This scene will also give us clues that this story will have a tragic ending and how friar Laurence gets Romeo back on his feet and start thinking of Juliet.This scene is a companion to the previous

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Atif Eshaque Kamal        

Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare’s most famous tragedies, written in 1595.  The story itself was not anything new or different, but the way Shakespeare wrote the story made it popular. The language that he used to communicate their love for each other was written so poetically. 

Romeo and Juliet is about two young lover’s who fall in love. There love was true and passionate. But after discovering that they both belong to rivalry families it’s hard for them to be seen together let alone get married. Romeo and Juliet both desperately want to get married and decide that they should secretly, because if they ask their family to marry them. It will be impossible because of the feud going on between the two families. Romeo and Juliet get married secretly with the help of Friar Laurence and Nurse. When all was going well a fight breaks out where Tyblat kills Mercutio and Romeo filled with revenge goes after Tybalt and kills him knowing that he is Juliet brother. Romeo afraid of the consequences goes to Friar Laurence cell to hide.

In act 3 Scene 3 we find out Romeo faith. This scene will also give us clues that this story will have a tragic ending and how friar Laurence gets Romeo back on his feet and start thinking of Juliet.

This scene is a companion to the previous one, in which Juliet extravagantly bemoaned the news that Romeo had been banished. Romeo's lamentations over his banishment are extravagant to the point of childishness.

Romeo has been hiding in Friar Laurence's cell, and the scene opens as Friar comes home to tell Romeo his fate. Apparently Romeo is concealed somewhere in the cell, so that the Friar has to call him out:

  [frightened] man

Affliction is enamour'd of thy parts, and thou art wedded to calamity.

 Friar Laurence is expressing sympathy for poor Romeo because he seems to be married to bad luck.

Romeo comes out from hiding, seems to be sure that any news has to be bad news. He says,

 Father, what news? What is price’s doom?

 The word doom means judgment and it is also a pun word.

What sorrow craves acquaintance at my hand, that I yet know not?

"Craves acquaintance at my hand" probably means "wants to shake hands with me"; with sad irony, Romeo is asking "What next?" The Friar, feeling sorry for Romeo, says that Romeo is already too well acquainted with sorrow and then says,

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 By "doom" the Friar just means "judgment" or "sentence," and he actually has some good news, but Romeo is full of forebodings. He asks the Friar

"What less than dooms-day is the prince's doom?” .

 He expects nothing less than death ("dooms-day"), this kind of language is sophisticated and complex. This is also a playing word (pun)

 But the Friar replies,

  [issued] from his lips,
Not body's death, but body's banishment.

The Friar is expecting relief and joy from Romeo, but Romeo gives him the opposite, exclaiming,

Ha, banishment! be merciful, say "death";
For exile hath more terror in his look,
Much more than death: do not say "banishment."
          

This quote shows that Romeo feels disappointed. Friar Laurence can’t understand why Romeo is reacting like that. Friar Laurence points out that there is a whole world outside Verona. But Romeo in no mood to be reasonable declares that there is nothing outside Verona’s walls except hell and torture. Like when he say’s

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There is no world without Verona walls,

But purgatory, tortue hell itself,

According to Romeo, banishment is just a nice name for death, and he complains,

Romeo says that you should cut my head with axe while you smile and not feel sorry. Friar is shocked at Romeo's attitude and behaviour he says

O deadly sin! O rude unthankful ness!

 He accuses Romeo of the sin of ingratitude and points out that the law demands Romeo's life for his crime, but the Prince has kindly reduced the sentence. He says,  [precious] 

Romeo still adamant tells friar that ...

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