what was the role and importance of friar lawrence in romeo and juliet?

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William Shakespeare, a terrific and an outstanding author who has written over hundreds of magnificent sonnets, plays and poems. From the selection of plays written by a Shakespeare a unique, dramatic and spectacular play is, “Romeo and Juliet”.

Romeo and Juliet” a well written novel which is built on the foundation of love, hatred and revenge. Shakespeare has used many techniques to grab the audience’s attention like suspense, dramatic irony and stage craft. Stage craft is the skill that goes into writing a play so that it’s fantastic when performed by actors on stage.

Involved in this astonishing play is “Friar Lawrence”; at this moment you would be wondering what is a Friar? Well a Friar is a Franciscan Monk, a man who is a member of certain Roman Catholic religious orders, who vowed to live a life of poverty. After explaining what is a Friar, a question is left unanswered, “What was the role and importance of Friar Lawrence in Romeo and Juliet?”

First of all, the time when we first meet Friar Lawrence we can identify his personality, when it says, “We sucking on her natural bosom find, Many for many virtues excellent, None but for some and yet all different. O, mickle is the powerful grace that lies In herbs, plants, stones and their true qualities.” From his speech we learn that the Friar wonders how brilliant nature is as different plants have different unique properties. Some plants can either kill you or heal you. We get to know how highly interested he is in nature which lead him to become an herbalist.

However, a Friar who was an herbalist was needed to fit into the play, as it was Friar Lawrence who gave Juliet a “vial” of a potion that would make Juliet to look like as if she’s dead. If the Friar was not an herbalist then neither would he give Juliet the potion, therefore it is important that the Friar was an herbalist. I think that the Friar shouldn’t have carried out such a dangerous plan because there a slim chance that it was going to be successful.

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Also the Friar’s duty was a confessor as he was trustworthy and Man of God. An example of this would be when Romeo use to tell him his secrets, like it says, “Then plainly know my heart’s dear love is set. On the fair daughter of rich Capulet. As mine on hers, so hers is set on mine”. In the play Romeo took Friar Lawrence as his father as he was faithful. Romeo ‘s responsibility was Friar Lawrence, he always thought good for Romeo so you cannot really blame him for carrying out such a dangerous plan as it ...

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