Friar Lawrence Is To Blame

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Friar Lawrence plays a pivotal role in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet as a friendly priest who serves as an important critical thinker, and decision maker. As a trusted person, he sends the story into a downward spiral with his flawed ideas. This helps to prove that Friar Lawrence is very much responsible for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. When we first meet Friar Lawrence, he is picking herbs in his garden when Romeo asks the Friar to marry Juliet and Romeo. Not even really questioning it, the supposed responsible adult decides to marry two children that have known each other for only a couple of hours. This, however, is not the only mistake the Friar makes. A few days after the Friar marries Romeo and Juliet, Juliet comes back to him with