In William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, the risky actions of Friar
Lawrence and the nurse’s dishonesty are big parts of the tragic deaths of the play’s title characters. Shakespeare decides to make the play a twisted love story so it teaches readers just how powerful love can be. {49} As a result of Friar Lawrence’s irresponsibility, a young couple, Romeo and Juliet, die a tragic death. For example, when Juliet visits Friar Lawrence’s cell the day before the wedding, he gives her a sleeping potion that will make her appear dead for 42 hours, not thinking about what can go wrong (197). Friar Lawrence is blamed because he is trying to protect himself by attempting to solve a problem that he helped cause. It helps show how ignorant and self centered he is trying to take care of himself. In…show more content… For example, when the nurse is talking to Juliet in her room the night after the party, she tells the nurse about the wedding being planned for her and Romeo, and the nurse keeps it a secret from Juliet’s parents(129). The nurse is blamed for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because she has been lying to the people she works for and the parents of the girl she took care of that took her own life. It shows how disrespectful she is keeping and encouraging important information from people that play a huge roll in Juliet’s life. In addition, after the fight between Romeo and Tybalt, Juliet has the nurse go behind her parents back and deliver a message to Romeo at Friar Lawrence’s cell, telling him to go to Juliets room that night(167). The nurse has gotten herself into Juliet’s life to a point where she has to sneak around to keep herself from getting in trouble. Her actions prove just how thoughtless she can be by carelessly trying to keep the wedding and love of Romeo and Juliet a secret. Two lovers’ lives are taken at an unnecessary time due to the nurse’s
