Was Friar Laurence to blame for Romeo and Juliets deaths?
… Friar Laurence’s advice seriously and could easily follow any misjudgements that the Friar could possibly make. Both the feuding Capulet’s and Montague’s are close with the Friar, and I am sure Friar would have given countless advice and heard many confessions each family, giving him massive insight and knowledge into both families and the spiteful, ancient dispute between them. Friar Laurence would know an awful lot about both families, but he is known as a good man and has (as far as we no in the play) not used this information against the two families, which he could easily do, but obviously he does care, about the families, and particularly in Romeo. After a very short debate and curious interrogations, Friar Laurence’s quickly ready to marry Romeo and Juliet. But Friar Laurence is surprised by the speed in which Romeo has become so deeply in love with yet another girl, …
