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Romeo And Juliet


As you already know, Friar Lawrence is a priest and he was the one who agreed to marry Romeo to Juliet. Friar Lawrence let's down Juliet in two ways. The first way, was not all his fault, but he could of prevented it by just giving more effort. For example, when Friar Lawrence and Juliet agree on the plan to temporarily make Juliet look dead (act four scene 1), Friar Lawrence wrote a letter to Romeo telling him what was really going on. Well, Romeo did not get that letter on time, so he ended up killing himself because he thought Juliet was dead, and when Juliet woke up she killed herself because Romeo was dead. Friar Lawrence should of tried harder to get that letter to Romeo, like personally trying to give the letter to him, or to tell his friends like Balthazar to tell Romeo about the plan, or at least following up on the letter himself to make sure he got it or not. Another betrayal by Friar Lawrence is at the end of the story (act 3 scene 5). When Friar Lawrence and Juliet are in the tomb, after Romeo killed Paris, then himself, Juliet awakens. Juliet awakens, and asks where Romeo is? Friar Lawrence without answering her, hears a sound and tells her the "watch is coming" (act 5 scene 3 lines 158). Friar Lawrence is scared because he hears someone coming, and doesn't want to be caught. So he leaves, and Juliet doesn't come along, so she's left all alone. This is where he betrays her. Friar Lawrence should not of agreed to leave Juliet all alone. Because then Juliet wouldn't of killed herself when she saw Romeo dead. Instead Friar Lawrence only cared about himself, and ran out of the tomb immediately when he heard someone was coming.
             Thirdly, the last person you expected betrayed Juliet, which was Romeo. As you know Romeo and Juliet were teenagers when they got married. But they claim they were supposedly mature enough to get married. I believe Romeo betrayed Juliet because he was immature, yet he claimed to be mature.


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