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 relationship with God. notwithstanding there was the occasional servant of the Lord that would abuse this massive amount of respect and use it to scram his wishes. A main character presented in Shakespeares The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, mendicant Lawrence, is one of these untrustworthy beggars. He is, undoubtedly, trusty for the conclusions of the Romeo and Juliet as a result of world as well compassionate, manipulative, and deceiving.As a result of being too compassionate, friar Lawrence makes rash decisions and is undoubtedly to blame for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. For instance, when Juliet discovers that she has no choice but be marital to Paris, the Friar attempts to comfort her by saying that he already knows her grief / It strains him past the compass of his wits. / He hears she must, and nonentity may prorogue it, on Thursday next be married to County Paris (IV. i. 47-50). Friar Lawrence proves to be a truly compassionate person, as shown with the usage of the hyperbole past the compass of his wits.Despite the intend exaggeration nauseouse by the Friar, this hyperbole proves itself to be true, later in the play, when Friar Lawrence makes many ineffective plots that only lead the star-crossed lovers closer to their deaths. The extent of Friar Lawrences compassion is shown, again, when Romeo threatens to kill himself after successfully ending the spiritedness of the Capulet, Tybalt. The Friar chides Romeos rude unthankfulness and explains that the kind prince hath turned that black word death to banishment (III. iii. 24-29).The Friars exalting 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 want to kill himself and succeeds in doing just that. There is no doubt that Friar Lawrence has compassion, but the int ensive compassion leads to rash decisions, at last ending the lives of Romeo and Juliet. Along 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 / public treasury the Holy Church represent two in one (II. ii. 35-37). Friar Lawrence hints with the broad statement incorporate two in one that he does not only want to incorporate Romeo and Juliet, but similarly the Capulets and Montagues under the marriage of the lovers. The Friar, simply, only wants to unite the two families, of a seemingly unfading 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, forward in the play, when he explains the various properties of herbs. He notes that the herbs are nor aught so good but, strained from that unclouded use, / Revolts from true birth, stumbling on abuse (II. ii. 19-20). Shakespeare uses Friar Lawrences knowledge of the manipulation of herbs as foreshadowing 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 end 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 wicked achievement possessed by the Friar is his ability to be very deceiving, which results in the death of the ordain lovers. For example, after Juliet fakes her death, Friar Lawrence chides the Capulets by saying that they love their child so ill / that they run mad seeing that she is well / They should Dry up their tears and stick their rosemary / on the fair corse / and restrain her to church (IV. . 75-81). Despite being a prominent man of God, The Friar can easily shop without remorse, as made vastly apparent with this quote. This skill of deception brings the star-crossed lovers ever so closer to their deaths when the Friar makes the Capulet parents to arrive more 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 therefore in bed, / And this distilling thou off/ When presently thou all thy veins run / A cold and moderate 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 deep 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 constant use of this skill leads to the downfall of Romeo and Juliet. As a result of too much compassion, 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 through without any thought of the consequences. Friar Lawrence abused his position of high respect, causing a devastating proceeds that ended badly for the star-crossed lovers.