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The Tragedy Of Romeo And Juliet By William Shakespeare

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The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, which represents love and sacrifice, is one of the most famous plays ever written by Shakespeare. The play was written in 1595 and published in 1597. Romeo and Juliet is a sad love story with feuding families, the Capulets and the Montagues. The play takes place in Verona, Italy. It contains the heart-breaking story of the stars-crossed lovers as they fall in love instantly. Friar Lawrence is the priest who married the couple. He marries them in hopes that the two families will reconcile. Friar Lawrence develops the plan to give Juliet a potion which will make her seem dead, since Juliet did not want to marry Paris, who was the person that Juliet 's father wanted her to marry. Friar Lawrence would then send a letter to Romeo about Juliet 's fake death. Friar Lawrence is a notable character because he marries Romeo and Juliet, gives Juliet the potion, and does not get the letter to Romeo himself. Romeo and Juliet would still have been alive if he hadn’t done these actions. Friar Lawrence is an essential character in the play because if he hadn’t married Romeo and Juliet, they still would have been alive. One day after the couple met, they decided to get married. Romeo went to Friar Lawrence to ask him to marry the star-crossed lovers. Friar Lawrence said, “In one respect. I’ll thy assistant be, for this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households’ rancor to pure love.” Friar Lawrence hoped that if he married the couple, the two

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