Comparing Act 5 Scene 5 Of William Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

This was a play about Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, as told by Friar Lawrence, the monk who devises all the plans to help these two 'star-crossed lovers.' In the original play the readers are treated to mostly the feud between the Montague family, to whom Romeo belongs, and the Capulet family, which includes Juliet. There is a costume party being held by the Capulet family and several members of the Montague family infiltrate this happy occasion. Romeo sees Juliet and falls in love with her. They meet in the orchard and promise to get married. Romeo goes to visit Friar Lawrence and he agrees to marry them, since he too is tired of the fighting between the two families. The couple is married and later that day, a group of Capulets

I was approached early this morning by one of the Montague family--that young Romeo. Oh those Montagues and Capulets. Such feuding! Young Romeo asked me to do the most astonishing of things--he asked me to marry him to the young daughter of Capulet, Juliet. Shocked, I agreed. In hindsight, I realized that Romeo previously had been betrothed to Rosaline but perhaps this marriage will help to mend some of the wounds felt between these two feuding families...then we could have some peace and quiet in our city. Oh to be young again. I had barely finished my matins this morning when I was greeted by Friar John, who told me I had some people here to see me. It was that young couple, Juliet and Romeo, and they were ready to be married. They certainly were in a rush to leave the monastery--to return to their homes before anyone suspected anything. Woe to our city. No sooner had I dismissed that young couple from my cell then chaos erupted in Verona. It started as a quarrel when some Capulets happened upon some of the Montague kinsmen. As I heard it, Romeo tried to stop this fighting since he was now a member of both

Mercutio was felled by Tybalt and Romeo quickly drew his sword in retribution of his fallen cousin and slew Tybalt. The streets soon flooded with both sides and eventually the prince arrived. He heard pleas from both sides and decided to exile Romeo instead of execute him. Friar John and I will now have some funerals to prepare and I would stake my life on the fact that both families will want their funeral on the same day at the same time and will keep feuding until some sort of miracle happens. Romeo has been placed in my care for now since he has been banished from the city upon the death of Tybalt and he spends his days moping about his cell and pining for his bride, for now he will be separated from her forever. I wonder if there is a way to help them. I told Romeo that he should flee to Mantua and wait there until I make known the details of their marriage. Hopefully then their families will be able to reconcile and the prince might commute his sentence and allow him to return. He decided this would be better, to live in secret for a while instead of moping around all day, so during the night he visited his bride to propose this