Importance of the Friars in Much Ado About Nothing and Measure for Measure

Claudio's sister Isabella is dragged out of the convent to plead for him, on the assumption that her superior virtue might move Angelo's heart to pardon her brother. Does it? No. Rather, it pierces right through Angelo's cold Puritanism and sets his heart and other bits on fire. We see through this carefully controlled man into the roaring pit that he has tried so hard to conceal. He falls a victim to the very passion he is prosecuting in Claudio; in doing so, he comes to represent the conflict between good and evil in Vienna as he struggles with the knowledge that he cannot control his own desires.

He married Romeo and Juliet secretly. Friar is like a pastor, but if you are a pastor why keep the marriage a secret. The Friar also gave Juliet a potion that made Juliet appear, as she is dead. “Then gave I her (so tutored by my art) A sleeping potion; which so took effect As I intended, for it wrought on her The form of death.” Although, he wanted to tell Romeo about his plan, it is to late to avoid tragedy. Like the Friar the Nurse is also contributed a lot of crime as well.

The Friar is always ready with a plan. He has a civil relationship with most characters and doesn’t have any enemies, in the play, which is unusual as most characters have an enemy. Tybalts enemy is Romeo and Lord Capulets enemy is Lord Montague. As a character the Friar is concerned about the feud and will do anything in his power to stop it “To turn your households’ rancour to pure love”. He always wants to do the right thing by everyone but his decisions and actions end in

Her honor is disgraced for her “actions” and Claudio will no longer accept her as his wife because of the dishonor she has caused him.

In lines 244 - 253 of act five, scene one, Angelo explains to the Duke why he could not marry Mariana. Shakespeare, by showing a petty reason like her dowry was lost at sea, is able to have his audience believe that the actions of Mariana were right. However, even though these actions seem right, the audience has to wonder if, in fact, they are right. Is it right to lie to someone you are in love with in order for you to sleep with them? By putting that spin on it, most people would assume that not on is this wrong, but also immoral as well. By challenging people's general conceptions about what is right and wrong, Shakespeare is able to have his audience look at the situation in two different ways, and, in the end, make a decision for themselves.

This theme of appearance versus reality is common throughout the play in the number of times deception is used among the characters. Deceit, and misinterpretation of the events causes tension among Claudio and Don Pedro (Act 3 Scene iv). After Claudio fell in love with Leonato's daughter Hero, Don Pedro woos the young lady for him. As Don Pedro does this jealousy arises in Claudio thinking his love is being taken away by the Prince.

´´We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage´´ (Albert Camus). In William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, Don John is trying to break Claudio and Hero up. While this plan is in the making there is a lot of other lies that are being created. In this play there is a lot of lies and deceit, but the characters do not think twice about lying, they just do it. Deception in this play is revealed throughout many plans that the characters create like Don John's plan to break up Claudio and Hero, Don pedros plan to get Benedick and Beatrice together, and the Friar's plan to make everyone think Hero is dead and then reveal her at the wedding. No deception is not presented as morally wrong in the

In the play Romeo and Juliet the friar has a great impact on the couple because of his ability to break law to marry them. In the dramatic play Romeo and Juliet, the Friar has a great impact on the couple because of his ability to break the law to marry them as show in this example, “Not in a grave To lay one in, another out to have.I pray thee chide not: she whom I love now Doth grace for grace and love for love allow; The other did not so. O, she knew well Thy love did read by rote, that could not spell. 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. O, let us hence; I stand on sudden haste. Wisely, and slow; they stumble that run fast” (RandJ.II.3). The Friars ability to break the law and marry Romeo and Juliet creates a huge impact on their relationship. The Friars decision to marry Romeo and Juliet was also to help bind the Montagues and Capulets and ultimately end the hate of the two families, in which furthermore proving his selflessness. The Friar’s ability to break to law to marry Romeo and Juliet and try to connect the Montagues and

Friar tries to help Romeo and Juliet by marrying them even though it is prohibited by the prince. Juliet is supposed to be married to someone else, but is telling the Friar how frantic she is and if he doesn't help her, she will kill herself. Friar responds, “Holy Saint Francis, what a change is here”(89). Romeo and Juliet arranged with

One of the decisions that the Friar made was marrying Romeo and Juliet behind their parents’ back, even though the Friar was doing it for good cause or at least what he thought was a good cause “In one respect I’ll assistant be, for this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households’ rancor to pure love.” (II .iii

“These violent delights have violent ends. ”(II.vi.9). A simple sentence, said by the very man who wrote the story of two star-crossed lovers. The tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet has been around for hundreds of years, and yet, people still debate who had the greatest impact on the ending of the feud between the Montague and Capulet families. Throughout the play you see one person who handles both families’ affairs, and advises both of them, Friar Laurence.

One of the primary themes within the play is deception, its motivations and repercussions. Hero’s faked death is the most prominent example of deception within the play. Leonato and his family circle use Hero’s false death as a way to punish Claudio for his injustice towards Hero. In this case, deception is used as a disciplinary measure. Through this chain of events, Shakespeare conveys the power of deception in affecting someone’s emotions, to the extent that it is used as a form of vengeance. Another less dramatic instance where deception manifests itself within the play is in the interaction between Benedick and Beatrice at the masked ball. Both of them were aware of who the other was yet continued to participate in the facade of obliviousness.

Shakespeare uses the literary device, motif with the image of the masked characters and with the masked language of Benedick and Beatrice. In each instance that a masked character or masked language is used, deception intensifies. In Act I, Scene 1, Claudio says about Hero, “That I love her, I feel” (Shakespeare 1.1.205). Bear in mind, Claudio just arrived in Messina and laid eyes on Hero for the first time. Thus, his declaration of love seems impulsive and uncertain. Claudio knows little about Hero, so his desire to have her must rest on her appearance alone. Still, Don Pedro offers to help unite Claudio with Hero. He initiates a matchmaking scheme. He says, “I will assume thy part in some disguise / And tell fair Hero I am

The nurse and Friar are sophisticated characters that act as parental figures within the prolix and truculent play. The timeless classic Romeo and Juliet (RJ) by William Shakespeare revolves around the notion of determinism, death, love and deception. Despite Romeo and Juliet having warring parents who pay little regard to them, the Nurse and Friar act as parental figures towards them who guide through vexed situations in their best interest, however, this only prolongs their declivity, with the Friar acting as a motif of death and the Nurse acting as a beacon of hope. By

In Act 2 Scene 2 Shakespeare portrays Angelo as precise, intelligently dealing with the pleas of Isabella to save the life of her brother by reversing the death sentence that has been handed down to him.