Friar Lawrence In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare was the basis for the classic tragedy. The story is about two teenagers who fall in love but, cannot be together because of a series of unfortunate events that causes them both take their own lives. Friar Lawrence is responsible for the downfall of Romeo and Juliet, because he is careless, self-centered, and unrealistic.

Friar Lawrence is careless in the way he handled Romeo and Juliet. He marries Romeo and Juliet knowing that their families were feuding. The Capulets and Montagues have been fighting for generations. “By thee, old capulet, and montague,/ have thrice disturbed the peace” it was a common knowledge that the capulets and the montagues were enemies yet he still marries them. If their