Role Of Secondary Characters In Romeo And Juliet
Alexius Davis March 6, 2018 Ms. LeeAssignment #2Even though secondary characters are not shinned on as often as the main characters, in some cases they tend to play a significant role when it comes to determining the theme throughout stories and plays. In William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, one may determine the theme as the powerfulnature of both love and fate or tragedy. Friar Laurence, a secondary character, plays an unusual but yet interesting role in the play when it comes to determining Romeo and Juliet's fate. Friar Laurence took the chances of secretly marrying Romeo and Juliet in his cell without fully thinking everything through and giving Juliet the idea of faking her own death by giving her a sleeping potion.
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“But come, young waverer, come, go with me, in one respect I'll thy assistant be; For this alliance may so happy prove, to turn your households' rancour to pure love.” (Act II, Scene III)With Friar Laurence marrying Romeo and Juliet in hopes that their love will reconcile the feud between their two families, he created an even stronger bond between the two, showing an act of selfishness. Friar Laurence knew Romeo was not yet mature enough for marriage, he knew that Romeo was loving with his eyes and not his heart but yet he still took the chances of marrying the two young star-crossed lovers with a different idea at heart. If Romeo and Juliet were not married their tragic ending would not have occurred.Friar Laurence thought that if Juliet took a sleeping potion the night before her planned wedding to Paris, then she would appear dead to ones eye and would be laid to rest in the Capulet tomb. Then he would send word to Romeo to help him retrieve her when she awakes;“If, rather than to marry County Paris, thou hast the strength of will to slay thyself. Then is it likely thou wilt undertake a thing like death to chide away this
“But come, young waverer, come, go with me, in one respect I'll thy assistant be; For this alliance may so happy prove, to turn your households' rancour to pure love.” (Act II, Scene III)With Friar Laurence marrying Romeo and Juliet in hopes that their love will reconcile the feud between their two families, he created an even stronger bond between the two, showing an act of selfishness. Friar Laurence knew Romeo was not yet mature enough for marriage, he knew that Romeo was loving with his eyes and not his heart but yet he still took the chances of marrying the two young star-crossed lovers with a different idea at heart. If Romeo and Juliet were not married their tragic ending would not have occurred.Friar Laurence thought that if Juliet took a sleeping potion the night before her planned wedding to Paris, then she would appear dead to ones eye and would be laid to rest in the Capulet tomb. Then he would send word to Romeo to help him retrieve her when she awakes;“If, rather than to marry County Paris, thou hast the strength of will to slay thyself. Then is it likely thou wilt undertake a thing like death to chide away this