The vial touches his fingertips, one of them grabbing the glass bottle. Contained within the crystalline barrier, the liquid dances with the property of fleeting death and enchants two naive lovers to an early separation in William Shakespeare's "The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet." Two star-crossed lovers take the stage, bound by their endless love but separated by the ancient hatred of their two families. In their desperate efforts to spend their days together, a terrible communication disrupts their arrangements, and the horror of living without each other ends Romeo and Juliet's lives. The characters in this play all contribute to the death of the two young lovers. Of the characters, Friar Laurence is most responsible for the deaths of Juliet and her Romeo due to the secret the Friar keeps, his knowledge of the inevitable, and the encouragement and plotting of pitiful decisions. Deciding to resolve the complexity of Romeo and Juliet's love without consulting anyone else results in Friar Laurence being most responsible for their deaths. The brother tries to solve all the problems with his ego, and he thinks that he possesses the capacity and the credit for forgiveness'' mercy, "But look, you don't stay until the watch is set, because then you cannot pass to Mantua, where you will have to lie until we can find a moment to ignite your marriage, reconcile your friends, ask the prince's forgiveness and remember you with twenty hundred thousand times more joy than you went out in lamentations "(III. 4. 148-154). ). At night, Romeo must say goodbye to Juliet and flee to Mantua while the brother tells the prince and the two families that Juliet and Romeo are officially husband and wife. After Romeo's departure, other obstacles are added, preventing Romeo and Juliet from heading towards forbidden love, acting against his awareness of a formidable destiny, and against the comfort and intrigue of pitiful decisions. points out Brother Laurence as the most to be condemned for the death of Monsieur Romeo and the beautiful Juliet. Yet Shakespeare's original play retains enormous levels of twists and turns that lead to the tragic finale at the end of Romeo and Juliet. Therefore, the fault cannot be attributed so simply to a single character among many others who fueled the flames, strangling the existence of the young lovers. But when the question of blame afflicts the spectators of this play, the brother's name lingers in the thick air polluted by hard, slippery lips. Works Cited Shakespeare, William, Louis B. Wright, and Virginia A. LaMar. The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. New ed. New York: Washington Square Press, 1959. Print.