Isolde Love Potion

“Take thou this vial, being then in bed, / And this distilled liquor drink thou off” (Shakespeare 4.1.96-97) This quote reveals that Friar gave Juliet the sleeping potion to drink the night before Paris and Juliet were to be married. The plan that he had in mind was for Juliet to drink the sleeping potion that would make her appear dead for forty-two hours, be buried in the Capulet tomb, then be saved and took to Mantua by Romeo when she woke up. However, it is later revealed that Friar John couldn’t bring the important letter Friar Laurence wrote to Romeo that described the plan because he was quarantined inside of a house because town health officials suspected he was infected with the plague. When he heard of this, Friar Laurence was going to write to Romeo again, meanwhile taking Juliet to his cell when she woke up and keeping her there until Romeo arrived. It was too late, since Romeo already heard that Juliet was dead from Balthasar, causing him to already be on his way to Juliet’s grave to kill himself so he could be with her. Friar Laurence allowing Juliet to drink the sleeping potion before he was certain that Romeo knew about the plan was ultimately what caused the death of Romeo and

Maybe he could have helped them run off without a potion. Or keep the marriage a secret long enough for him to come up with a better plan. He made that plan very quick. He could have taken more time to think it through. Romeo and Juliet trusted the Friar. That’s why they went to him when they needed advice. He let them down.

I think this quote is important because this is when the nurse found Juliet after she faked her death to be with Romeo, and because of that she will never see her family again. When Juliet took the potion she knew she was risking everything, and knew she might not see her family again. Her parents and the nurse are now filled with grief from her death that will stay with them throughout the rest of the story. Overall, this quote was the first to announced Juliet's plan to fake her death worked, and now the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is even closer.

Juliet and Friar lawrence hatch an “ingenious plan” to get juliet out of marrying Paris. Friar Lawrence claims to have a potion that will make Juliet appear dead and allow her to escape the eyes of the public, to live a peaceful life with Romeo. Without considering the consequences, Friar Lawrence gives

Juliet wanted to do this because she did not want to marry Paris. It would have been better is Juliet would have told her parents that she did not want to marry Paris. As Friar Lawrence said, ‘’... Take thou this vial, being then in bed, And this distilled liquor drink thou off; When presently through all thy veins shall run a cold and drowsy humor, for no pulse shall keep his native progress, but surcease. No warmth, no breath shall testify thou livest.

Helena and Demetrius in my perspective were meant to love each other so that everyone may be able to love each other in harmony. The love potion was only the push Demetrius needed so that he could be happy forever

When Juliet went to the Friar to seek a solution, instead of taking more time to find a solution, he felt pressured to help Juliet so she would not commit suicide. He said, ¨ Take thou this vial, being then in bed / And this distilling liquor drink thou off;¨(IV.i.95-96). He gave the poison to her because he wants her family to think that she is dead and they will cancel her marriage with Paris. He should not have done that because if something goes wrong the whole plan would be useless,which actually happens later.

The potion was able to have Juliet fake her death for forty-two hours and place her into a catatonic state. Juliet took this potion so she could get away with not having to marry Paris. According to act 4 scene 4 and 5, the nurse was the one to find Juliet deceased in her bed and is the one to tell Juliet's parents. When Romeo caught the wind with this tragedy he discovered that he couldn’t live his life without Juliet so he ended up killing himself. Friar Lawrence was to blame for this because the potion wasn’t necessary, Juliet could have stuck up for herself and decide that she didn’t want to marry Paris now. This is the second reason why Friar Lawrence is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and

The potion imitates death and is meant to give Romeo time to meet Juliet when she wakes. The two are supposed to run away together, but the letter that Friar Lawrence fails to deliver has all the information about Juliet’s fake death. Instead, the news of Juliet’s death

Soon after the death of Tybalt, Paris - the man trying to marry Juliet - meets with Capulet to discuss marriage. Capulet allows Paris to marry Juliet. However, Juliet is already married to Romeo, so she asks the Friar for help. Friar Lawrence, doing the thing he thought was right, devised a plan to help Juliet get out of the tough situation. He comes up with a potion that will make appear dead, so that when she is in her family’s crypt, Romeo will retrieve her and they would live happily with Romeo, away from their feuding parents.

Usually, elaborate and complicated plans do not turn out the way that they are supposed to, especially in this scenario. Later in the play, Romeo is banished from Verona for killing Tybalt. Friar Lawrence tries to help the young lovers using a potion, “ a thing like death to chide away this shame, that cop’st with death himself to ‘scape from it...And if thou dearest, I’ll give thee remedy.” (183). This potion would make Juliet appear dead for 42 hours, and then she would arise. Giving an almost deadly potion to a 14-year old does not seem like a responsible measure to take. Friar thinks that when Paris sees Juliet dead, he will stop pursuing Juliet for once and Juliet will stay loyal to Romeo. Friar sends a “letter was not nice but full of charge of dear import, and neglecting it may do much danger.” (219). This letter includes the potion plot and what Friar’s intentions were. Unfortunately, Romeo never receives this letter and never gets to know that Juliet will stay loyal to Romeo,

With respect to Lord Capulet, he says to Paris, “Sir Paris, I will make a desperate tender/ Of my child’s love” (III.iv.12-16). Not knowing that Juliet has secretly married Romeo, Lord Capulet arranges a marriage between Juliet and Paris. Shakespeare characterizes Lord Capulet as forceful and unyielding. Because Juliet does not want to marry Paris, she agrees to Friar Lawrence’s dangerous plan that ultimately ends in her death. If Lord Capulet had considered Juliet’s wishes, she would not have had to go along with Friar Lawrence’s suggestion. The literary element, dramatic irony, is demonstrated here because the reader knows that Juliet is already married to Romeo, while Lord Capulet does not. Juliet’s single mindedness also plays a part in her death and that of Romeo. As Juliet drinks the potion that will “kill” her, she says, “Romeo, I come! This do I drink to thee” (IV.iii.58). In the scene, Juliet drinks the potion but fails to consider the consequences. Disaster

The potion was about wear off and they would be together. Everything had gone as Brother had planned, and Sister saw that now. In just a moment Romeo would kiss the lips of his living beloved, and all would be fine. They would finally be together, and the story of Romeo and Juliet would conclude with the utmost love, though resulting in the death of Paris.

It is not the love potion which has had this effect on the women directly, it is the performance of the two men, arguing over Helena who

The hatred between the Montagues and the Capulets triggered Friar Laurence to give Juliet a sleeping potion, an action with grave consequences. Her dilemma is that her father, Capulet, is ordering her to marry Paris but she can't because it would go against her religion because she is married in secret to Romeo. Juliet asks Friar Laurence for a solution to her dilemma. The Friar proposes that Juliet take a special potion that would make it seem like she were dead. This is the Friar's instructions to Juliet as to when to take the potion and the effects of the potion: