How is Friar Lawrence responsible for Juliet's death?

Question

romeo and juliet by shakespere

I writing a persuasive essay on how lawrence is responsible and how he was the one who caused juliet's death...

i need points to support it

PLEASE & THANK YOU
:D

Answer 1

Well, Friar Lawrence kills Juliet indirectly because of his guilt. He feels bad, because as a man of religion, he has to be responsible for his actions, and secretly marrying two young people against their parents' wishes is definitely not responsible. Panicked at the thought of being in trouble for this, he hastily makes up a plan that'll hopefully reunite Romeo and Juliet, make the parents happy, and make himself look really good. Without thinking the plan through, he goes ahead and tells Juliet to take the potion. If Friar Lawrence hadn't been so quick to try to get out of trouble, he would've taken the time to work out a less risky plan and R& J probably would not have died.

We just studied R&J in class, so I hope that helped. Good luck on your essay- if your English teacher's anything like mine, you'll need it...

Answer 2

Actually I see Tybalt as the main culprit, but in support of Friar Lawrence:
He married them secretly rather than trying to reason with their families. He should have married them openly, or not at all. Of course the families would have been mad, but Romeo and Juliet would have been married, so it would have been harder to take action against them. [Isn't this a typical teenage way of dealing with a crisis? The Friar should have known better.]
Since Juliet was already married to Romeo, she couldn't legally or morally marry Paris, so Lawrence should have brought this up.
If the Friar had not married Juliet and Romeo, tragedy might have been averted. They hadn't even known each other very long, and if they hadn't gotten married, they might have gotten over each other. Remember how smitten Romeo was with Rosaline, only a short time before. Paris didn't seem like a bad guy, after all.
Friar Lawrence gave Juliet the potion to fake death; he should have made sure Romeo was warned not to believe the story of Juliet's death. (As I recall, he tried to, but failed.)
He should have come to the tomb earlier, just to be safe. He could have averted Paris's death also.

Answer 3

He was the romantic who married them... It was his "brilliant" plan to fake Juliet's death and send for Romeo. He never took in to account that his plans could backfire until it was too late.

He was using the couple as a means to unite their families without really stopping to consider that his actions might have destructive ends.

Answer 4

He isn't responsible for her death. The apocrathy provided her the potion that will make her seem dead, but she is actually still living. The reason she dies is because she stabs herself after she realizes that romeo is dead

Answer 5

Whatever prevents people with literature questions from going to http://sparknotes.com is beyond me.