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The Nurse and Friar Laurence are responsible for Romeo and Juliets death

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     In Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet the characters Nurse and Friar Laurence are to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s Problems.      The way Friar Laurence encouraged Romeo and Juliet to get Married, The way the Nurse is contradictory in her views of Romeo and Paris, When Friar Laurence secretly married them, the way the Nurse is secretive about the affair and does not tell the Capulet’s or the Montague’s, when Laurence gave Juliet the sleeping potion, the way Laurence believed he was doing the right thing without thinking of the consequences, and the way Laurence leaves Juliet’s Tomb when he hears the watch coming, all combine to result in the lovers death. …show more content…

By my count, I was your mother much upon these years That you are now a maid. Thus in brief: The Valiant Paris seeks you for his love. NURSE “A man, young lady! Lady, such a man As all the world – why, he’s a man of wax. LADY CAPULET “Verona’s summer hath not such a flower.” NURSE “Nay, he’s a flower; in faith, a very flower.” (Act I Scene III, sentence 65-79) In this excerpt, Lady Capulet brings up the subject of marriage into the conversation, but Juliet does not wish to be married. Lady Capulet then brings up Paris’s name and the Nurse says he is a ‘man of wax’, which means a perfect man. “Well, you have made a simple choice. You Know not how to choose a man. Romeo? No, not he. Though his face be better than any man’s, yet his leg Excels all men’s; and for a hand and a foot, and a Body, though they be not to be talked on, yet they Are past compare. He is not the flower of courtesy, But, I’ll warrant him, as gentle as a lamb. Go thy Ways, wench. Serve God. What, have you dined At home? (Nurse, Act II Scene V, sentence 38-46) In this quote, The Nurse tells Juliet that she believes Juliet is in love with Romeo for his looks only, and also herself believes Romeo is handsome herself, though she does not disapprove of Juliet’s feelings towards him. “There’s no trust, No faith, no honesty in men; all perjured, All forsworn, all naught, all dissemblers. Ah, where’s my man? Give me some aqua vitae. These

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