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    Friar Lawerence and the nurse had a significant amount of influence on Romeo and Juilet. Both Frair and the nurse act as mentors‚ and even as parental figures towards them. Although both mentors know Romeo and Juilets love is too mature for them to handle‚ they encourge it anyway. Frair Lawerence and the nurse do not make the right decisions when guiding Romeo and Juielt. Friar Lawerence acts as a father to Romeo in the play. He helps Romeo marry his secret love and family enemy‚ Juilet. Friar Lawerence

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    be applied to Friar Lawrence in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Friar Lawrence is supposed to be a godly man‚ but his looks are very deceiving to his real character. Friar Lawrence is not what you would expect of a friar‚ and is one of the main causes of Romeo and Juliet’s death. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and JulietFriar Lawrence does not possess the qualities you would expect of a Friar. One quality that can be applied to his character is hypocrisy. In Romeo and JulietFriar Lawrence speaks of patience

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    Friar Lawrence is the only character to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Do you agree? Romeo and Juliet is a tragic love story between two ’star-crossed lovers‚" written in 1596 by William Shakespeare. It is set in the town of Verona‚ Italy‚ where two households - the Montagues and Capulets- are involved in an ancient feud. One character who was in the middle of it all was Friar Lawrence‚ whose actions are put to blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet. Shortly after Romeo and Juliet

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    In Romeo and JulietFriar Lawrence acts as a confidant to Romeo although he has a duty to maintain‚ towards all the people of Verona. He makes a lot of decisions which are central in the development of the play. The morality behind many of his decisions is debatable‚ and his actions undoubtedly prompted by good intentions‚ ended in the death of Romeo and Juliet. We first meet Friar Lawrence early in the morning‚ collecting herbs and flowers. His soliloquy brings about his similarity between

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    Text Response Essay Friar Lawrence’s involvement in Romeo and Juliet is largely to blame for the woeful ending that took place. His short-sightedness‚ irresponsible decisions and incompetent actions all contributed to the tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet/ Lack of good judgement from Friar Lawrence played a major role in the passing of Romeo and Juliet. Instead of being supportive of their relationship and assisting them in confronting their parents‚ the Friar took the easy route out. The naïve

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    Secondly the Nurse plays too many critical events in Juliet’s life‚ she acts like mother‚ nurse and servant to Juliet‚ due to her mother not being around during her life and acting like a true mother‚ and Juliet has learnt to trust in the nurse. "Go‚ girl‚ seek happy nights to happy days." The quote was said by the Nurse to Juliet‚ and it meant for Juliet to follow her heart and look for her love which is Romeo in this case‚ and this end in Juliet trusting her and always asking her for advice‚ and

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    In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ the character that I disagree with the most is the nurse. In this play the nurse does multiple things that offend me including rambling on‚ changing her mind to do what’s easiest and being deceitful. The nurse’s character loves to ramble on and talk about things that are irrelevant. For instance‚ when Juliet and her mother were talking about how old Juliet is‚ the nurse jumped in and started a long-winded speech on how Juliet is 14 when she could

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    Friar Lawrence is guilty because he does multiple mistakes that proves him guilty ‚ and here are his three strikes. Friar Lawrence is guilty‚ but in another article I read‚ I do hear a lot of other opinions‚ but this is what I think about the book. The first thing Friar Lawrence did wrong was he trusted Juliet to take the potion‚ plus she was a minor. Juliet was willing to do anyway‚ and he let her know not to sell to a person to her age‚ and he does it anyway for asking for the poison. “She

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    Role of the nurse The nurse’s in the Capulets household is the superior to that of a normal servant. Juliet seems to have taken the place of the daughter she once had and everything she does‚ she does for Juliet’s benefit. She is bossy with the other servants‚ knowing she has a special place in the family. She is a simple soul who is an easy target for Mercutio’s lewd ribbing. She is long-winded as well as rather rude and bawdy‚ but she seems sincere and makes the audience laugh with her rather

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    Compare and Contrast Act 1 – Scene 1 in the films “Romeo and Juliet” “Romeo and Juliet”‚ a tragedy of a star-crossed lovers‚ had written by Shakespeare hundreds years ago. It was the best tragedy in Shakespeare’s time‚ and even in now days‚ the story of Romeo and Juliet are still known as one of the best tragedy. And 2 directors produced two different films with a same title of Romeo and Juliet. It was 1968 by Franco Zeffirelli‚ and 1996 by Baz Luhrmann. Although it had the same title‚ the two directors

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