In 1595, an old play of 2 star-crossed lovers take their life (Prologue, pg.7). In William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence is shown as honest and trustworthy. William Shakespeare has written many plays in olden day language. During some time people thought that plays and poems were not worth anything and thought it was rubbish. People are now studying the writing of Shakespeare because of the rich language, the literature and the writing style and context. The most trusted Friar Lawrence clarifies the mishaps and misunderstanding of Romeo and Juliet (5.3.238-278). Before the speech, a tragic moment occurred in which a pair of lovers take their own life away. This describes how Romeo and Juliet take
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There are about 8 main types of figurative language. Some examples are Imagery, Hyperbole, Simile, Metaphor, Personification and Onomatopoeia. The speech is thoroughly explained by using Imagery and a little Irony. Imagery is when you can image the picture being made from the words. Irony is when the literature shows some sarcasm. Imagery is explained when Friar Lawrence describes the look on Juliet’s face saying “Then comes she to me, and with the wild looks bid me devise some mean” (5.3.248-249). This shows that she comes frantically toward the Friar with wild eyes. There is another imagery when he says that Juliet comes to me and takes the sleeping potion while he write to Romeo tells the plan, but that never happened. From 5.3.252-261 it defines the plan and how it backfired. He tells those lines clearly that you can paint the picture in your head. Friar Lawrence is also talking I n irony. He says “I will be brief for my short date of breath” (5.3.238), which means that he will not speak for a long time but eventually he speaks for an awful long …show more content…
It’s also how the character acts in different types of situations and it also shows the kind of person they are. Character traits can be good or bad, or both and everybody on earth has them. Friar Lawrence shows the traits as being honest and very trustworthy. Friar was very honest about the speech and the plan and didn’t lie about a single thing. His honesty also says that if you don’t believe me then ask the nurse (5.3.275). Also, he was very trusted by both Romeo and Juliet that he kept the plan to himself from the beginning to the end. Overall, Romeo and Juliet was a very confusing play and script by William Shakespeare. I think that Friar Lawrence should be blamed for the death because it was his responsibility that the letter should have reached Romeo about the plan. If Romeo, would have got the plan, then the ending wouldn’t have been so dramatic or
There are about 8 main types of figurative language. Some examples are Imagery, Hyperbole, Simile, Metaphor, Personification and Onomatopoeia. The speech is thoroughly explained by using Imagery and a little Irony. Imagery is when you can image the picture being made from the words. Irony is when the literature shows some sarcasm. Imagery is explained when Friar Lawrence describes the look on Juliet’s face saying “Then comes she to me, and with the wild looks bid me devise some mean” (5.3.248-249). This shows that she comes frantically toward the Friar with wild eyes. There is another imagery when he says that Juliet comes to me and takes the sleeping potion while he write to Romeo tells the plan, but that never happened. From 5.3.252-261 it defines the plan and how it backfired. He tells those lines clearly that you can paint the picture in your head. Friar Lawrence is also talking I n irony. He says “I will be brief for my short date of breath” (5.3.238), which means that he will not speak for a long time but eventually he speaks for an awful long …show more content…
It’s also how the character acts in different types of situations and it also shows the kind of person they are. Character traits can be good or bad, or both and everybody on earth has them. Friar Lawrence shows the traits as being honest and very trustworthy. Friar was very honest about the speech and the plan and didn’t lie about a single thing. His honesty also says that if you don’t believe me then ask the nurse (5.3.275). Also, he was very trusted by both Romeo and Juliet that he kept the plan to himself from the beginning to the end. Overall, Romeo and Juliet was a very confusing play and script by William Shakespeare. I think that Friar Lawrence should be blamed for the death because it was his responsibility that the letter should have reached Romeo about the plan. If Romeo, would have got the plan, then the ending wouldn’t have been so dramatic or