Romeo And Juliet Responsible

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Tori Who’s Most Responsible ? Romeo and Juliet Although Romeo and Juliet killed them selves, Friar Lawrence was the most responsible for their deaths. Friar Lawrence was the church priest and Romeo and Juliet looked to him for for all their problems. He might have been seen as a small role in the play but, he was a big part of all the decisions made my Romeo and Juliet. Even though he helped them be with each other, he just caused more problems. Friar Lawrence first started this whole mess by agreeing to marry them. “By holy marriage. When and where and how / we met, we wooed, and made exchange of vow / I’ll tell thee as we pass, but this I pray / That thou consent to marry us today, (Romeo 2.3 lines 65-68) “ In one respect I’ll thy assistant be,” (Friar Lawrence 2.3 line 97) Here Romeo and Friar Lawrence are discussing how Romeo wants Friar Lawrence to marry him and Juliet. Friar Lawrence know they are from two different feuding families. He should have known this would cause problems. If a person agrees to marry to members of feuding families then he should think of the problems it will cause. Juliet thinks the only way to fix things between her and Romeo is to make people think she is dead, so she can run away with Romeo.…show more content…
Romeo never got the letter saying that she took the medicine. He only found out that she was dead. Friar Lawrence promises to mail a letter to Romeo. “ I’ll send a friar with speed / To Mantua, with my letters to thy lord,”( Friar Lawrence 4.1 124-125) But later we see that Romeo never got the letter. “ I could not send it, here it is again / Nor get a messenger to bring it thee,” ( Friar John 5.2 14-15) Friar Lawrence should have took the letter him self if he wanted it to be sent. If a person needs to send a letter that is very important, then the person should personally deliver
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