The Friar In Romeo And Juliet

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Every novel has at least one character that dramatically affects the plot and its characters; furthermore, this character is essential to the development of those two things. Friar Laurence in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is a prime example of this special kind of character. The Friar serves two major roles in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet : a mentor to Romeo and Juliet and the creator of plans that drive the plot.

The Friar’s role as a mentor to Romeo and Juliet dissuades both of them from making fatal and unwise decisions, the most popular being suicide, in the story. When the Friar tells Romeo that his punishment for killing Tybalt was banishment, Romeo began to complain that the punishment was worse than death. The Friar responded to his whining by saying,
“O deadly sin! O rude unthankfulness! Thy fault our law calls death; but the kind prince, taking thy part, hath rush’d aside the law, and turned that black word ‘Death’ to ‘Banishment’. This is dear mercy, and thou seest it not.”(3.3.25-9). The Friar’s words meant that his punishment should have been death, but the prince decided to disregard that punishment and give banish him; furthermore, the Friar expresses that Romeo should be grateful for this less severe punishment. Romeo refused to listen to him and attempted to stab himself, but the nurse snatched the blade from his hand. The Friar reprised his advice and said to Romeo, “Go, get thee to thy love, as was decreed; ascend her chamber; hence, and comfort her. But look …show more content…
to the rising action and the climax. The Friar’s effect on the story is not only dramatic, it is crucial to the development of the plot, tension/rising action, and the climax. The result of the Friar’s flawed plans and advice is Shakespeare’s second best-selling play(the most popular being Hamlet) out of all his

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Friar Laurence is the most culpable for the death of Romeo and Juliet for numerous reasons. If three simple decisions of his hadn’t been made many main characters in Romeo and Juliet would still be alive, not necessarily together but alive. Romeo and Juliet did not live to rue the day they trusted Friar Laurence with their faith. In the selfishness that overtakes Friar Laurence in the sequence of events that take the lives of numerous people. Friar Laurence has a major role in the play Romeo and…

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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…

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Friar Lawrence To Blame In Romeo And Juliet

resort to blaming others as a coping skill. Blame is a factor in Romeo and Juliet due to the unclear storylines and the multiple conflicts that arise due to this. The factor to blame for the casualties of Romeo and Juliet are Friar Laurence and the two starstruck lovers themselves, Romeo and Juliet. The first key factor of to blame for the casualties of Romeo and Juliet is Friar Lawrence, the man who married them together. Friar Lawrence is significant to their deaths due to the fact that he went…

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