Friar Laurence is a Friar who plays the part of a wise adviser to Romeo and Juliet, along with aiding in major plot developments. Alone he foreshadows the later, tragic event of the play with his Soliloquy about plants and their similarities to humans. when Romeo requests the Friar marry him to Juliet, he is shocke, because only day before, Romeo had been infatuated with Rosaline, a woman who didn't return his love. Nevertheless, Friar Laurence decides to marry Romeo and Juliet in the attempt to stop the civil feud between the Capulets and the Montagues.
When romeo is banished for killing Tybalt and flees to Mantua, Friar Laurence tries to help tho two lovers get back together using a potion to fake Juliet's death. The Friar sends a letter to Romeo explaining the situation, but it does not reach him because the people of Mantua suspect the messenger came from a house infected with the plague, and the Friar is unable to arrive at the Capulet’s monument in time. Romeo kills count Paris, whom he finds weeping near Juliet's corpse, then commits suicide, by drinking poison that he bought from an impoverished apothecary, over what he thinks is Juliet's dead body. Friar Laurence arrives just as Juliet awake from her chemically induced slumber. …show more content…
Juliet then kills herself with Romeo's dagger, completing the tragedy. The Friar is forced to return to the tomb, where he recounts the entire story to Prince Escalus, and all the Montagues and Capulets. As he finishes, the Prince proclaims, “We have still known the for a holy man.”At first glance, one may look over the character of Friar Laurence and dismiss him as only a minor player in the story of Romeo and
When romeo is banished for killing Tybalt and flees to Mantua, Friar Laurence tries to help tho two lovers get back together using a potion to fake Juliet's death. The Friar sends a letter to Romeo explaining the situation, but it does not reach him because the people of Mantua suspect the messenger came from a house infected with the plague, and the Friar is unable to arrive at the Capulet’s monument in time. Romeo kills count Paris, whom he finds weeping near Juliet's corpse, then commits suicide, by drinking poison that he bought from an impoverished apothecary, over what he thinks is Juliet's dead body. Friar Laurence arrives just as Juliet awake from her chemically induced slumber. …show more content…
Juliet then kills herself with Romeo's dagger, completing the tragedy. The Friar is forced to return to the tomb, where he recounts the entire story to Prince Escalus, and all the Montagues and Capulets. As he finishes, the Prince proclaims, “We have still known the for a holy man.”At first glance, one may look over the character of Friar Laurence and dismiss him as only a minor player in the story of Romeo and