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- Friar Laurence gives Juliet a vial and tells her that tomorrow night (the night before the wedding) she should ensure she is in her room alone, then drink the contents of the vial. The potion within, the friar explains, is designed to make whomever drinks it sleep deeply—and appear dead—for just over 40 hours.
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Friar Lawrence occupies a strange position in Romeo and Juliet. He is a kindhearted cleric who helps Romeo and Juliet throughout the play. He performs their marriage and gives generally good advice, especially in regard to the need for moderation.
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Friar Laurence is introduced as he tends to his medicinal...
- Act 4, Scenes 1–2
After Paris leaves, Juliet asks Friar Lawrence for help,...
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Jul 31, 2015 · Paris is talking with Friar Lawrence about the coming wedding when Juliet arrives. After Paris leaves, she threatens suicide if Friar Lawrence cannot save her from marrying Paris. Friar Lawrence gives her a potion that will make her appear as if dead the morning of the wedding.
When Romeo tells Friar Laurence of his love for Juliet and his wish to marry her, the Friar hopes it will be a positive end to the Montague and Capulet conflict.
In spite of his occasional shortsightedness, Friar Laurence is the play’s moral compass in many ways: he calls out Romeo for his melodrama and ungratefulness, Juliet for her rash responses to anger and frustration, and Capulet for his obsession with climbing Verona’s social ladder.
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Friar Laurence is a key character in Romeo and Juliet. He is a Franciscan monk who lives on his own in a humble shack in the countryside near Verona. He is a kind of doctor, gathering herbs, from which he makes medicines for various conditions. He is well-known in and around Verona – including among the teenagers of the town – and is someone they k...
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 Julietand asking him to marry them he is horrified. They are so young, and, after all, wasn’t it just the day before that Romeo was si...
Young men’s love lies Not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes (act 2 scene2) But come, young waverer, come, go with me. In one respect I’ll thy assistant be, This alliance may so happy prove To turn your households’ rancour to pure love (act 2 scene 3) A lover may bestride the gossamers That idles in the wanton summer air, And yet not fall, so...
After Paris leaves, Juliet asks Friar Lawrence for help, brandishing a knife and saying that she will kill herself rather than marry Paris. The friar proposes a plan: Juliet must consent to marry Paris; then, on the night before the wedding, she must drink a sleeping potion that will make her appear to be dead.
Juliet asks Friar Laurence if she can speak with him alone, and the friar urges Paris to leave. Paris bids Juliet goodbye, kisses her, then leaves. Juliet urges the friar to close the door behind Paris so that they can talk frankly—she worries she is “past cure, past help.”
