The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
Introduction
Have you ever red The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet? If you have, have you ever paid attention to Friar Lawrence? In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Friar Lawrence struggles to help young Romeo and Juliet keep their love from their families, who have serious grudges against each other, the play results in the two lovers death. However their deaths connect the families through love. Friar Lawrence has many roles in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. He has physical roles that are obvious and blunt, yet he is also has roles that sneak up on the reader and surprise them. These roles are very important and are only obvious if you discuss the play after each scene. Friar Lawrence’s roles affect …show more content…
For instance in act I scene III Romeo goes to Friar Lawrence about marrying Juliet and even though he knows it is unwise and rash he agrees to marry them secretly. However several times in the play Romeo and Juliet go to Friar Lawrence for advice on how to keep their marriage secret and discreet. In this particular scene Friar Lawrence is faced with the problem if keeping the wedding a secret. However he was in a very good position to do this. First of all the church was very well trusted back then as well as powerful, second Friar Lawrence had, as we say, all the cards in his hand. This enabled him to take a risk and have a better chance it would coming out the way he wanted it to, and even if it didn’t he was still able to cover it …show more content…
He gets them married and they are supposed to live happily ever after, but in act II scene VI lines 9-15 Friar Lawrence states “These violent delights have violent ends. And in their triumph die, like fire and powder. Which, as they kiss, consume. The sweetest honey is loathsome in his own deliciousness. And in taste confounds the appetite. Therefore love moderately: long love doth so; Too swift arrives the tardy as too slow.” . This means that the Friar has already given away a big clue as to what might happen later in the play. As usual he is right for bad things do happen in the play. All of the bad things add up to Romeo and Juliet’s death in the end and Friar Lawrence is left to explain what happened with the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. What makes him such a great storyteller is the fact that he knows everything that happens over the five days that this ordeal takes
Introduction
Have you ever red The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet? If you have, have you ever paid attention to Friar Lawrence? In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Friar Lawrence struggles to help young Romeo and Juliet keep their love from their families, who have serious grudges against each other, the play results in the two lovers death. However their deaths connect the families through love. Friar Lawrence has many roles in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. He has physical roles that are obvious and blunt, yet he is also has roles that sneak up on the reader and surprise them. These roles are very important and are only obvious if you discuss the play after each scene. Friar Lawrence’s roles affect …show more content…
For instance in act I scene III Romeo goes to Friar Lawrence about marrying Juliet and even though he knows it is unwise and rash he agrees to marry them secretly. However several times in the play Romeo and Juliet go to Friar Lawrence for advice on how to keep their marriage secret and discreet. In this particular scene Friar Lawrence is faced with the problem if keeping the wedding a secret. However he was in a very good position to do this. First of all the church was very well trusted back then as well as powerful, second Friar Lawrence had, as we say, all the cards in his hand. This enabled him to take a risk and have a better chance it would coming out the way he wanted it to, and even if it didn’t he was still able to cover it …show more content…
He gets them married and they are supposed to live happily ever after, but in act II scene VI lines 9-15 Friar Lawrence states “These violent delights have violent ends. And in their triumph die, like fire and powder. Which, as they kiss, consume. The sweetest honey is loathsome in his own deliciousness. And in taste confounds the appetite. Therefore love moderately: long love doth so; Too swift arrives the tardy as too slow.” . This means that the Friar has already given away a big clue as to what might happen later in the play. As usual he is right for bad things do happen in the play. All of the bad things add up to Romeo and Juliet’s death in the end and Friar Lawrence is left to explain what happened with the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. What makes him such a great storyteller is the fact that he knows everything that happens over the five days that this ordeal takes