Friar Lawrence Quotes

Even the best of intentions can have tragic ends: a lesson well portrayed by the holy friar of Verona. At a first glance, one would consider Friar Lawrence only a minor influence in the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. However, he is much more significant to the development of the play. Friar Lawrence acts as a catalyst to further sequence love and peace. He is without a doubt, a very complicated individual, and it is his complex nature that makes him such an interesting character. In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence is seen as a tragic hero because of his noble status, his good intentions, and his naive fatal flaw

Many believe that Friar Lawrence is innocent because he had good intentions and did what he deemed necessary when helping Romeo and Juliet, however, good intentions do not always correspond to appropriate actions. Friar assists the lovers on numerous occasions and even marries them. Friar states after agreeing to marry Romeo and Juliet, “For this alliance may so happy prove/ To turn your households’ rancor to pure love” (Shakespeare.II.iii.91-92). The phrase “alliance may so happy prove” means this marriage could have a good outcome. Friar hopes that the marriage will be a happy one and will be a beneficial union. The phrase “turn your households’ rancor to pure love” implies that Friar wants to convert the two families’ hatred of each other into a loving relationship.

Friar Lawrence’s role in Romeo and Juliet Who is to blame for the deaths in the end of the play Romeo and Juliet? Friar Lawrence is a main character who definitely affects the storyline. Some people might believe that Romeo and Juliet are to blame, but I believe, ultimately, Friar Lawrence is to blame. Romeo could be to blame because he stupidly fell in love and made Friar Lawrence marry him and Juliet. Romeo’s careless actions brought devastation to the Capulet and Montague’s families.

As happens with most people when they carry a load that is too much for them to bear, Friar Lawrence starts to break emotionally. His light hearted spirit disappeared after a bloody battle between Romeo, Tybalt, and Mercutio, resulting in two murders. Romeo wallows in the floor, moaning about his punishment, banishment, and the Friar has obviously had enough, for he says, “O deadly sin, O rude unthankfulness! Thy fault our law calls death, but the kind prince, taking thy part, hath rushed aside the law and turned that black word ‘death’ to ‘banishment.’ This is dear mercy, and thou seest it not.” (Act III.iii.25-30) The kind spirit in Friar Lawrence has been worn out by the stupidity of Romeo and it is easily noticeable due to the way that the friar speaks in attempt to get Romeo to pick himself up off of the floor. “Art thou a man? Thy form cries out thou art. Thy tears are womanish; thy wild acts denote the unreasonable fury of a beast. Unseemingly woman in a seeming man.” (Act III.iii.118-121) In his

The Friar had good intentions when he married Romeo and Juliet, as shown in this quote, “For this alliance may so happy prove/ To turn your households’ rancour to pure love” (2.4.91-92). In this quote, Friar Lawrence explains his reasoning behind marrying Romeo and Juliet, he thought that by marrying the two, he could stop the feud. This did not work as no one told the rest of the families and the Capulets tried to marry Juliet to Paris. The Friar also failed to get the letter to Romeo that would have told him that Juliet wasn’t dead. If Romeo had received this letter, he would not have committed suicide in Juliet's grave when he returned to Verona. Also, if the Friar had gotten to Juliet’s grave any earlier, he could have saved both Romeo and Juliet. The following quote is from the final scene of the play, “Miscarried by my fault, let my old life / Be sacrificed, some hour before this time, / unto the rigour of the severest law” (5.3.271-274). In this scene, the Friar admits the part that he played in Romeo and Juliet’s deaths. He volunteers himself to be punished for this, but the rest of the families and the Prince don't want to punish him. Although he meant well, Friar Lawrence’s actions resulted in the deaths of Romeo and

First, Friar Lawrence knows the danger of wedding together a Capulet and a Montague without the consent of either of their families. Despite the risk, Friar Lawrence is loyal to his friend Romeo, who believes he has found ‘the one’ and wishes to marry her the same day “O, she knew well Thy love did read by rote and 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 marriage To turn your households' rancor to pure love.” (2,3,94). Secondly, Loyalty is not only displayed by Friar Lawrence, it is also returned to him when Friar John helps Friar Lawrence on a risky mission to get a message to Romeo, who was banished from the town of Verona. For instance, Friar John was to invite Romeo back to town so that Romeo and Juliet are able to elope after the fake death of Juliet “This same should be the voice of Friar John. Welcome from Mantua! What says Romeo? Or if his mind be writ, give me his letter” (5,2,2). Lastly, Juliet, just like all the other citizens of the Verona, look to the church committee for help in tough times. In fact, Friar Lawrence helps Juliet out of committing suicide by finding a way to get Romeo and Juliet together as he creates a deceiving plan after Juliet goes begging to him for help “Take

Time and time again people have proved that fury and anger kills the civilized and rational thinking that humans possess and wreak havoc by their unintentional actions that occurred in the heat of the moment. Romeo and Juliet is one such example of the consequences that result from letting fury manipulate a person. When Romeo and Juliet both release uncontrollable and animalistic emotions, it caused great damage to city of Verona. Throughout the scenes where the fury of young Romeo and Juliet are in full force, Friar Lawrence is nearby attempting to quell the emotions that cause great distress, by using his position of trust with great weight. Although Friar Lawrence is highly trusted by many characters, he proves optimism and wisdom is not able to save people from

“For never was a story of more woe, than this of Juliet and her Romeo”, was said in the tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. This classic Shakespearean tragedy would not live up to its name, if Friar Lawrence had not caused the deaths of these two star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet. He had created the secret plans and gave most of the advice in the play, he did not check if the plans worked and he was worried about getting caught throughout the play after helping either Romeo or Juliet. This proves that Friar Lawrence is the cause for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.

Friar Lawrence is the man who marries Romeo and Juliet and devises the plan to fake Juliet’s death. Friar Lawrence says, “In one respect I’ll thy assistant be; for this alliance may so happy prove, to turn your households rancour to pure love” (Doc C). Friar Lawrence does not think that Romeo and Juliet are ready to be married, but he thinks it may end the feud between the Capulets and the Montagues so he takes the risk anyway. This is encouraging the forbidden love between Romeo and Juliet and allowing more possibility for something to go wrong for them. Friar Lawrence doesn't have faith that Romeo and Juliet will have a happy marriage; he says, “so heavens smile upon this holy act… These violent delights have violent ends…” (Doc C). He also says “And, if thou darest, I’ll give thee remedy,” (Doc C) regarding the potion he gives Juliet to help her fake her death. He continually appears to encourage Romeo and Juliet’s bad decisions by making them become reality. This contributes to the deaths of the lovers.

In the book Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, one of the most important characters is Friar Lawrence. Friar Lawrence is a wise Mentor to Romeo and Juliet, and in the book, is depicted as a very holy, trustworthy, and wise man who is always finding the positives and is willing to do anything to help the people of Verona. People may argue that Friar Lawrence caused problems for Romeo and Juliet. Is Friar Lawrence the one to blame for the death of these two young lovers. Throughout the book, Friar Lawrence has took many risks for the two young lovers, his intentions were always thoughtful, righteous, and positive, and Friar Lawrence is a very honest as well as a immensely respectful man, all making him a good mentor.

In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, there were many people that played important roles, but one would think that Friar’s role was the most important. In the play Romeo and Juliet meet Friar Lawrence. He is a priest that lives on the outskirts of Verona and he is always there to give a helping hand. Romeo first met him when he was going to ask Friar to marry him and Juliet. From there through the rest of the play he has always been someone to give support to Romeo and Juliet.

In the book Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Friar Lawrence is guilty for the death of those young lovers. Friar is an honored and valuable man to the citizen of Verona City. Most of the time he was one of the persons, other than the nurse who helped them to fulfil their dream. The Friar directly and indirectly took part in the suicide for the wrong decisions he made every time to solve Romeo and Juliet's problems. He didn't make the right decisions at the right time, which caused Romeo and Juliet to suffer.

Friar Laurence is a priest and is also a doctor. He knows how to brew using plants and flowers which means he is also a doctor because Friar says “Poison hath residence, and medicine power….Being tasted, slays all senses with the heart.” (2.3.25-26) . He precipitously makes decisions.

To begin with, Friar Lawrence assists the romance of Romeo and Juliet in two ways. First, he binds them in the sacrament of marriage. His intentions are shown when he says, “In one respect I'll they assistant be, // or this alliance may so happy prove // To turn your households' rancor to pure love. (II. iii. 97-99).” By this action, he jumpstarts the sequence of events in which Juliet avoids marrying Paris at all

Friar Lawrence and Mercutio influenced him. Romeo got advice from Friar Lawrence about the marriage with Juliet and what to do when he got banned from Verona. Friar Lawrence was in neither the Montague family or the Capulet family. He was neutral and tried to remain optimistic throughout the whole play. Friar Lawrence continuously advised Romeo and Juliet to be cautious and have self control.