Causes Friar contributed to Romeo and Juliet’s Death

By: Nathan Dangar, Sierra Zmijewski, Patrick Davis, and Jorge Romero

Cause #1

• Friar Lawrence married Romeo and Juliet.• You can find this in Act 2, Scene 6, Lines 35-37.

“… come, come with me, and we will make short work; for, by your leaves, you shall not stay alone Till Holy Church incorporate two in one”

Cause #2

• Friar kept the marriage secret; there was no communication between the Capulet's and Montague's until after Romeo and Juliet’s death.

• You can find this in Act 5, Scene 3, Lines 233, 241-244, 226

“… And here I stand, both to impeach and purge”“… I married them; and their stol’n marriage day”“… To rid her from her second marriage,Or there in my cell there would she kill herself.Then I gave her (so tutor’d by my art) A sleeping potion that so took effect”

Cause #3

• Friar made a plan with Juliet about a fake death with a sleeping potion.

• You can find this in Act 4, Scene 1, Lines 94-96.

”…Take thou this vial, being then in bed,

And this distilling liquor drink thou off;

When presently through all thy veins shall run A cold and drowsy humor; for no pulse”

The Result

• The ending result of those causes was the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.

• Henceforth, the feud between the Capulets and Montagues ended with their deaths.