Friar Laurence And The Nurse And William Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

One of the main reasons that Friar Laurence was held accountable for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet is because he married them. First of all, this marriage was done without the

Despite all of these actions which ultimately ended in chaos, I don't think that the Friar or the Nurse were to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. On some level their actions did partake in what eventuated in the tragedy, but they came with the best intentions, with high hopes that they would be able to save a young couple's love and end a bitter feud. Friar Laurence did bring the families together, but it was with death rather than marriage. O brother Montague, give me thy hand. (V, 3, 232)

Another mistake Friar Laurence made was trusting Friar John to send the letter to Romeo, and not even telling Friar John that the letter explained the situation of Juliet’s “death”. He is very careless, because he only tells Friar John how

The Roles of Friar Lawrence and the Nurse in the Deaths of Romeo and Juliet

On the other hand, it must be recognised that other characters apart from the Nurse, played a significant role in the misfortune. The flaws in Romeo and Juliet?s character- their hastiness, contributed greatly to their demise. Juliet?s extreme willingness to marry the day after she meets Romeo was much too unadvised and sudden, evidence of her hastiness. Romeo?s tendency to ?stand on sudden haste? is evident from the fact that he kills Tybalt in a sudden fit of rage and rushes to Juliet?s tomb, prepared for death, without first confirming her death. Friar Lawrence, too, was a character whose actions proved to be fatal. He did not heed his own advice of ?wisely and slow, they stumble that run fast?, but proceeded to marry and be supportive of the couple, knowing full well that ?violent delights have violent ends?.

     In Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet the characters Nurse and Friar Laurence are to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s Problems.

Even though numerous characters in the play contributed to the death of Romeo and Juliet, Friar Laurence’s irresponsibility and lack of recognition makes him most to blame. To begin, Romeo proposes the idea about marring Juliet, a member of the Capulet Family by telling Friar Laurence “Then plainly know my heart's dear love is set on the fair daughter of rich Capulet (2.3.57-58). Romeo has completely forgotten about Rosaline, and now has focused his love onto Juliet. The Friar agrees with Romeo. Friar Laurence's decision is irresponsible because he agrees with the idea of members of opposite noble families being married. By marrying Romeo and Juliet, Friar is acting like Lord

Friar Laurence’s character flaws greatly impacted the end result of the play. The Friar should be punished for his poorly made decisions throughout Shakespeare’s story. His first mistake was when he initially helped Romeo and Juliet with the aid of the Nurse. Both Romeo and Juliet are children and their parents should be included in every decision made for them. The Friar married Romeo and Juliet in Act 3 of the play. “Till Holy Church incorporate two in one” (3.1.37) The marriage was the start of many issues. Such as Juliet’s inability to wed Paris, being a married lady. This led to Friar’s next choice of giving Juliet the sleeping potion—making her appear dead. “Take this vial, being then in bed,” (4.1.93) Giving Juliet the poison was the reason why so many characters had died in the end of Act 5 of the play. Paris had died fighting Romeo because he thought he was attempting to steal Juliet’s “dead” body. Romeo, ignorant of the fact that Juliet was not dead, killed himself. Juliet committed suicide because of her fiancé lying next to her lifeless. The poison given by Friar

Finally, the two figures who have the most influence in Romeo and Juliet’s lives, the Nurse and the Friar, aren’t there for the two lovers in the times when they are most needed. For instance, when Lord Capulet was barraging Juliet for not wanting to betroth Paris, the nurse barely tried to defend her, even though she

This is a reason for showing the increased characterization and the change in the love between Romeo and Juliet and leads to a lot of minor changes in the plot. The Nurse was a caregiver in the play as well as the movie she advised and counseled Juliet and was sent on Errands. Juliet used most of the nurses’ advices and applied them to her love with Romeo. Friar Lawrence was the Friar in the play and the movie he as well, he counseled and advised but with Romeo.

The nurse and Juliet have a very closely bonded relationship. The nurse lost her only child Susan and replaces her feelings of loss for the passing of her only child with love for Juliet. ‘I bade her some. What, lamb! What ladybird! God forbid, where’s this girl? What, Juliet!’ the use of terms of affection show the nurses enthusiasm and eagerness towards Juliet. The nurse uses frequent anecdotes of her and Juliet, ‘tis since the earthquake now aleven years, and she was weaned – I shall never forget it’ she shows her love through a specific memory. ‘For then she could stand high-lone; nay, by th’rood, she could have run and waddled all about’ this is showing that the nurse remembers Juliet’s first steps, a milestone in Juliet’s childhood.

She supported Romeo and Juliet’s marriage, undeterred by the feuding families. The Nurse began meddling in Juliet’s love life and took an influence on what decisions she made while defying the orders of the Capulets. She told Juliet to rush over to Friar Laurence’s cell and that “there stays a husband to make you a wife” (Act 2, Scene 5, Line __). In addition, she advised her “to fetch a ladder, by the which your love must climb a bird’s nest soon when it is dark” for Romeo to meet up with Juliet (Act 2, Scene 5, Line __). After all, from the very beginning, the Nurse could have prevented the love between Romeo and Juliet from intensifying since only a few others knew of their secret entanglement. However, she knew Romeo and Juliet were forbidden from engaging, but the Nurse encouraged them to keep meeting, resulting in their

The nurse cared and loved Juliet, just as much as Friar Laurence did for Romeo. After the incident when Juliet’s father was furious with her for not wanting to marrying Paris, the nurse was there to comfort Juliet and offer her advice. The advice the nurse gave Juliet was, “Faith, here it is. you no use of him” (Shakespeare. 3.5.215-27). She was encouraging Juliet to marry Paris. With the help of the nurses judgement, Juliet went to Friar Laurence and they constructed a plan to fake Juliet’s death so she could be with Romeo. The nurse could have been on Juliet’s father's side and left Juliet, but she didn’t because she loves Juliet and knows that she goes

Frequently labelled as one of the greatest and most tragic, love stories of all time, Romeo and Juliet features two youths from dueling families whose abrupt, yet robust, love ultimately resulted in their deaths. However, it was not just their whirlwind romance that led to their demise, but also the actions of many characters who had tried to aid the two lovers. One such character is the Nurse, who acted as a messenger to arrange Romeo and Juliet's wedding. Despite the Nurse’s interference, which helped fester Romeo and Juliet infatuation for each other, which eventually led them to killing themselves; Friar Lawrence bears the most responsibility for Romeo and Juliet’s death because he was the one who married them in the first place, sent

He did not try hard enough to stop Romeo from being hasty with Juliet. Adding onto the fact that the Friar is blameworthy, Jay proves “The action most damaging to the Friar...when he hears the Watch approach and hurries away from Juliet, leaving her alone in the tomb with the body of Romeo aslant upon her” (Jay, 33). In this quote, Jay explains how the Friar was not there for Juliet. He was unsuccessful in helping her since he knew that Juliet’s lover, Romeo, died. He should have been there to support Juliet because her true love is dead. The Friar was being self-centered by fleeing the tomb for his own sake of not facing consequences from the Watch. Jay also gives an explanation to another point about blameworthy characters. He blames the Nurse when he says, “The Nurse shows her true colors when Juliet appeals to her for aid and counsel after her parents demand that she marry Paris...How does she respond? By telling Juliet to go ahead and commit bigamy-that Romeo is dead or as good as” (Jay, 34). This quote implies that Juliet needed help with her love situation, so she went to the Nurse. The Nurse knew about her secret love of Romeo, so Juliet thought the Nurse would help her since she trusted her with the secret of their forbidden love. The Nurse replied a careless answer that did not really help Juliet with her problem when she needed it most. Mittelstaedt also brings out a good point that blames Friar