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      • The Friar's plan to reunite Romeo and Juliet involves Juliet taking a potion to appear dead. She must agree to marry Paris, then drink the potion the night before the wedding. This will make her seem dead for 42 hours. During that time, the Friar will inform Romeo, who will come to the Capulet vault, and they will escape to Mantua together.
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  2. But Friar Lawrence is also the most scheming and political of characters in the play: he marries Romeo and Juliet as part of a plan to end the civil strife in Verona; he spirits Romeo into Juliet’s room and then out of Verona; he devises the plan to reunite Romeo and Juliet through the deceptive ruse of a sleeping potion that seems to arise ...

    • Summary: Act 4, Scene 1
    • Summary: Act 4, Scene 2
    • Analysis: Act 4, Scenes 1–2

    In his cell, Friar Lawrence speaks with Paris about the latter’s impending marriage to Juliet. Paris says that Juliet’s grief about Tybalt’s death has made her unbalanced, and that Capulet, in his wisdom, has determined they should marry soon so that Juliet can stop crying and put an end to her period of mourning. The friar remarks to himself that ...

    Juliet returns home, where she finds Capulet and Lady Capulet preparing for the wedding. She surprises her parents by repenting her disobedience and cheerfully agreeing to marry Paris. Capulet is so pleased that he insists on moving the marriage up a day, to Wednesday—tomorrow. Juliet heads to her chambers to, ostensibly, prepare for her wedding. C...

    Friar Lawrence is the wiliest and most scheming character in Romeo and Juliet: he secretly marries the two lovers, spirits Romeo to Mantua, and stages Juliet’s death. The friar’s machinations seem also to be tools of fate. Yet despite the role Friar Lawrence plays in bringing about the lovers’ deaths, Shakespeare never presents him in a negative, o...

  3. Why does Friar Laurence marry Romeo & Juliet? Friar Laurence is kind, compassionate and thoughtful, and deeply concerned about the feud that is blighting what is an otherwise prosperous and beautiful town. When Romeo comes to him, telling him he is in love with Juliet and asking him to marry them he is horrified. They are so young, and, after ...

  4. Both Romeo and Juliet trust Friar Lawrence with their secrets. The friar has good relations with both the Montagues and the Capulets, and hopes that Romeo and Juliet’s marriage will bring peace...

  5. Remaining skeptical at Romeo’s sudden change of heart, Friar Lawrence nonetheless agrees to marry the couple. He expresses the hope that the marriage of Romeo and Juliet might end the feud ravaging the Montagues and Capulets. Read a translation of Act 2, scene 3.

  6. The Friar's plan to reunite Romeo and Juliet involves Juliet taking a potion to appear dead. She must agree to marry Paris, then drink the potion the night before the wedding.

  7. Juliet begs Friar Laurence to give her the vial of potion, determined to see the plan through. The friar gives it to her, then wishes her good luck. He promises to see his end of the plan through. Juliet bids the friar goodbye, praying that her love for Romeo will give her the strength she needs.