Romeo and Juliet
...eholds, as a result, leading to Mercutio’s death, and Romeo’s banishment. Romeo also shows his fair share of lacking restraint at the Capulet party, without which, this tragedy would never occur. Romeo’s lust rules over him at first sight of Juliet. After pursuing Juliet she initially denies his advances. With a partially unwanted and unrestrained kiss, Juliet states that Romeo kisses “by the book,” although soon Juliet gives in to Romeo. Producing one of many examples of lacking restraint, leading to tragic results. Friar Lawrence contributed more than his fair share to the unfortunate conclusion to Shakespeare’s play. Friar’s actions can be interpreted in two ways. Firstly, it could be seen that Friar Lawrence was a wise man, and helped Romeo and Juliet. With this, it is seen that it was bad luck that prevented his plan from success. On the other hand it can be seen that Friar Lawrence was a fool, meddling in affairs that he should not. Friar first shows sign of this when he agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet without parental consent. “In one respect I’ll thy assistant be; For this alliance may so happy prove, to turn your households’ rancour to pure love.” Perhaps with the good intention to call a halt to the family feud, Friar's plan still fails miserably. Capulet forces Juliet to marry Paris, placing both Juliet and Friar in a compromising position. This causes Juliet to threaten suicide, acting as inspiration for Friar's “brilliant” plan. Obviously Friar hadn’t thought the plan through well enough and all the possible cracks and glitches came through with flying colours. Friar's letter failed to reach Romeo, resulting in Romeo’s return to Verona, to lie with his bride’s “dead” body. Romeo enters the church clutching a vile of poison and drinks it to his death. If Friar had not meddled, perhaps things would have found a different conclusion. In this concoction of causes, the final ingredient, without which “Romeo and Juliet” would be far less drama...