In act v, scene ii of romeo and juliet, what role does friar john play in the catastrophe? he creates a quarantine, which impacts romeo. he secretly performs romeo and juliet’s wedding. he mistakenly tells balthasar that juliet is dead. he fails to deliver an important letter to romeo.

In Act V, Scene II, of "Romeo and Juliet", the role that Friar John plays in the catastrophe is that He fails to deliver an important letter to Romeo. Friar Laurence has sent Friar John to Mantua with a letter to Romeo explaining Juliet's false death. Friar John could not deliver the letter to Romeo because he was quarantined.

it the climax in the poem

what makes a hero is someone who tries and acres and then heps to save people