Romeo and Juliet - Friar Laurence Is To Blame

Romeo and Juliet: Friar Laurence is to blame In Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet", Friar Laurence has a major role. As a member of the Order of St. Francis, a group of wise and generous priests, Romeo and Juliet trusted Friar Laurence completely, turning to him for advice, and solutions. He was there throughout Romeo and Juliet's lives, he married them, came up with a plan to keep them together, and was a friend throughout …

…catastrophe, added haste to it, and made bad decisions. He thought the plan out poorly, and he rashly handled decisive situations. His impure intentions and incompetence, caused the suicides of two young teenagers. They stumble who run fast, odd how someone could not apply his own wisdom to his own actions. "Virtue itself turns vice, being missapplied." (2.3.17). Friar Laurences's own advice would suit himself best. Works Cited Shakespeare, William. Romeo and Juliet. Cambridge : University Press, 1982