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. In the original book Friar Lawrence is a very wise old man and he helps a lot of people by giving them advice, and sometimes giving them an object to help them. This is seen in the play when he helps Juliet in Act 4 scene 1-2 when he gives Juliet the potion to fall asleep and to look like she is dead for 48 hours so she can be with Romeo. Friar speaks emotive language when he speaks in Act 4 Scene 1. An example of this would be when he says from the book: Hold, daughter: I do spy a kind of hope, Which craves as desperate an execution. As that is desperate which we would prevent.’ This makes Friar Lawrence interesting …show more content…
A specific example would be in Act 2, scene 3 when Friar Lawrence is with Romeo at his medicinal plant farm and Friar didn’t want to get Romeo and Juliet married, at that time. A modern film technique that stood out for me was lighting. There were massive bursts of light on the plant farm to show what he is growing. Just before he went to host the church session it was really dark and depressing. The dramatic scene affects the audience in a way that they see that Romeo is ex tremely worried that he will not be able to get Friar to accept a Capulet and a Montague to