Effect of Friar Lawrence on the Tragic Outcome of the Play Romeo and Juliet
... In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Friar Lawrence marries two teens and helps them overcome hardships in their relationship. When Count Paris is arranged to marry Juliet, the friar gives her a sleeping draught to let her fall asleep for forty-two hours. Romeo hears of this death, believing that Juliet is truly dead, and returns to Verona. Romeo kills himself at the sight of the dead Juliet, who awakes not long after only to kill herself as well. Indeed, Friar Lawrence had much to do with the tragic outcome of the play. Friar Lawrence contributes to the tragic outcome of Romeo and Juliet through performing the secret marriage between Romeo and Juliet and through his plan to rid Juliet of her marriage to Paris and reunite her with Romeo.