When Romeo tells Friar Laurence of his love for Juliet and his wish to marry her, the Friar hopes it will be a positive end to the Montague and Capulet conflict. Throughout the play, he is ...

The friar plays an important role in the plot, as he marries the couple in secret, and later comes up with a plan to pretend Juliet is dead. These images are taken from a 2002 production of Romeo ...

There are two ways of reading Romeo ... Juliet is much greater than the worldly and merely political peace that emerges in Verona. It is the knowledge imparted in the midst of the tragedy by Friar ...

We are told by Friar Lawrence that “violent delights have violent ends.” Romeo becomes possessed by his possession of Juliet, as she becomes possessed by her possession of him. Succumbing to ...

The umpteenth attempt to make Shakespeare 'cool' exchanges the original, classic language for forgettable pop songs and unnecessary twists ...

“O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo ... In an especially clever use of blocking, Paulus and Cherkaoui posture the scene where Friar Laurence gives Juliet the fatal sleeping potion. The stage is ...

Giving the folk who hover around Romeo and Juliet more to say and do means, in some cases, that they have more to answer for. This is particularly true of Friar Laurence, who is given the chance ...

You most definitely can with the help of metaphors. The figurative language ... by William Shakespeare "It is the east, and Juliet is the sun." - "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare "She ...

“Romeo and Juliet” has always been high on the list, its tragic denouement hanging on Friar Lawrence’s inability to get word to poor Romeo that Juliet’s apparent death was but a drug ...

Suárez’s Juliet is never a victim. She owns every decision she makes, from choosing Romeo for her husband to taking the potion the Friar provides, and finally deciding not to go on without ...

In a desperate attempt to be reunited with Romeo, Juliet follows the Friar’s plot and fakes her own death. The message fails to reach Romeo, and believing Juliet dead, he takes his life in her tomb.

There’s a comic-relief scene at the end of Act IV in Romeo and Juliet that is nearly always ... Gabby Beans, persuasive as the well-meaning Friar Lawrence, doubles less effectively as a ...