mercutio. Romeo got mad and killed Tybalt and got exiled from Verona. However, Friar Lawrence is more responsible than Tybalt for the deaths of our “star cross’d lovers” because he allowed Romeo and Juliet marry and it caused Romeo to avoid the fight at first with Tybalt, than later tried to stop the fight between Tybalt and Mercutio and caused Mercutio to get killed by Tybalt.
He basically was informing the father that if his daughter does the same as his last wife then she would be killed as well. I cannot determine if the killing that took place in “Porphyria’s Lover”, was the right or wrong thing to do, but I know it was the wrong thing to do in “My Last Duchess”, because the woman did not know of his unhappiness. In “Porphyria’s Lover”, it seemed right, because she was promised to a man that she did not love; she would have been unhappy throughout the rest of her life. On the other hand it seemed wrong, because it was like if he couldn’t have her then no one else could. Porphyria told her lover that she would love him forever, and he made sure of that.
This situation made it more difficult for Juliet and Romeo to be together. In the short story Marriage is not a private affair by Chinua Achebe, has a similar concept that occurs between Romeo and Juliet. Nnaemeka has a problem with his father, which is his father disowning him for marrying another women, Nene, instead of following through the arranged marriage with Ugoya Nweke. Nnaemeka feels that he should be married to Nene because he loves her. He would go as far being disowned by his father just to be with Nene.
People may argue that Hamlet only acted like he loved Ophelia, but I feel that he truly did have feelings for her and his vengeance got in the way of their love. Although Hamlet was cruel to Ophelia at times Hamlet truly did love her, yet he hid his feelings from her very well because he was afraid of being betrayed by the women he loved. Unfortunately for them, this led to Ophelia’s suicide. By the time that Hamlet could act on his love, it was already too late. I do not feel that Hamlet ever stopped loving Ophelia, but Hamlet caused a break in their relationship that could never be fixed.