Romeo and Juliet- 3 people who betrayed Juliet
Notice whenever Juliet seeks for help, the people close to her tend to always let her down? Why is that? Aren't your friends or family members suppose to be the ones who are always there for you, and never let you down? Well not in Juliet's case. You see, Shakespeare, the author of Romeo & Juliet wrote the story in a way that Juliet a main character in the story, whenever seeks for guidance from her friends and family members, especially when she needs it most, is always betrayed or let down. In the following paragraphs, I will explain how, Lady Capulet, Friar Lawrence and Romeo betrayed her, and how this caused Juliet to make the wrong decisions in her life. First of all, Lady Capulet is Juliet's mother. A mother is suppose to be close to her daughter, and is the person who knows and understands Juliet the most. But in this case her mother is the first person to let her down. For example, when Lord Capulet made the decision in act three scene 5 that Juliet should marry Paris, her mother stood up for that decision even though she knew that Juliet didn't want to marry Paris. I think her mother should of been on Juliet's side, because she's her mother and she has experience in marriage and should know marrying someone
Secondly, Friar Lawrence is the second person who betrays and lets-down Juliet. As you already know, Friar Lawrence is a priest and he was the one who agreed to marry Romeo to Juliet. Friar Lawrence let's down Juliet in two ways. The first way, was not all his fault, but he could of prevented it by just giving more effort. For example, when Friar Lawrence and Juliet agree on the plan to temporarily make Juliet look dead (act four scene 1), Friar Lawrence wrote a letter to Romeo telling him what was really going on. Well, Romeo did not get that letter on time, so he ended up killing himself because he thought Juliet was dead, and when Juliet woke up she killed herself because Romeo was dead. Friar Lawrence should of tried harder to get that letter to Romeo, like personally trying to give the letter to him, or to tell his friends like Balthazar to tell Romeo about the plan, or at least following up on the letter himself to make sure he got it or not. Another betrayal by Friar Lawrence is at the end of the story (act 3 scene 5). When Friar Lawrence and Juliet are in the tomb, after Romeo killed Paris, then himself, Juliet awakens. Juliet awakens, and asks where Romeo is? Friar Lawrence without answering her, hears a sound and tells her the "watch is coming" (act 5 scene 3 lines 158). Friar Lawrence is scared because he hears someone coming, and doesn't want to be caught. So he leaves, and Juliet doesn't come along, so she's left all alone. This is where he betrays her. Friar Lawrence should not of agreed to leave Juliet all alone. Because then Juliet wouldn't of killed herself when she saw Romeo dead. Instead
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