Friar Lawrence’s second monologue occurs during the morning of the wedding day of Juliet and Paris, a little after the Capulets find their daughter “dead”. He comforts the Capulets by saying that Juliet has achieved the highest form of happiness by dying and entering heaven. However, this monologue foreshadows Juliet’s future death with her lover but both the audience and the Friar know that Juliet isn’t dead and is merely sleeping. In a previous scene, Friar Lawrence devised a plan to help Juliet get to Romeo and gives her a sleeping potion that would make her appear dead for two days. One could speculate that Friar Lawrence only wanted to rise in power and gain recognition by making peace between the Capulets and Montagues. If he had actually…
Romeo and Juliet was a story about two lovers who died as a fault of two families that did not get along. (hook) In the story is Friar Lawrence is to blame for their deaths. He married Romeo to Juliet, he gave Juliet a sleeping potion, he hid Romeo from the prince when he got banished. With this information given, Friar Lawrence is to blamed. (thesis)…
The cause of the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare can be blamed on multiple people. Some say it’s the Montagues and the Capulets fault for their feud. Others say its Romeo for being so lustful. However, the one who is to blame for all of this is Friar Laurence. Friar Laurence is an advisor to Romeo and Juliet.…
Throughout the play the Friar goal was to unite the two families and end their feud. The Friar thought if he published showed the relationship between Romeo and Juliet then the two families would accept each other and end their feud but instead the Friar decided to keep the marriage a secret and for that matters went with the complicated way of things. "Holy Saint Francis, what a change is here!" (2.3.65). After getting over his shock of the news, the Friar agrees to marry the two because he believes the marriage will end the feud between the Montague's and the Capulet's. He says, "In one respect I'll thy assistant be,/For this alliance may so happy prove/To turn your households' rancor to pure love" (2.3.97-90). He announced that the marriage…
Romeo and Juliet is a story written by William Shakespeare of a romantic tragedy that happened between Romeo and Juliet. The story teaches us to think intensively before we do something that can impact our lives so greatly. The story also teaches us how love can affect the decisions that we make rapidly. As a secondary character, Friar Lawrence was a mentor to Romeo; he taught him new things and helped to light a path that would make his future sophisticated. At the end of the story, Friar Lawrence made an impact on the tragedy that occurred where Juliet and Romeo die for their love for each other. Without Friar Lawrence in the story, the end tragedy may have not happened; furthermore Romeo and Juliet may not have been together…
more to save the lives of Romeo and Juliet and bring the families close together.…
After learning about the arranged marriage between Juliet and Paris, Friar Lawrence’s motives are to simply reunite the two lovers, through an elaborate plan in which he’d notify Romeo of Juliet’s staged death. However, due to the lack of communication between the Friar and Romeo, the plan ultimately failed, pushing forth the notion that his plan had the potential to be successful under different circumstances. In fear of the Black Death spreading, residents of Verona are placed under quarantine, preventing Friar John from successfully delivering the letter to Romeo. As a result, Romeo lacks knowledge of Juliet's falsified death, as he was unable to receive the letter entailing Friar Lawrence’s plan. If successfully delivered, Romeo would…
All through time, there have been various sentimental tragedies. For instance, the play Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, is known for its challenging sentimental catastrophe with two star-crossed darlings. Monk Lawrence was there in Romeo's and Juliet's lives; he wedded them, built up an arrangement to keep them together, and was a dear companion all through their tragedies. In any case, Friar Laurence's extraordinary activity in wedding Romeo and Juliet, his extremist arrangement for protecting Juliet from an undesirable marriage to Paris, and his dread of conferring sin all added to the passings of Romeo and Juliet.…
Lessons of Young LoveFriar Lawrence is guilty for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because he is irresponsible, cowardly and thoughtless. First of all, Friar Laurence agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet. “For By your leave, you shall not stay alone till holy church incorporate two in one” (6.6 .36 - 37). This proves Friar Lawrence is guilty of marrying them and this leads to their deaths. This proves Friar Lawrence is guilty of marrying Them which leaves them to their deaths, in the end, it is irresponsible of the friar to agree to marry them because Romeo and Juliet have only known each other for a few days. The friar is an adult who should know better. Their families are enemies. The friar also knows that Juliet is a Capulet and Romeo is a Montague…
The character I have chosen is Friar Laurence he influences Romeo and Juliet by telling them the upcoming events in the near future.He has also married Romeo and Juliet despite Laurence being shocked by Romeo’s mishap with rosaline which did not give Romeo any affection, it also was an attempt to try to stop the civil Feud between the capulets and the Montagues. Friar also helps them both when Romeo is banished for killing Tybalt and as he runs to mantua Laurence helps Romeo and Juliet by making a potion to help fake Juliet's death but, as friar tries to send a letter to Romeo it doesn't go through because the villagers suspect it comes from a house that is infected. Friar is also too late to come to Romeo's suicide because Romeo thought he…
The role of secondary characters in works is to support and influence the protagonist and also to symbolically reveal behavioral patterns in human nature. Friar Lawrence in William Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet, is an important secondary character and it is shown by how he influences the plot, the development of the main characters, and the play's theme.…
Some people believe Friar Lawrence was responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s death but I disagree with them. I know he was not responsible as Friar Lawrence was only trying to help, plus the monk and donkey did not get there on time. Besides, the two feuding families would have made it happen anyway!…
Most people would not consider Friar Laurence to be the most important character, what with his many mistakes, sneaky plans, and abused power. But yet, if you look at all his mistakes, and plans combined, he was the one who ultimately ended the feud. Friar Laurence had the most power over both families, being a wise counselor and unbiased in the feud, so he was able to give advice to Romeo and Juliet, who followed blindly. Looking at his role in the play, you see that he was a powerful person, who, by making mistakes, and giving counsel, could stop the hate between two families. He was the one who ended the feud between the Montague and Capulet families, helping them reconcile.…
Oh, it’s a sad day! He’s dead. He’s dead. He’s dead! We’re ruined, lady, we’re ruined! What an awful day! He’s gone. He’s been killed. He’s dead! In the play, Romeo and Juliet by WIlliam Shakespeare the Nurse helped the two young lovers while Friar Lawrence hindered the two young lovers goals. In Act III Tybalt and Mercutio begin to fight and then Romeo comes and tries to break the fight up in which Tybalt accidentally kills Mercutio, and then Romeo goes and finds Tybalt then kills him. Juliet is sad because her cousin Tybalt had died, and while she is sad, Romeo goes to Friar Lawrence’s cell because he has to leave Verona for killing Tybalt. Friar Lawrence makes a plan for Romeo to go and comfort Juliet, then leave in the morning and he will…
If Juliet was provided with the opportunity to send a letter to Romeo, she would write to him about all the subsequent events, after he fled, that led up to her seeking of the Friar. This would include the planned marriage with Paris on Thursday and Capulet’s outrage over her disobedience. In her letter, she would include the details of Friar Laurence’s plan and notify Romeo of her worries regarding the possible outcomes. Given the unexpected series of events which occurred and the chaos that it entailed, Juliet is certainly flustered, heartbroken, worried, and enraged, all at the same time. This excess of negative emotions will surely cause her overall tone to seem desperate and cloud her thinking. She will most definitely assure Romeo of…