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y by the Nurse abandoned Juliet. Juliet was now left to make important decisions by herself. If the Nurse was around to help Juliet the circumstance could have drastically changed. She obviously could not have seek guidance from her parents because Romeo was a Montague and that was enough for them to turn away from any possibility of being with Romeo. The Nurse was supposed to be one of Juliet's best friends. Now when it was important for Juliet to have someone there, she was all by herself. Ultimately, Friar Lawrence is most responsible for the tragedy in this play due to his misjudgement. The Friar is an extremely intelligent man, but he does not think his decisions out too well. First of all, he should have never married the Romeo and Juliet because of the tensions between their families and their overeagerness. As a figure for guidance, he should have prepared them for the problems that they would encounter once married in secrecy. Also, he was inefficient in delivery the letter to Romeo informing him of Juliet's fake death. He gave the letter to Friar John who, apparently, was not capable of delivering the letter as fast as possible. Lastly, he once again fell short when he arrived just after Romeo had drank the poison. Had he arrived sooner, he could have prevented his suicide. Although his intentions were good, Friar Lawrence caused the most harm resulting in the tragedy for his lack of judgement.In conclusion, this tragedy was highly influenced by other figures in Romeo and Juliet's lives. To begin with, the Capulet and Montague families abhorred each other and the marriage between Romeo and Juliet would have been complicated from the start. In addition, the Nurse was not supportive enough with Juliet which led a young girl to make difficult decisions by herself. Above all, Friar Lawrence consistently fell short of guiding the two lovers to make the right decisions and several events with his timi...

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