updates | February 23, 2026

What happened to Friar Lawrence letter to Romeo?

Friar John replies that he was unable to deliver the letter because he was shut up in a quarantined house due to an outbreak of plague. Friar Lawrence becomes upset, realizing that if Romeo does not know about Juliet’s false death, there will be no one to retrieve her from the tomb when she awakes.Click to see full answer. Hereof, why has Friar Lawrence given a letter to Friar John to deliver to Romeo?Friar Laurence discovers that Friar John, the messenger he sent to Mantua with a letter to Romeo explaining that Juliet is alive, has been quarantined because of an outbreak of the plague and prevented from leaving Verona. Friar Laurence then hurries to the Capulet tomb because it is nearly time for Juliet to wake.Additionally, is Friar Lawrence responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet? Friar Laurence was the most responsible for the deaths of both Romeo and Juliet. He makes his decisions too quickly without fully thinking them through. While others may have contributed, no one is more to blame than Friar Laurence. Because of his decisions, he caused Romeo and Juliet to die. Furthermore, how did Friar Laurence kill Romeo? Romeo kills Count Paris, whom he finds weeping near Juliet’s corpse, then commits suicide, by drinking poison that he bought from an impoverished apothecary, over what he thinks is Juliet’s dead body. Friar Laurence arrives just as Juliet awakes from her chemically induced slumber.How does Juliet kill herself? Romeo takes poison Distraught, Romeo buys some deadly poison and heads to the Capulet vault. On seeing Juliet, he drinks the poison so he can be with her in heaven. Juliet finally awakens to see Romeo there with her – however, she quickly realises he has drunk poison. So, instead, she kills herself with Romeo’s dagger.