Giving others advice is a very generous thing to do, but just because someone tells you to do something, does not mean that you should always do it. In the story, Romeo and Juliet, Romeo relies on his priest, Friar Laurence, to be a parent-like figure and provide guidance throughout his life. Friar Laurence is supposed to be a responsible person who makes moral decisions but instead, he is very irresponsible and he makes terrible decisions and judgments throughout the play. He should be held responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Three examples of Friar Laurence acting irresponsible and making immoral decisions are, when he agreed to marry Romeo and Juliet even though he knew that Romeo was not truly in love with Juliet, when he created a plan for Juliet to fake her death and be with Romeo instead of marrying Paris, and when he relied on someone else to tell Romeo about his plan that could turn out terribly if Romeo did not know about it. Firstly, Friar Laurence agreed to marry Romeo and Juliet even though he knew that Romeo was not truly in love with Juliet. Less than a day ago, Romeo was in love with another girl named Rosaline and Friar Laurence knows that Romeo could not be in love with Juliet after knowing her for less than a day. Friar Laurence says, “Young men’s love then lies/ Not truly in their hearts but in their eyes.”(ii.iii.67-68). Friar Laurence is telling Romeo that he is not truly in love with Juliet, he is just in love with the way she looks. Friar Laurence still agrees to marry them since they are both on different sides of a feud between two families, the Montague’s and the Capulet’s and he believes that this will end the feud between these two families. This is very unlikely to happen considering how many years that that they have hated each other. Secondly, Friar Laurence created a plan for Juliet to fake her death and be with Romeo instead of marrying Paris. Juliet said to Friar Laurence, “