In this passage, more often than not, he uses juxtaposition to basically convey nature as two thing; good and bad, just like love. As Friar Lawrence is talking about virtues connection with vice, he says, “Within the infant rind of this small flower poison hath residence and medicine power.” This means that in nature, the poison had the power to heal. This compares to love and hate because of Juliet’s fake-death plan as Friar Lawrence attempts to heal the feud by reversing nature — causing Juliet's "death" in order to bring about acceptance of her life with Romeo. He is trying to save Juliet’s life by “killing” her.
In Act II, Scene iii of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare starts with Friar Lawrence giving a speech about nature, plants and more.. He is basically explaining how everything in life has a negative with a positive influence. Evil in the world keeps people from living virtuous lives. This creates a theme that focuses on his explanations to support it.
The decision to marry the couple also has a big impact on Juliet’s life in that she turns to the Friar after her father wants to force marriage between Paris and her. The Friar tells her to take a potion which will make her appear dead. The plan is for her to wake up in the tomb where Romeo will find her.
Through his dialogue and actions, Friar Laurence has proven to be benevolent and erudite, but also illogical. He truly cares about Romeo and wants what is best for him, and he uses prior knowledge and life experience to attempt to fulfill this. However, I find Friar Laurence’s ideas illogical and I believe they could harm Romeo rather than help
Friar Lawrence is talking to Juliet when she goes to his cell, after Juliet tells Friar Lawrence her problem he comes up with the plan to give her a sleeping potion to make her appear dead so that Romo can meet her at the tomb when she wakes up, Romeo can take Juliet to Mantua. " A cold and drowsy humor, for no pulse / Shal, keep this native progress, but surcease. / No warmth, no breath shall testify thou livest. / the roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fade / To play ashes, thy eyes' windows fall / Like death when he shuts up the day of life."
In conclusion, Friar Lawrence’s personality and tendency to break church laws plays a significant role in the tragic events of Romeo and Juliet. While some may know him for his wisdom, his impulsive actions are against the well-established
Friar Lawrence tells Juliet, “Thy husband in thy bosom there lies dead, And Paris too. Come, Ill dispose of thee Among a sisterhood of holy nuns. Stay not to question, for the watch is coming. Come, go, good Juliet. I dare no longer stay.”
The tragic story of Romeo and Juliet tells the story of two young lovers from feuding families who fall in love and ultimately meet a tragic end. Despite the many adaptations and interpretations one question remains at the center of the story: Who is most at fault for Romeo and Juiet’s death? The answer to this question is not a simple one. The tragedy is the result of a combination of factors including Friar Lawrence because he came up with a plan that involved sleeping poison. ``Take thou this vial, being then in bed, and this distilling liquor drink thou off”.
Juliet comes running into the church because she just found out that she has to marry Paris. She doesn’t know what to do and tells the Friar that she wants to kill herself. Friar doesn't like the sound of it and comes up with a ¨plan¨. Friar’ states his plan, ¨Take this vial, being then in bed, and this distilling liquor drink thou off” (4.1.93-94)). Friar wants Juliet to drink this potion which will make her go into a deep sleep and act dead. Another one of Friar’s appalling ideas was accepting to go through and let Romeo and Juliet get married.
The potions in Romeo and Juliet are a huge part of how Romeo and Juliet became the story that they are currently. If they never drink that potion, they never reunite their families. The main reason for writing this was not to show what the options are, but what they represent. Shakespeare from what I have read was making the stories and potions seem to be fairly similar to the story of Adam and Eve. The Fruit of Adam and Eve was like the potions that Romeo and Juliet took.
Nature has so many opposites. For example, the earth is where nature grows and is born as well as where it dies. These opposites and contradictions represent the relationship of Romeo and Juliet. They were born in the same city, “fair verona”, however in opposing, hostile families. Just like how two plants may be planted in the same park, however in two separate gardens.
Things like poison oak and other plants, where if someone is allergic it can be deadly, but if used right there are properties in it that are great for the body. He is also comparing plants to humans, there are good and bad, some people can be used for greatness while others do not have a good bone in their body. This is a play on events that later unfold. While Friar is explaining this he sees himself as good and uses his power in herbs and the trust of others for an outcome he thinks is better. He uses his herbs and plants to make a potion that ends Romeo's life while using a potion that tricks Romeo into thinking Juliet is dead.
Paradox in Romeo and Juliet shows that there are different kinds of characteristics in shakespeare. Shakespeare uses paradoxes to show differences between the two leading families in the story of romeo and juliet. For example “love and hate” shows that romeo and juliet are truly in love but the families are enemies and don't get alone with each other at all. Many of these feelings are opposite such as “loving hate” or “happiness and sadness” for example when juliet finds out that Romeo is a montague she exclaims that “My only love is sprung from my only hate” then that leads to a discussion with Friar Lawrence. Friar Lawrence uses paradox when he describes earths as a nature's tomb and womb because the tomb reflects images of death while a womb
In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare uses elements of language in Friar Laurence’s speech to convey the idea that everything is both good and evil. During the first half of the soliloquy, Shakespeare uses Friar Laurence’s soliloquy to explain to the reader that good and evil is in places you would never think. First and Foremost, Friar Laurence talks about how the shining bright sun is rising from behind the dark clouds. Shakespeare writes in the first lines of his soliloquy, “The grey-ey’d morn smiles on the frowning night” (2.3.1).
So she goes to the man who married them, Friar Lawrence. With Juliet threatening to kill herself if she doesn’t get out of marriage with Paris, Friar devises a plan. She must drink a potion that will make her seem dead, and when she is buried, Romeo will go to retrieve her. A desperate Juliet agrees. The next morning, the day of her arranged wedding, Juliet is found “dead’.
