Shakespeare's story of Romeo and Juliet is a tragic love story that has been adored for years. The theme of this story is the power of love. Romeo and Juliet’s story would have never lasted as long as it did without the help of some great friends. Friar Lawrence’s role as a neutral advisor to Romeo and Juliet, aids the couple in expressing their love while also leading them to a tragic end. Friar Lawrence weds Romeo and Juliet with the belief that this would end the fued between the two families. Friar Lawrence also give Juliet a potion which results in the death of both lovers. The friar plays a big role in how the story unfolds. Friar Lawrence agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet after Romeo tells him how in love heis with this women he just …show more content…
Juliet threatens to kill herself if the friar does not help her find a way out of the marriage to Paris. Friar Lawrence comes up with a plan for Juliet to take a sleeping potion that would make her appear dead for 42 hours. Friar Lawrence informs Juliet that when she wakes up in the tomb him and Romeo will be there waiting for her. Frair planned to inform Romeo of the plot by sending a letter to Romeo. Romeo never receives the friar’s message and comes up with a plan of his own to kill himself in juliet's tomb. Romeo buys a poison and goes to the tomb to carry out his plan. The friar arrives just a little bit too late and finds that Romeo has killed himself. He tries to convince Juliet to flee the tomb with him because he hears someone coming but she is so grief stricken she refuses. Friar Lawrence leaves and Juliet decides to kill herself because life without Romeo is not worth living. The guard catches the friar outside of the tomb and he confesses the entire the situation. Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet shows the power of love. The couple was willing to rebel against their families wishes in order to be together and in the end they chose death as their only resolution. Friar Lawrence’s optimism and intervention shows that even outside parties can be affected by strength of love. Friar Lawrence did all he could to help but, also became
Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare's tragic plays. It is about two star crossed lovers who commit suicide when their feuding families prevent them from being together. The play has many characters, each with his/her own role in keeping the plot line. Some characters do not have a great amount of lines, but have the plot revolving around them. Such a character is Friar Laurence. At first glance, one may overlook this character and dismiss him as only a minor player in the story of Romeo and Juliet. Upon closer examination, it becomes obvious that the Friar plays a crucial role in the development of the play. Throughout the play he attempts to guide young Romeo and Juliet through their struggles, and unwittingly causes their deaths.
Romeo and Juliet is Shakespeare's first authentic tragedy. It is about two lovers who commit suicide when their feuding families prevent them from being together. The play has many characters, each with its own role in keeping the plot line. Some characters have very little to do with the plot; but some have the plot revolving around them. While the character of Friar Lawrence spends only a little time on stage, he is crucial to the development of the conclusion of the play. It is Friar Laurence’s good intentions, his willingness to take risks and his shortsightedness that lead to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
While Romeo flees to Mantua Juliet is forced to marry Paris. With desperation Juliet goes to Friar Lawrence to create a plan to stop the marriage. Friar Lawrence comes up with a plan that Juliet will take a potion that will make Juliet appear to be dead and then she is to be buried in the Capulet tomb. While this happens Friar Lawrence will send Friar John, with a letter with all the information, to Romeo in Mantua. The plan is then set in place, but something goes terribly wrong. Friar John never makes it to Romeo, but Romeo has received false information that Juliet is actually dead. Romeo struck with grief he decides that life is not worth living without his Juliet. Romeo returns to Mantua to lie with his wife, but runs into Paris. Pairs tries to arrest Romeo, so Romeo just kills him. After slaying Paris Romeo enters the Capulet tomb, kisses his wife then he takes his life. Juliet wakes up just after Romeo has killed himself and the law is coming so she has to think fast. Under the pressure Juliet uses Romeo's knife to end her life. When the law shows up they send for the rulers of the house of the Montagues and the Capulets. After they have seen the sight of their dead children they end the feud giving the hero his ultimate
In Romeo and Juliet, a tragedy by William Shakespeare, Friar Lawrence plays a dominate role in the eventual death of Romeo and Juliet even though he is not on stage for most of the play. There are basically three major parts that lead to the tragedy; the marriage, the plan, and the inevitable deaths in all which Friar Lawrence plays a vital role.Friar Lawrence plays an essential role in the marriage of young Romeo and Juliet. At Romeo’s request Friar Lawrence states, "In one respect I’ll thy assistant be; for this alliance may so happy prove, to turn your households to pure love" (Act 2 Scene 3.) Friar Lawrence believes that this holy marriage would bring the Capulet family and Montuague family closer together, for he anticipates that the families will stop hating each other and be peaceful. His attempts to make the marriage of Romeo and Juliet are admirable but poorly planned.
Friar Lawrence’s advice to Juliet, and Juliet’s reaction, enunciate the theme of love as a cause of violence because her love for Romeo, and the fact that the Friar can’t stop her from marrying Paris, will lead her to the violent act of killing herself. Friar Lawrence is a part of the action, character development, and themes of Romeo and Juliet. Without Friar Lawrence, the steps leading up to the tragedy at the end of the story would not have been possible, along with the strong characterization of Romeo. Lastly, through Friar Lawrence, the inevitability of fate and violence being caused by love were able to be emphasized more deeply. Although secondary characters are less important than the main characters, most of them have a strong impact on the story and its meaning.
First of all, the dishonesty of Friar Lawrence, who married Romeo and Juliet, foreshadows the probability of his continuity to take even more insincere measures in manipulating the consequences faced by the young lovers. The Friar carries out an erroneous act of secretly marrying them under the church’s license without manifesting it in the public and encourages them to deceive their parents by keeping their relationship to themselves. He then agrees to marry Juliet and Paris, a county, and plans on faking her death, in order to avoid the marriage instead of revealing the truth about Romeo and Juliet right away. “I hear thou must, and nothing may prorogue it,/On Thursday next be married to this County.” (4.1.49-50) In short, various incidents in the lives of Romeo and Juliet, controlled by Friar Lawrence’s cowardice result in undesirable circumstances.
Friar Laurence’s involvement in the marriage of Romeo and Juliet has caused a tragedy. Romeo and Juliet thought that they fell in love, but the Friar should have known that they were just kids and they were really rushing into things. In Romeo and Juliet, Friar Laurence says, “These violent delights have violent ends. Is loathsome in his own deliciousness, and in the taste confounds the appetite: Therefore love moderately: long love doth so, too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.” When he says this, he is giving Romeo a warnin. Also, Friar Lawrence should have known at the time, that Romeo was loving with his eyes and not with his heart. For example, Romeo was in a relationship with Rosaline, before marrying Julliet. Inonclusion , the Friar did not have the expierence to know that they were kids.
In the classic play Romeo and Juliet, Friar Laurence plays a major part. Romeo and Juliet trusted him entirely as he was the priest of their town. They turned to the Friar for help and advice at a few crucial points in the play. Little did these two lovers know that their decision to turn to Friar Laurence for help would eventually lead to their deaths. Friar Laurence was responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because he married Romeo and Juliet, he was afraid of committing a sin, and because of his faulty plan for saving Juliet from a marriage to Paris.
Being one of the most debated texts in history, Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’, has the power and ability to divide audiences. Throughout the play, it is seen that Shakespeare has left the audience to contemplate the underlying cause of the Romeo and Juliet tragedy. Shakespeare begins by showing the reckless actions and choices of the lovers, illustrating one of the main contributing factors to their deaths. Friar Lawrence plays a large role in the deaths of the lovers as he is the main instigator, greatly contributing to the deaths. Also, demonstrated through the play is that the lover’s destiny is written in the stars. Without
In “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare, two very young people fall in love but cannot be with each other because of the feud in between their families. The feud ends when Romeo and Juliet both kill themselves because of heartbreak over the other. The minor characters Mercutio, Tybalt, and Friar Lawrence serve as foils to Romeo, to help support the theme of patience.
However, Romeo and Juliet were influenced by several sources to help maintain their love; one of them being Friar Lawrence who had a major involvement in both their marriage and the plan for Juliet to avoid marrying Paris and instead reunite with her true love. “In one respect I’ll assistant be,...” (Doc C- A2,S3 ). This is a line from Romeo and Juliet ,which is spoken by Friar Lawrence to Romeo when he agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet. At first look it can be argued Friar Lawrence didn’t know he was marrying the children of sworn enemies until the quote is continued. “...For this alliance may so happy prove,To turn your households’ rancour to pure love.” (Doc C- A2,S3 ) This is the continuation of Friar Lawrence’s line where he confirms he does not only know who he will be marrying, but also how willing he is to marry them in the hope it will
Romantic love stories are often ended with a tragedy, because of loss of passion or a loved one. These tragedies are often the result of one person’s actions that ended someone’s life or love. In the Romeo and Juliet play written by William Shakespeare, two citizens of Verona come together and fall deeply in love. Unfortunately their love comes to an end, along with their lives, because of a misunderstanding and a persistent feud between their families. Although there are many characters in this play that have contributed to Romeo and Juliet’s death, Friar Laurence is the person most to blame.
In the play “Romeo and Juliet”, Shakespeare shows that love has power to control one’s actions, feelings, and the relationship itself through the bond between a destined couple. The passion between the pair grew strong enough to have the capability to do these mighty things. The predestined newlyweds are brought down a rocky road of obstacles learning love’s strength and the meaning of love.
Romeo and Juliet is a romantic love story about a young lad named Romeo who has fallen in love with Lady Juliet, but is unable to marry her because of a long-lasting family feud. The play ends in the death of both these characters and the reunion of the friendship between the families. Romeo is in love with Juliet, and this is a true, passionate love (unlike the love Paris has for her or the love Romeo had for Rosaline) that nothing can overcome, not even the hatred between their two families that is the reason for the death of their two children. Throughout the play, Shakespeare thoroughly explores the themes of both true love and false love and hatred. Without either of these themes, the play would loose its romantic touch and probably would not be as famous as it is today.
When the friar hears of this, he devises a plan so that the two lovers can be together. The major climax of the play comes when the friar gives Juliet a potion that will make it seem as though she has died, when in fact she is alive the whole time. While in Mantua, Romeo mistakenly hears that Juliet has actually died and he goes to lay by her side. Just as he takes a vile poison and dies, Juliet awakens to find her love lying dead at her side. She cannot fathom living in a world without Romeo, so she takes his sword and ends her own life.