The Criminal Responsible for the Deaths of Romeo and Juliet

In the days of old, a friar was a man to be respected and revered for his kin with God. However there was the occasional servant of the Lord that would abuse this great amount of respect and use it to obtain his wishes. A main use presented in Shakespe bes The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, beggar Lawrence, is one of these untrustworthy friars. He is, undoubtedly, responsible for(p) for the deaths of the Romeo and Juliet as a result of being alike commiserationate, manipulative, and deceiving.As a result of being too compassionate, beggar Lawrence makes rash decisions and is undoubtedly to belt for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. For instance, when Juliet discovers that she has no choice but be married to Paris, the friar attempts to comfort her by formulation that he already knows her grief / It strains him recent the compass of his marbles. / He hears she must, and nonhing may prorogue it, on Thursday adjacent be married to County Paris (IV. i. 47-50). beggar Lawrence proves to be a sincerely yours compassionate person, as shown with the usage of the hyperbole past the compass of his wits.Despite the intended exaggeration make by the mendicant, this hyperbole proves itself to be true, afterward in the play, when Friar Lawrence makes many ineffective plots that only lead the star-crossed lovers imminent to their deaths. The extent of Friar Lawrences compassion is shown, again, when Romeo threatens to kill himself after successfully ending the life of the Capulet, Tybalt. The Friar chides Romeos rude unthankfulness and explains that the kind prince hath dark that black word death to banishment (III. iii. 24-29).The Friars proclaim tone toward the lightened punishment causes Romeo to reconsider taking his own life and keeps him alive. However, this compassion of keeping Romeo alive only leads to Juliets demise after Romeo regains his pauperism to kill himself and succeeds in doing just that. There is no doubt that Friar Lawrence has compassio n, but the intensive compassion leads to rash decisions, slipually ending the lives of Romeo and Juliet. on with an extreme compassion that proves to be detrimental, Friar Lawrence leads the fated couple to their deaths by being manipulative.One such example is shown as the Friar marries Romeo and Juliet when he comments that by their leaves, they shall not stay alone / Till the Holy Church stop two in one (II. ii. 35-37). Friar Lawrence hints with the broad statement take two in one that he does not only sine qua non to incorporate Romeo and Juliet, but also the Capulets and Montagues under the mating of the lovers. The Friar, simply, only expects to unite the two families, of a seemingly never-ending feud, and uses Romeo and Juliet as pawns at the front line, in the chess game of fate.Manipulation is shown again when the Friar addresses this art of manipulation, earlier in the play, when he explains the various properties of herbs. He notes that the herbs are nor aught so g ood but, strained from that fair use, / Revolts from true birth, stumbling on abuse (II. ii. 19-20). Shakespeare uses Friar Lawrences knowledge of the manipulation of herbs as forecast into the Friars extensive knowledge of manipulating people, as well. This quote explains how the Friar understands the art of manipulation and intends to obtain his goal of uniting the two families.Friar Lawrence does not hesitate to use his tact of manipulation, which causes the death of the fated lovers. Another unholy skill possessed by the Friar is his ability to be really deceiving, which results in the death of the destined lovers. For example, after Juliet fakes her death, Friar Lawrence chides the Capulets by saying that they love their child so ill / that they stick out mad see that she is well / They should Dry up their tears and stick their rosemary / on the fair corse / and bear her to church (IV. . 75-81). Despite being a adult man of God, The Friar can easily deceive without remors e, as made vastly apparent with this quote. This skill of deception brings the star-crossed lovers ever so close to their deaths when the Friar makes the Capulet parents to arrive much faster and rush Juliet into killing herself. Deceiving traits by the Friar are shown, once again, when the Friar hatches the plot to fake Juliets death.He shares this idea with Juliet saying that she should take thou this vial being then in bed, / And this distilling thou off/ When presently thou all thy veins run / A cold and drowsy humor, for no pulse (IV. i. 93-96). As the Friar becomes more desperate, he begins to hatch more plans that have only a slight possibility of success, like this one of putting Juliet into a of late sleep. The deceiving Friar again, is responsible for a plan that later proves to be responsible for the death of both Romeo and Juliet.The Friars skill of deception and his unvaried use of this skill leads to the downfall of Romeo and Juliet. As a result of too much compass ion, manipulation, and deception, Friar Lawrence is completely at fault for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Despite his want to help Romeo and Juliet, many, if not all, of his plans were unsuccessful and were done without any thought of the consequences. Friar Lawrence abused his position of high respect, causing a devastating event that ended badly for the star-crossed lovers.