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Foreshadowing In Romeo And Juliet

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When presented with a dilemma, many teens may feel as if they can only talk to someone they trust. Everyone needs a companion to turn to in a time of need. This concept proves to be true in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet as Romeo confides in Friar Lawrence about his issues with love. Through the metaphors of appreciation and dismal foreshadowing of death, Shakespeare authenticates the relationship of father and son between Friar Lawrence and Romeo. The use of solemn foreshadowing with the inevitable demise of Romeo and Juliet exemplifies the relationship the Friar and Romeo share. The Friar acts as a father in the sense that Romeo feels like he can confide in Friar Lawrence about Juliet and his personal life he wouldn’t dare talk to anyone else about. After cautiously agreeing to aid Romeo in his marriage to his beloved, Romeo say he is in a hurry, but the Friar counters with “Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast. (2.3.98).” The wise words of Friar Lawrence are cautious because of his love for Romeo and unknowingly …show more content…

Friar Lawrence encourages Romeo to think of “how much salt water [was] thrown away in a waste,” and he advises that Romeo is still young and doesn’t know what love is (2.3.73). He is referencing love because the salt represents Romeo’s tears and Romeo has been continuously crying over his lost love. Romeo is an introvert and doesn’t have a group of friends he confides in, so he consults the Friar for counsel. Friar is an adult who could tell anyone anything at any time, and Romeo chose to trust him with his relationship complications. The friar is who Romeo tells everything rather than his cousin or best friend. This exemplifies how Romeo and Friar Lawrence’s relationship is built on trust and they are loyal to one

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Friar knows that Romeo only loves Juliet because of her looks and that they barely know each other. Friar does originally believe that Romeo is acting rashly and needs to slow down, but does not stick to his former statement. Even though Friar does not think that this marriage is a good idea, he consents in hopes to mend the two families’ feud. While Friar’s intentions are pure, he is deciding to help Romeo go behind his father's back and marry them in secret without discussing the

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Throughout this tragic drama, the theme of internal conflict is expertly woven in, leaving the reader questioning whether the character made the right choice and what would have happened if they chose something else. The three characters that capture the theme of internal strife best are Friar Lawrence, Romeo, and Juliet. When Romeo asks Friar Lawrence to marry them, The Friar at first disagrees and then changes his mind. Friar Lawrence says, “Thy love did read by rote, that could not spell …

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Good morning, I am going to start with a quote from the book of Romeo and Juliet, from Friar Lawrence: ‘So soon forsaken? young men's love then lies Not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes.’ I am talking about Friar Lawrence who is the priest in the play of Romeo and Juliet. I find this character very interesting, firstly because Friar is a wise and very smart but can change personality to a person who is smoking and drinking beer, he is a very strange type of character. The second reason is that he is is able to see into people’s heads and tell what their emotions are just by talking to them.

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Not only did Friar Lawrence marry them but also took advantage of Romeo’s respect for Friar Lawrence because in the play Romeo acknowledges, ‘for doting, not loving, pupil mine’ trying to express his feelings to Friar Lawrence

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Throughout the second act of the play, we get to see that Friar cares deeply about Romeo and is quite literally his “spiritual advisor”. We see that he has Romeo’s best interest in mind multiple times including the following quote, “Be plain, good son, and homely in thy drift. Riddling confession finds but riddling shrift.” This is one place Friar showcases how much he cares for Romeo. At this point in the play, Romeo is struggling to face the fact that he has fallen in love with Juliet.

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How would you describe Friar Lawrence from “Romeo and Juliet” in three adjectives? Here is how I would… The character of Friar Lawrence plays a critical role in William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.” The play is about two families who have a feud dating back so far some of them don’t know what they are fighting about, which results in two star-crossed lovers from opposing families, whose illegal love causes the deaths of six people. Friar Lawrence plays the roles of the father figure and the wise old man in Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.”

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William Shakespeare using foreshadowing in Romeo and Juliet, to keep the readers interested throughout the novel. Even though he specifically tells them that the start crossed lovers will die, he uses foreshadowing to always keeps the reader questioning until the end. No matter how he uses foreshadowing, it all ties together in the end when we see the tragic death of Romeo and Juliet. Throughout the text, we see Shakespeare use foreshadowing as a major literary device in many ways.

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One noticeably missing step from Romeo’s course of action is consulting Friar Lawrence. Friar Lawrence serves as a father figure for Romeo because his actual father is a distant figure in his life. Romeo and Friar Lawrence’s special relationship is on display when Romeo says “Good morrow, father” and Friar Lawrence returns that sentiment when he says “That’s my good son”(2.3.31)(2.1.47). Throughout the play, Romeo constantly turns to Friar Lawrence in times of need, such as when Romeo needs someone to marry him and Juliet and when Romeo gets banished from Verona. The fact that consulting Friar Lawrence on the validity of the reports of Juliet's death does not even cross Romeo’s mind, shows he does not stop thinking about his alternatives before committing to his actions.

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Among both of these young lovers is the respected and well know Friar Lawrence. The Friar is a kind man who lived a life modeled on the Gospel and advocating penance. Friars during the Elizabethan time period were well respected and were looked up to for advice and guidance. Friar Lawrence is a figure that both Romeo and Juliet can look up to during times of need. He is there for Romeo and Juliet when they need a favor or advice and he gives them whatever he can, but sometimes it doesn't always go the way he plans it.

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In act one of Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare provides foreshadowing with the blind love Romeo has for Juliet and the hatred between the families. Gregory talking to a servant of the Montague family, Gregory states: “the quarrel is between our masters and us their men”(I.1.17). The Capulets servant Gregory has a discussion with another servant about the hatred that occurs amid the families. Shakespeare uses various characters on either side of the family showing and hinting at problems and dangers that happen in later text. Confused Romeo says his love for Rosaline and describes it “A right good marksman!

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The Friar first appears in Act 2 Scene 3 when Romeo wishes to marry Juliet. At first the Friar disapproves, saying that young men these days love with their eyes rather than their hearts, but then realizes that marrying the two could heal the feud between their families. This is the beginning of the many plots Friar Lawrence cooks up to attempt to stop the ongoing battle. Later in the story, When Romeo kills Tybalt, Friar Lawrence hides him until his sentence, which is banishment, is announced.

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Friar Lawrence provides misguided advice as a mentor, initiating the demise of Romeo and Juliet by encouraging their marriage. Romeo is sorrowful following his change of heart with Rosaline, which causes Friar to question Romeo and Juliet’s marriage due to his quick shift in relationships, but he encourages it anyways. This causes Friar Lawrence to think, “Holy Saint Francis, what a change is here! / Is Rosaline, whom thou didst love so dear, / So soon forsaken?” (II.iii.65-67).

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When the problem began and just continued to persist, Friar Lawrence had said, “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. 90-92), before he agreed to secretly marry Romeo and Juliet. He only did this because he wanted to be the one to resolve the feud between the two families whether anyone else knew what had done it or not. Later on when he stated, “Hold, daughter. I do spy a kind of hope, / Which craves as desperate an execution /

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Your honor and ladies and gentlemen of the jury: the defendant has been charged with the crime of the alleged murder of Romeo and Juliet. The prosecution will prove that the defendants, Friar Laurence, and the Nurse are guilty of the deaths of the unfortunate lovers. The evidence will show how Friar Laurence and the Nurse took advantage of the situation, manipulated the lovers before their deaths, and remained silent during these events. Friar Lawrence was considered a holy man who can be trusted and someone that one can come to when they are in need. Being the peacekeeper between the ongoing feud between the Capulets and the Montagues.

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