It's hard to believe that one person could be responsible for the death of the two main characters in one of the most famous plays in history. This is exactly what happened in Shakespeare's famous play Romeo and Juliet. In this play, the person who tries to help Romeo and Juliet throughout the story is the person most responsible for their deaths. That person is Friar Laurence, the man who devised a plan to bring Romeo and Juliet together one last time before Romeo is banished from Verona. His plan goes terribly wrong, resulting in the deaths of the two lovers. The friar not only made one mistake, but three mistakes that led to the death of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Lawrence is responsible for the tragic outcome of the play because he gave Juliet a potion to make her believe she was dead, did not deliver a letter of great significance and importance to Romeo, and fled when Juliet was in greatest danger. Capulet's Tomb. The first main reason why Friar Laurence is responsible for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet's death is that he gave Juliet a potion that would make her appear dead. He did this so that she could try to avoid marrying Paris, and so that she could also meet Romeo at the tomb before he was forced to flee Verona. This step of his plan went horribly wrong, as the timing of the potion is what ultimately led Romeo to commit suicide. This decision was a poorly thought-out decision on the part of the friar because he did not think about the possible consequences if something went wrong. The friar shows his irresponsibility by saying: "If, rather than marry the county of Paris, / you have the willpower to kill yourself, / then it is likely that you will undertake / such a thing as death to reproach this shame, / which c.. .... half of the paper ...... it is the friar's fault for leaving Juliet alone at a time when she was very distressed Instead of staying with Juliet when the sentries arrived, and because of his cowardly and irresponsible choice, Juliet ended up dying. Friar Laurence made many poor and irresponsible choices throughout the play, and these choices ended up being fatal to Romeo and Juliet. By making these decisions, he is the one person most responsible for the tragic outcome of the play which Friar Laurence is the one who should be blamed for the death of Romeo and Juliet is because he gave a potion to Juliet to make her believe she was dead, did not deliver a letter of great significance and importance to Romeo and fled when Juliet was dead. in greatest danger at the Capulet tomb. These are the three significant mistakes that caused the deaths of two of literature's most famous lovers.