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I agree that Friar Lawrence is mainly at fault for Romeo and Juliet's death, but everyone else had a part in it as well. He knew of all the possible risks of the plan like you said, but still carried on with it. He told Romeo "In one respect I'll thy assistant be" (Shakespeare). But in the end, he wasn't much help at all.
I agree that Friar Lawrence is partly to blame for Romeo and Juliet's death. However, it is in his nature to be a helpful and generous man, so I think he couldn't refuse to help them. Also, I believe that the feud was more to blame than the Friar. If it wasn't for the feud, Friar Lawrence wouldn't have had to go forth with the plan. Without the feud, Romeo and Juliet would've been able to live together happily and this plan wouldn't have even been made. He was hesitant about it the whole time, but agreed to help Juliet saying, " I do spy a kind of hope,
Which craves as desperate an execution" (Shakespeare). This shows that even if Friar holds some responsibility for their death, he is not the only reason.
I think the Nurse is as much to blame as Friar Laurence. She makes it possible for Romeo and Juliet to marry by encouraging Juliet to lie to her parents as far as why she is going to shrift/confession. She knows that Romeo is a Montague and also knows that Juliet is betrothed to Paris. She makes it possible to Romeo to consummate their marriage by obtaining the cords/rope ladder even though Romeo was banished for Verona. (She and Friar Laurence both aid and abet a fugitive. And when Lord Capulet threatens to disown Juliet, the Nurse betrays Juliet and tells her to marry Count Paris, knowing full well she is officially married to Romeo.
I completely agree with this argument because the nurse stood by her 'friend', Juliet, in order to keep the lovers together. What makes the story even better is the fact that Friar Lawrence and the nurse never met, so they had their means and ends to this destructive relationship. This also means Juliet not only got one opinion, but became influenced by two.
I agree with you that it was most Friar Lawrence's fault. He comes up with this crazy plan that is unlikely to work and doesn't even try to make sure that it's actually possible in the first place. "Unhappy fortune! by my brotherhood,
The letter was not nice but full of charge
Of dear import, and the neglecting it," (Shakespeare Act 5 Scene 2). Why would he not check that it was even possible for a messenger to even get to Romeo. He didn't even see if any messenger was even willing to go out into the plagued areas to get to Romeo. He just decides on this plan and doesn't have a backup plan at all. He doesn't even stay at the tomb so he can talk to Romeo before he goes it. His plan doesn't work out and he's just decides to give up. It was his poor planning that played a major part in their death.
I disagree, yes Friar Lawrence gave Juliet the potion but it wasn't his fault that Romeo and Juliet didn't talk it out before she decided to take the potion.
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I agree that Friar Lawrence is mainly at fault for Romeo and Juliet's death, but everyone else had a part in it as well. He knew of all the possible risks of the plan like you said, but still carried on with it. He told Romeo "In one respect I'll thy assistant be" (Shakespeare). But in the end, he wasn't much help at all.
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I agree that Friar Lawrence is partly to blame for Romeo and Juliet's death. However, it is in his nature to be a helpful and generous man, so I think he couldn't refuse to help them. Also, I believe that the feud was more to blame than the Friar. If it wasn't for the feud, Friar Lawrence wouldn't have had to go forth with the plan. Without the feud, Romeo and Juliet would've been able to live together happily and this plan wouldn't have even been made. He was hesitant about it the whole time, but agreed to help Juliet saying, " I do spy a kind of hope,Which craves as desperate an execution" (Shakespeare). This shows that even if Friar holds some responsibility for their death, he is not the only reason.
I think the Nurse is as much to blame as Friar Laurence. She makes it possible for Romeo and Juliet to marry by encouraging Juliet to lie to her parents as far as why she is going to shrift/confession. She knows that Romeo is a Montague and also knows that Juliet is betrothed to Paris. She makes it possible to Romeo to consummate their marriage by obtaining the cords/rope ladder even though Romeo was banished for Verona. (She and Friar Laurence both aid and abet a fugitive. And when Lord Capulet threatens to disown Juliet, the Nurse betrays Juliet and tells her to marry Count Paris, knowing full well she is officially married to Romeo.
I completely agree with this argument because the nurse stood by her 'friend', Juliet, in order to keep the lovers together. What makes the story even better is the fact that Friar Lawrence and the nurse never met, so they had their means and ends to this destructive relationship. This also means Juliet not only got one opinion, but became influenced by two.
I agree with you that it was most Friar Lawrence's fault. He comes up with this crazy plan that is unlikely to work and doesn't even try to make sure that it's actually possible in the first place. "Unhappy fortune! by my brotherhood,The letter was not nice but full of charge
Of dear import, and the neglecting it," (Shakespeare Act 5 Scene 2). Why would he not check that it was even possible for a messenger to even get to Romeo. He didn't even see if any messenger was even willing to go out into the plagued areas to get to Romeo. He just decides on this plan and doesn't have a backup plan at all. He doesn't even stay at the tomb so he can talk to Romeo before he goes it. His plan doesn't work out and he's just decides to give up. It was his poor planning that played a major part in their death.
I disagree, yes Friar Lawrence gave Juliet the potion but it wasn't his fault that Romeo and Juliet didn't talk it out before she decided to take the potion.
