Friar Lawrence

Romeo and Juliet In Romeo and Juliet many decisions made by the characters result in the death of two young lovers. Romeo, Juliet, and Friar Lawrence make some questionable decisions throughout the play. Juliet decides to get married too quickly, Romeo kills Tybalt, and Friar plans Juliet’s death too suddenly. If even just one choice was different than the play would have ended differently and more characters could have survived. The hasty decisions from Romeo and Juliet result in their tragedy. For example, they decide to get married so quickly. When Romeo is talking to the Friar about marrying Juliet and him, the Friar states, “Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.”(2.3.94.) The Friar is explaining the slow thought out decisions…

the two families, the Montagues and the Capulets along with destiny culminates in the inevitable deaths of these ‘star-cross’d lovers’ Therefore, Romeo and Juliet’s love shall always be overshadowed by hatred, thus meaning that the play revolves around the conflict of love and hate. This conflict is strongly evident in Act 3 Scene 5, where Juliet’s parents are attempting to make her marry Count Paris, who also dies because of Romeo & Juliet’s love. However, Juliet resists her parents pressure as…

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…

Friar Lawrence, although an elderly man, was a knowledgeable and foremost character in the star-crossed lovers faith. At the first glance, the Friar is seen as a minor character whom Romeo visits. However, as the play progresses it becomes visible that he is a character Romeo confides in. This leads Romeo to plead the Friar to marry him to his now true love, Juliet. Apart from marrying a Capulet to a Montague, he advises Romeo to travel and live in Verona for some time to recuperate all the…

After an argument with her parents, Juliet realizes there is nothing she can to be with Romeo because of the preplanned marriage with Paris, saying “Is there no pity sitting in the clouds/That sees into the bottom of my grief”(3.5.197-198). Fate has it so Juliet will be with Paris, yet Juliet plans to drink a sleeping potion and not marry him, envisioning her future with Romeo. However, the audience knows this plan will not work and increases the sorrow for her inevitable death. Another example…

Based on her thoughts, and the effect it has on others, the reader can come to the conclusion that decisiveness is truly a prominent trait. In Act Four, Juliet takes up the offer to drink a poison concocted by Friar Laurence. However, the poison isn’t deadly, it just puts Juliet in a coma-like state. As Shakespeare remarks, “Shall, stiff and stark and cold, appear like death. And in this borrow'd likeness of shrunk death Thou shalt continue two and forty hours”(4.1.106-108). Friar Laurence and…

In the story of Romeo and Juliet, there is a priest named Friar Lawrence. Friar Lawrence helped Romeo and Juliet be together, hoping that would end the feud between the Montagues and Capulets. Further into the story, he was ultimately the reason for both Romeo and Juliet’s death. Friar Lawrence is the one to blame when both Romeo and Juliet died. He did not know what he was doing when he agreed to marry Romeo and Juliet. “O, she knew well thy love did read by rote, that could not spell. But…

committing suicide. Friar Lawrence is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, because he married them in secret which caused the need for secret tedious plans which ultimately failed. The first reason why Friar Lawrence is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet is marrying them. In an attempt to stop the rancor between the Montagues and Capulets, Friar Lawrence decides to marry Romeo and Juliet after they just met each other the day before. He also never told their parents about the…

with both tragic heros dead. But who is to blame? Friar Lawrence is a powerful character in the tragic story. He was a fatherly figure to both Romeo and Juliet, but he made many crucial mistakes. He did not deliver the message to Romeo, he did not want to marry the young couple as Romeo and Juliet are just kids. Thus, Friar Lawrence is the reason why this love story is destine to turn into a tragic story. While the love story is unraveling, a part of the elaborate plan is to tell Romeo that…

The character Friar Lawrence is a mentor to Romeo and Juliet. The character often times advises Romeo and Juliet when making significant decisions. Friar Lawrence is religious figure he is thought of in Verona as a knowledgeable, peacemaking and wise person. Shakespeare uses the character Friar Lawrence to help develop themes that everything has a good and bad side, humans have no control fate does and that young love in very rushed/hasty. The character Friar Lawrence helps develop the theme…