Friar Lawrence In William Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

This story takes place in Verona,Italy where two families are fighting.The families are named the Montagues and Capulets and they have hated one another for a long time.At the beginning of the play the Prince of Verona warns both families that anyone caught fighting in the streets of Verona will be sentenced to death.

One of the main characters is named Romeo Montague. Romeo is usually peaceful and interested more in love than in fighting. At the beginning of the play Romeo tells his cousin Benvolio and his friend

Mercutio that he is sick with love for a girl who won’t love him back. Benvolio and Mercutio encourage him to forget about her and go with him to a costume party a the house of Capulet. They know it will be dangerous because they

She
has
another
problem,
too.
Her
father
is
forcing
her
to
marry
Count
Paris.
She
 goes to
Friar
Lawrence
for
advice.
Friar
Lawrence
gives
Juliet
a
special
type
of
poison.
The
poison
will
 make her
fall
into
a
very
deep
sleep,
but
everyone
will
think
she
is
dead.
Friar
Lawrence
plans
to
send
a
 message to
Romeo
so
that
he
can
come
back
to
Verona
and
meet
Juliet
when
she
wakes
up
in
her
 family’s tomb.
Then
they
can
leave
Verona
and
be
together.


Juliet
follows
her
part
of
the
plan,
but
something
goes
very
wrong.
Friar
Lawrence’s
message
never
 makes it
to
Romeo.
Instead,
Romeo
hears
that
Juliet
is
dead.
Romeo
returns
to
Verona
with
a
very
 strong poison.
He
goes
to
Juliet
in
the
tomb,
drinks
the
poison,
and
dies.
When
Juliet
wakes
up
she
 finds Romeo
laying
next
to
her.
She
is
so
sad
that
she
takes
his
dagger
and
kills
herself.

This
story
is
a
tragedy
because
the
ending
is
so
sad.
There
is
one
good
thing
that
comes
of
Romeo
and


Juliet’s
deaths.
When
the
Montagues
and
the
Capulets
learn
what
happened
with
their
children
they
 agree to
end
the
years
of
fighting.
The
Prince
of
Verona
hopes
the
the
story
of
Romeo
and
Juliet