Friar Lawrence Friar Lawrence, the man who just wanted to help, but only caused more unnecessary bloodshed. One of the most integral characters in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence has more to him than most would think, he isn’t just another side character that the story could do without. He either forges or propels some integral points of the story, an example being how he married Romeo and Juliet. Let’s take a look at some of this man’s more defining characteristics. Friar Lawrence was an extremely trusted individual. In act four, scene three, Juliet trusts Lawrence with her life when she chooses to drink the sleeping potion to get out of marrying Paris. This shows how trusted he is, because he could have easily killed