The first Information you hear regarding Friar Laurence, obtains his love of poison and medicinal power and how when used wrong it can lead to harmful damage (And it will). Juliet obtained the sleeping potion from the Friar and it worked, sort of. Friar gives her the potion and says, “ Take this bottle, and when you're in bed, drink distilled liquor. Immediately, a cold and quieting liquid shall run through all your veins. Your pulse will stop. No warmth or breath to prove that you're alive.” (4,1 95-100) Juliet had managed to survive the lack of life, yet her beloved lover did not, for he is heartbroken from a note that is not delivered.
