Friar Lawrence shows a blend of helpfulness and thoughtfulness in his guidance for the star-crossed lovers. Friar Lawrence helps Romeo and Juliet on how to proceed with their newfound love for each other. In Act 2, Scene 3 he says to Romeo “Wisely and slow”. They stumble and run fast”(102) He is trying to advise Romeo and Juliet to love each other in small portions because sometimes excessive passion can lead down a bad road. Friar Lawrence shows his thoughtfulness by helping Romeo in marrying Juliet, hoping for something good to come out of it. In Act 2, Scene 3 Friar Lawrence says to Romeo “For this alliance may so happy prove, To turn your households' rancor to pure love,”(102) With the hope of them getting married the houses of the Montagues …show more content…
Romeo: Impulsive & Immature Romeo shows his impulsiveness and immaturity with his rash decision-making from his intense emotions. Romeo impulsively sneaks into Capulet's lands just to talk to Juliet. In Act 2, Scene 2 he says to Juliet “With love's light wings did I perch these walls; For stony limits cannot hold love out, And what love can do that dares love attempt.” (82) He jumps into the Capulet's orchard without thinking of being caught from anyone else besides Juliet. Romeo shows how immature he can be and results in death if he can’t see Juliet. In Act 3, Scene 3 he says “As if that name, shot from the deadly level of a gun, did murder her, as that name’s cursed hand murdered her kinsman. O, tell me, Friar, tell me, In what vile part of this anatomy doth my name lodge? Tell me, that I may sack the hateful mansion. (draws his dagger)”(174) He was thinking of killing himself because he couldn’t see Juliet anymore, without thinking of his family and what they would say about his …show more content…
The main theme of Romeo & Juliet is that the destructive power of hate can lead to tragic consequences. For example, in Act 3, Scene 1, Mercurio says “a plague on both your houses! They have made worms’ meat of me” (146). Mercutio dies as a result of the pointless feud between the Capulets and Montagues, and his dying words reveal that both houses are plagued with hatred that dooms all members of their family. Mercutio blames both families for his death. The theme is further developed when Tybait finds Romeo at the party and assumes he is trying to start a fight. Tybalt says, “This, by his voice, should be a Montague.- (to his PAGE) Fetch me my rapier, boy.- What, dares the slave Come hither, covered with an antic face, To fleer and scorn at our solemnity? Now, by the stock and honor of my kin, To strike him dead I hold it not a sin.” (62). Tybalt wants to fight Romeo but gets stopped by his Uncle (Capulet) because he doesn’t want their reputation to fall if Romeo dies because of Capulet. The theme of Romeo & Juliet continues to show how hate can also overcome love. In Act 3 Scene 1 Romeo says “Alive in triumph and Mercutio
Sometimes a trusted friend cannot give you good advice. In the play, Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, the character Friar Lawrence was a trusted friend who cost his friends their lives.Friar Lawrence is responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s deaths because he helped them rush their relationship and came up a faulty plan that eventually cost them their lives.
Friar Laurence, a father figure to many citizens and one of the holiest and most admired men in Verona. He held many responsibilities in the city and enforced several of the laws. Well, that is what everybody thought. Friar Laurence is now being held for trial for committing multiple felonies and breaking the law in his very own city of Verona. He not only conspired against the Capulet and Montague families but ultimately played an important role in the suicide of Romeo and Juliet.
Friar Lawrence does not have very much time on stage, but the time he does have is crucial to the plot line. Through his words, Friar Lawrence demonstrates that he is well intentioned, yet sometimes shortsighted, and is not afraid to take risks to help others. He may do something out of the ordinary, if he thinks the outcome will help someone for whom he cares. For example, when he says "In one respect I'll thy assistant be;/ for this alliance may so happy prove, / to turn your households rancor to pure love" (II.iii.97-99), he is saying that the only reason he will marry Romeo and Juliet is that he hopes that the marriage will end the hostilities between the two houses. When he says "Shall Romeo by my letters know our drift, / and hither shall he come; and he and I/ shall watch thy waking, and that very night/ shall Romeo bear thee to Mantua" (IV.i.116-119), his intention is clearly to comfort and reassure Juliet.
Friar Lawrence is a fallacious mentor. This is seen when he agrees to secretly marry Romeo and Juliet. “Come, come with me, and we will make short work./For, by your leaves, you shall not stay alone/Till holy church incorporate two in one.”(2.2.35-37) This was an ill-conceived decision because the families are unaware of this so it will not actually break the tension between the two rival families. This creates dishonesty and unfaithfulness to their families which evidently ends tragically. When Friar Lawrence married Romeo and Juliet he inferred that the feud between the families would end; however, this was not the case because they kept it a secret. “This shall determine that.” (3.1.28) Romeo challenges Tybalt to a fight to the death even though Tybalt is Juliet’s cousin and they are married. This proves that Friar’s plan was faulty and unsuccessful because there is still great conflict between the two rival families. Friar’s unhelpful mentoring is shown when he agrees to secretly marry Romeo and Juliet and when he wrongly infers that the feud between the families would
Friar Lawrence plays a very important role in the play between Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare has presented Friar Lawrence with much to blame for the horrific ending of their lives. Not only was Friar Lawrence the brains behind the plan of getting them together after his banishment, he was also the man who agreed to the marriage in the first place. ‘for doting, not loving, pupil mine’ Romeo holds a lot of respect for Friar Lawrence and he is a father figure towards him in the play. Friar Lawrence’s opinions therefore are considered by Romeo, so therefore he should have been more careful in his decisions of marriage.
Despite his initial disapproval, Friar Lawrence agrees to secretly marry Romeo and Juliet in hopes that “this alliance may so happy prove/ to turn [their] households’ rancor to pure love” (II.iii.98-99). Although Friar Lawrence has good intentions, as he does not gain anything from the marriage, by supporting Romeo and Juliet’s infatuation, his actions will eventually create more harm than benefits, as it allows their impulsive behavior to persist. By marrying Romeo and Juliet in secret, it is evident that Friar Lawrence knows that the wedding is a bad idea, but due to his indecisive personality and the inability to make a solid choice, Friar Lawrence blindly follows through with the marriage. In addition, he does not analyze the consequences of his actions prior to his agreement to marry them, only to later express regret and warn Romeo about the dangers of their infatuated love and their impulsive behavior. Friar Lawrence’s indecisive personality is evident in his soliloquy through the excessive use oxymorons in between rhyming
Throughout Romeo and Juliet, love and hate are combined. However, even though they are combined, love still remains the principal theme in the play. Although in the play, the theme of hatred can be just as important and sometimes it intensifies the theme of love. For example, Romeo and Juliet’s love wouldn’t have been so extreme and powerful unless there was the hatred between the Montague’s and Capulet’s. We observe this from the very beginning of the prologue.
His respected place in society creates within him a god complex. Friar Lawrence chooses to ignore the negative social consequences of his actions, and marries Romeo and Juliet in secrecy, saying, “So smile the heavens upon this holy act” (2.6.1). Contrary to his statement, the Friar's secrecy only hinders the lives of those around him, notably the lives of both Romeo and Juliet, increasing their hardships. Friar Lawrence creates an illusion of himself as a fair man, although his actions show him to think of himself before everyone else. The Friar’s god complex is additionally seen through his willingness to have Juliet disappear, as he tells her, “Hold, get you gone, be strong and prosperous” (4.1.122). The Friar is primarily concerned with himself. The most effective solution to keep his reputation is to have Juliet leave quietly. His selfishness prevents him from seeing the the haste and thoughtlessness of his plan. Therefore, when faced with the aftermath of the situation he helped create, he exclaims, “Or in my cell there she would kill herself./ Then I gave her [...]/ A sleeping potion, which took effect” (5.3.242-44). Even after playing a key role in multiple deaths, Friar Lawrence tries to downplay the severity of his actions, attempting to maintain the illusion that his actions were simply an attempt to preserve Juliet’s life. He attempts to remove his responsibility in the deaths and pretend he was forced
Ever heard that too much hate is a bad thing? Well in Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare shows how the hate we have can lead to unintentional consequences. In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Shakespeare illustrates how hate affects the way someone says or does something. From the very beginning of the story, Shakespeare tells us how much hate the two families have for each other. In the opening scene in Verona, the two servants of different families, the Montagues and Capulets, start a fight between each other.
This theme is not only represented in “Romeo and Juliet”, or other playwrights and stories that people read about online, but in their everyday life. Although Shakespeare makes the theme of love and hate dramatic and over the top in Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare delivers the message of how love and hate can overpower and consume us, and if we aren’t careful, it can easily blow up and destroy everything. As Kurt Tucholsky once said, “Those who hate most fervently must have once loved deeply; those who want to deny the world must have once embraced what they now set on fire.” The coexistence of love and hate was not something Romeo and Juliet could choose to embrace or avoid, it was simply
Themes of Love and Hate in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet is a play about two young lovers, whose love was destined for destruction from the beginning because of hatred. between the two families, Montagues and Capulets. Therefore, Themes of love and hate are very important in the play as the plot is driven by these two themes. Shakespeare brings out the love between the two rivals through Romeo and Juliet and their relationships with the Friar and the Nurse.
In Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence greatly influences the Romeo and Juliet and brings the plots to the dramatic results. Without the presence of Friar Lawrence, the story will not be so unpredictable and the tragedy may not have occurred. Initially when Romeo comes to Friar Lawrence and asks for wedding, Friar suspects Romeo’s quick changes, but is reluctant to help Romeo for this marriage. Since Romeo sincerely asks for his help, Friar finally agrees to Romeo’s plan and he says “In one respect I'll thy assistant be; / For this alliance may so happy prove, / To turn your households' rancour to pure love” (2.3.98-99). In Friar’s viewpoint, this marriage should be a benefit for the city of Vernoa. Friar hopes that with this marriage, it will calm the two feuding families down and allow them to get together again. This action seems to be incorrect for Friar, because he is trying to solve a larger ...
Friar Lawrence’s Advice Romeo and Juliet both trust Friar Lawrence for his advice throughout the story; the advice he gave both of them on occasion could be said to have led to their unfortunate outcome, as it may have at times not been totally accurate and could have been misleading. Friar Lawrence’s, first entrance alone, in act two, scene three. This is when we, as an audience, get our initial impression of him; here he is introduced as a man who see’s good in all. “Virtue itself turns vice being misapplied and vice sometimes by action dignified “. Here Friar Lawrence is using words such as virtue, meaning morals, describing them as turning into vice an immoral or evil habit.
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 plays an integral part in the action and plot of Romeo and Juliet by secretly marrying them, and giving Juliet the idea to fake her own death. Romeo and Juliet meet in the Friar’s cell for their marriage and the Friar says, “Come, come with me…For, by your leaves you shall not stay alone, Till Holy Church incorporate two in one.”(II.vi.35-37). The Friar marries the two in hopes “to turn [their] households rancor to pure love”(II.iii.99). The Friar is the binding power between Romeo and Juliet, by helping them be together. Without the Friar, Romeo and Juliet would have a difficult time trying to meet in secret with each other, but because of him, they are able to get married. Ultimately, the Friar’s wishes of ending the feud between the Montagues and Capulets are fulfilled, but the reason of their reconciliation being the death of their children. The deaths of Romeo ...