"For this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households' rancor to pure love." ( Act II, Scene iii,90)
Despite being a master of herbs and potions, Friar Lawrence was very foolish man in this story. He thought that if he married the two infatuated teenagers it might bring peace between the two feuding families. This not only did not bring peace but caused several fights in which both sides suffered losses. As the adult in the situation, the friar could have just refused Romeo's plea to marry him and Juliet, but instead he agreed to marry the two children neither of which were over the age of eighteen. Towards the end of this tragedy Friar Lawrence relies on another friar to be a messenger to Romeo, so he could explain to him their plan. The messenger failed to reach him in time. This caused Romeo to kill himself when he say the body of his lover in a mausoleum. When Juliet awoke to find her husband dead next to her she then committed suicide. By trying to end a feud Friar Lawrence caused the death of several young people, from the two families.
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