Firstly, Lord Capulet was part of the reason there was a feud in the beginning. He, being the lord over the house, engaged in a bloody feud with the Montagues, arising “from a strong desire to uphold their family’s pride” (3). Trying “to bridge the feelings of animosity and hatred” (3) between the two families, Friar Lawrence married Juliet to Romeo. He believed “that the marriage between the two families potentially could solve the aimless fighting that haunts the streets of Verona” (3). The feud, that Lord Capulet helped …show more content…
He is the one who secretly married Romeo and Juliet even though he had hesitations. He is the one who came up with the plan that ultimately lead to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. “This plan went so foully awry that Romeo believed she was truly dead and killed himself, so he could lie by her side, which led to Juliet's own real death as well” (2). It had too many risks, but he did it anyway. He could have “simply intervened on her behalf, explained his involvement in the couple's secret marriage, and then brought her to Romeo in Mantua” (2). If he would have been more honest, Romeo and Juliet might not have died. Even though his poor decisions ultimately caused their deaths, Friar Lawrence wouldn’t have had to make them “had their hatred not existed. “He never would have had to marry them in secret, and he never would have had to fake Juliet's death, which are both events that lead up to their deaths”