The Rise and Fall of Juliet and Her Romeo

When Juliet finds out that Tybalt has been killed and Romeo is in exile, for killing Tybalt, Juliet feels both passionate about Romeo and disappointed in both Romeo and herself, which reveal her inner struggle. In Act 3, Juliet’s Nurse comes back with this news that Tybalt is dead and that Romeo is such an awful person for killing him. Juliet fights back at the Nurse, and herself, for speaking bad about Romeo. She claims, ““Shall I speak ill of him that is my husband? Ah, poor my lord, what tongue shall smooth thy name, When I, thy three hours' wife, have mangled it? But wherefore, villain, didst thou kill my cousin? That villain cousin would have killed my husband.” (3.2.99-101). This shows that Juliet is passionate about Romeo, because first of all, she says that she was wrong to say bad things about her husband.

Friar Laurence is a Franciscan friar who aids both Romeo and Juliet throughout the whole play. Choices he made determined the outcome of the play and had he made different choices, the play may not have ended the way it did.

I will ask Friar Laurence to act as a reliable and wise older priest would. He should report the Prince's ruling over Romeo's transgression with happiness, since banishment is truly preferable to death. Later on, he should be able to depict disappointment over Romeo's reaction to banishment, underlining that he is talking down to Romeo who is being extra unreasonable. Likewise, as Romeo continues to argue that he is worse off banished than dead, the Friar will appear impatient with Romeo's lack of appreciation over this "good news" that he brings. Also, the Friar will seem emotionally detached to differentiate himself from the excessively sensitive Romeo. He has to show what it means to be a sensible and calm adult. Nonetheless, as he hears from the Nurse how miserable Juliet is and how Romeo would readily kill himself over causing Juliet's pain, he would look like he wrangled his brains to come up with the best solution possible where people would not die. The Friar would then remain prudent and composed above all the immaturity and emotionality of Romeo.

There are many characters in the play of Romeo and Juliet that have important roles and unique characteristics. One of these characters is Friar Lawrence, a Franciscan monk who is an expert in plants and medicines. While the Friar does not appear in all parts of the play, he acts as an advisor to Romeo and Juliet and gets them married. Being an honest, trustworthy, and loving friend, Friar Lawrence helps keep Romeo and Juliet together while maintaining his character and not acting dual-sided or having a second nature. Throughout the later parts of the play, Friar Lawrence’s characterization remains consistent as he guides the two lovers through their troubles and eventually ends the family feud between the Capulets and the Montagues.

At one part in the play his friends think he is still in love with Rosaline when in fact he has forgotten about Rosaline and is in love with Juliet. Romeo is quick to arrange the wedding and doesn’t wait to visit Friar Lawrence. The fact that Romeo and Juliet didn’t stop to think about marriage is one of the factors that contribute to their deaths. The Friar also thinks Romeo is in love with Rosaline and expects that he has spent the night with her, because he is in a good mood “God pardon sin! Wast thou with Rosaline”, but instead he has spent the night with Juliet. Romeo has a close relationship with the Friar, he acts as a father figure. This is shown when the Friar tell him he is banished. Romeo threatens to kill himself but Friar Lawrence stops him and gives Romeo some advice as Romeo knows he can trust the Friar “ Let me dispute with thee of thy estate”.

His impulsive behavior is displayed when he seeks vengeance that built after his friend was killed by his new cousin, Tybalt. In the story Romeo states, “Either thou or I, or both, must go with him”(3.1.191). In this statement to Tybalt, Romeo is implying that he intends to ensure that Tybalt is slain even if it means that he himself must perish. He succeeds in defeating Tybalt in a one on one confrontation. Once Tybalt is dead, the young lover is banished, and a domino effect ensues on the rest of the characters. His banishment leads to the end of both Juliet and his mother’s life as a result of being separated from his mother and a plot concocted between Juliet and the Friar. In addition, Romeo hastefully goes from loving one beauty to loving another. Despite the two being complete strangers they both wish to marry each other. When he informs Friar Lawrence of his change in heart the Friar states, “These violent delights have violent ends”(2.6.9). Friar Lawrence's says this to warn Romeo of the consequences of his wish to conduct the marriage so quickly. To prevent a cease in the relationship due to no real bond between the two ‘lovers’, the Friar tries to use language to prevent him from being rushed into love. This impulsive behavior Romeo indulged caused things to escalate quickly leading to the demise of himself and Juliet’s star-crossed love for each

Friar Laurence’s character flaws greatly impacted the end result of the play. The Friar should be punished for his poorly made decisions throughout Shakespeare’s story. His first mistake was when he initially helped Romeo and Juliet with the aid of the Nurse. Both Romeo and Juliet are children and their parents should be included in every decision made for them. The Friar married Romeo and Juliet in Act 3 of the play. “Till Holy Church incorporate two in one” (3.1.37) The marriage was the start of many issues. Such as Juliet’s inability to wed Paris, being a married lady. This led to Friar’s next choice of giving Juliet the sleeping potion—making her appear dead. “Take this vial, being then in bed,” (4.1.93) Giving Juliet the poison was the reason why so many characters had died in the end of Act 5 of the play. Paris had died fighting Romeo because he thought he was attempting to steal Juliet’s “dead” body. Romeo, ignorant of the fact that Juliet was not dead, killed himself. Juliet committed suicide because of her fiancé lying next to her lifeless. The poison given by Friar

In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, the two secondary characters, Benvolio and Friar Lawrence are both intended to be voices of reason in Romeo's hectic life by the playwright. The men are Romeo's confidants, Benvolio is Romeo's cousin and the Friar is Romeo's "ghostly father" (2.2.45). They frequently give Romeo advice on how to conduct his love life. When Romeo was head over heals for Rosaline, they discouraged the ill-advised romance because they knew it would end in calamity because she was a Capulet. Benvolio urges Romeo to "Compare her face with some that I will show," (1.2.88) at the Capulet feast so Romeo will forget about her. Friar Lawrence thinks in the same vein saying "That's my good son," (2.3.47) when Romeo denies

Lastly, Friar Lawrence is the most to blame for the events that occur in Romeo and Juliet because he went behind Juliet's parents backs and didn’t tell them about him and Juliet’s evil plans. “If thou darest, I'll give thee remedy.” Without considering what her parents think or say about the subject friar is willing to make Juliet the potion behind her parents back. This quote is the last and final evidence from the play. It shows how Friar does not consider Juliet's parents decisions. If three pieces of evidence isn’t enough I don’t know what

Friar Laurence had the greatest influence on Romeo and Juliet. The day after they met, the Friar married the couple, without parental consent. In this time period, parental consent was expected; the groom must ask the bride’s father’s permission. The Friar hopes to end the feud between the Capulets and Montagues by ignoring this rule and marrying the couple anyway. His plan of marriage fails at ending the feud and forces the Friar to devise more sneaky plans to hide his mistake. The issue is further complicated when Juliet is to be married to Paris promptly. The Friar’s very complex plan ensured that Juliet could not be married to Paris and that she could be together with Romeo. Juliet is the take a sleeping potion that makes her appear dead for fourty-two house/ The most important part of the plan is that Romeo, who is in Mantua, be informed to go to the tomb as Juliet wakes up. Friar Laurence doesn’t contact Romeo himself, so therefore the plan didn’t work. The Friar always intended to end the feud, but everything he did created a larger problem. The Friar’s good intentions lead to tragic results. Fate plays a major role because no matter how hard the Friar tried to make things better, they were destined to end poorly. At the end of the play the Friar realizes that the tragedy appears to be his fault, “I am the greatest, able to do the least, / Yet most suspected, as the time and place” (Rom. 5.3.223-224).

He compared him to a vacuous soldier that exploded his gun powder because he was careless. The Friar adviced him to be happy since he was still alive because Tybalt could have killed him and the law that was supposed to give him his death was softened to being exiled from Verona and told him to appreciate all the blessings he had as well. Moreover, the Friar also tried to console Romeo by saying, “Go, get thee to thy love, as was decreed. / Ascend her chamber, hence, and comfort her. / But look thou stay not till the watch be set, / For then thou canst not pass to Mantua, / Where thou shalt live, till we can find a time / To blaze your marriage, reconcile your friends, / Beg pardon of the Prince, and call thee back / With twenty hundred thousand times more joy / Than thou went’st forth in lamentation” (III.iii.156-164). He was saying that Romeo should go to Juliet’s chamber and comfort her but he had to leave before the night guards take their positions. Then, Romeo had to flee to Mantua, and the Friar also promised that he will try to make their marriage officially announced to the public and make peace between the Capulets and Montagues. Also, he promised to ask for forgiveness from the Prince and to welcome Romeo back.

After he told him that he no longer loves Rosaline, but loves Juliet a Capulet. Also that Romeo wants Friar to marry them. Friar Laurence tells Romeo that he doesn’t love Juliet, he just thinks she is pretty so pretty he is in love with her looks. But towards the end of conversation between Friar and Romeo, Friar Laurence says “In one respect I’ll thy assistant be, for this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households’ rancor to pure love” (2. 3. 93-95) He is agreeing to marry Romeo and Juliet. This is Friar giving advice against his morals. First Friar is telling Romeo he doesn’t truly love Juliet, he just thinks she is pretty. Now he is agreeing to marry them because he thinks it will end the family feud. Friar is giving out bad counsel and acting against his

Act II iii Romeo and Friar Laurence It is early in the morning and Friar Laurence is picking flowers and herbs. Friar Laurence explains how the gray-eyes morning is smiling on the frowning night. Darkness, the night, is like drunk men getting out of the way of Titan's wheels of fire. (Titan Sun God) Friar Laurence says that he must fill up his osier basket (a basket made from willow or dogwood tree sticks) with weeds and flowers before the sun gets warm and burns off the morning dew (wetness).

Friar was helping Romeo keep a secret from Romeo’s parents; therefore, if they were informed, they would not have let their “friendship” continue. Forcing secrets required that Friar left a bad example on Romeo, causing for parents to be more involved and informed of this strong, personal

Shakespeare has the Friar analyze the situation between Romeo and Juliet and give personal opinions which seem to criticize the rash actions of Juliet as well as Romeo, as the lovers are out for passion and ensure that people will succumb to their needs as they wish. The Friar recalls Juliet threatening him to help her as stated, “To rid her of this second marriage, or in my cell there she would kill herself” (pg. 238). The Friar makes statements about certain causes as he summarizes the unfortunate events, the Friar is somewhat scolding the parents for their deeds in the downfall of the children as they care little of their personal emotions and do not relate to them on a personal level as a parent should. “You, to remove that siege of grief