Characterize the Character in your Own Words
- Create a paragraph that describes the character of Friar Lawrence. Without using I or My, state the nature of his character by listing a few character traits with examples to support your claim.
- Lastly, using the text from Act II. iii., select a quote that represents the nature of Friar Lawrence thus far in the play.
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Friar Lawrence is a monk/preist. Romeo seems to rely on his best judgement when it comes to love and relationships. He thinks that men are full of lust, and don't really seek true love. He also thinks that a woman needs a man. Romeo had previosly gone to Friar Lawrence for advice for Rosaline, and comes back to seek help from him with his situation with Juliet. Friar Lawrence now sees how much Romeo changes his mind, however he still agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet ignoring the cons to this decision. This shows how ambitious he is and how he thinks he can end the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets and bring the peace. What this says about Friar Lawrence is that he is a very foolish, oblivious, fool.
Friar Lawrence is a priest in training which is called a monk. In the story Romeo relays on him a lot because he ask him to perform the ceremony of marriage. Romeo comes to Friar a lot to ask him some questions about love and to ask him sometimes for help when he needs it the most. The quote in the play that represents the friar is " Young men's love then lies not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes". This says about the friar that he thinks that young men aren't faithful and you can't put a lot of trust in them. To describe Friar Lawrence he is an optimist and he's very foolish for marring Romeo and Juliet behind their parents back.
Friar Lawrence is an ignorant monk in Romeo and Juliet. He feels like being the hero in a situation that needs no hero. Friar Lawrence asks Romeo about Rosaline. Once roomeo tells him that he has fallen for another woman, the friar calls him lustful. Even though Romeo is lustful, Friar Lawrence is still willing to help Romeo and Juliet to get married to save the families from the turmoil that they are currently in. He believes that he can resolve the situation and be the hero. A quote from Friar Lawrrence to prove his ignorance to the situation is "For this allience may so happy prove, to turn your house holds into pure love (II,iii,518)."
Friar Laurence, the priest that Romeo meets the day after his secret meeting with Juliet, could be called an optimistic character. he can be called optimistic because, in the textbook, on page 518 Laurence says "for this alliance my so happy prove, to turn your households' rancor to pure love." this quote shows the Laurence also, like Romeo and Juliet, hopes that the feud between the two families will end, seeing how it could end in many more deaths. other than being called optimistic, Friar Laurence can also be called a contrasting person. he's a contrasting person because throughout his entire speech throughout Act2 scene3, he keeps contrasting light to dark, good to bad, and poison to medicine, and he says how these things can be form the same thing, while still giving two opposite effects. also, along with the contrasting, he can be called stupider than he thinks. this is because he keeps saying one thing, but right after saying that, he says something completely different that opposes what he just said previously. for example, on page 518, when he says "... young waverer, come, go with me, in one respect I'll thy assistant be;" this means that he will quickly marry Romeo to Juliet, but then, in his next line, he says, "Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.", which completely opposes what he just said.
-Y.G.
Friar Lawrence is the type of character that has a big part in a story but isn’t shown as much as he really is apart of it. He is a monk that will marry Romeo and Juliet. When he was first shown in the story was when Romeo went up to him and asked him to marry them both. It seems as he asks him because deep down inside he knows that Friar Lawrence will most likely say yes to his wish, and as Romeo thought he said yes. But Lawrence knew that Romeo was just lusting for this girl and he knew that it was only lust, which was leading Romeo from one girl to another. But even though he thought that it might be true love and he thought that getting both Romeo and Juliet married would bring the two families together. This shows that Friar Lawrence thinks that he is the person to receive a message from god and brings it to the people, this makes him seem idiotic. The message that he wants to send from god is to bring both families back together and this is by marrying Romeo and Juliet.
“For this alliance may so happy prove, To turn your households’ rancor to pure love”
Friar Laurence seems like a person that is wise but over ambitious. At first he seems like a person that is helpful but when looking at him deeply, he seems more of the selfish person that is in it for recognition rather than help. He has wise thoughts about human nature he is necessarily a good person. The only reason he is agreeing to marry Romeo and Juliet is to stop the violence between the two families, but that is just too ambitious, and is likely that he is in it for the recognition. Act II. scene III. line 55 "Be plain, good son, and homely in thy drift. Riddling confession finds but riddling shrift.", this quote shows us that the Friar is a wise person.
Friar Lawrence is a MONK, who works in the monastery at Verona. He is a fiend of Romeo. Who knows all of Romeos dirty little secrets, especially about Rosaline. He is hypocritical to himself. When he says to Romeo, "Young men's love, then, lies not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes." Which means that young men do not love, but lust. Then , he goes on to say that women need men. However, if men are lustful what makes it just if they go off with another women? Wouldn't the women they loved before "fall" then? Not only does he say men are lustful, but encourages Romeo's lustful feelings by saying he will marry him to Juliet. Now, I do think lust is a deadly sin. So then, hes forsaking his own monk-hood by encouraging lust.
Friar Lawrence is a optimistic helpful fellow. He means well but he is slightly naive and foolish. He believes that a simple marriage between two children can stop the age old feud between their families. He also is somewhat of a hypocrite and contradicts himself. He tells Romeo that he shouldn't rush things with Juliet, but decides to marry them when they haven't even known each other for more than 24 hours. He is optimistic and believes that the marriage will work out and the fighting will stop. His exact words are, "For this alliance may prove be; To turn your households' rancor to pure love."
Friar Laurence is monk who is optimistic and contradicts his own thoughts or advice. If he is talking about love, then he talks about hate, if he talks about children, then he talk about old people. A good example of this is when he says “For this allience may so happy prove, to turn your house holds into pure love” to Romeo and agrees to marry him to Juliet. But then he said “Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.” to Romeo. In other words he said ok ill marry the two of you, but lets take it slow, see how the two contradict. Also another characteristic of Friar Lawrence is that he thinks that love of a young is not from the heart but from there lust of physical appearance. “Young men's love then lies not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes”. Right now in the story Friar Lawrence is being portrayed as a foolish wise monk.
-HS
Friar Lawrence means well, but frankly he doesn’t know what he’s getting into. The affairs of such young and unguided lovers cannot be easily controlled. Friar Lawrence is a man of less godly nature and more human nature. He is full of hypocritical behavior and statements. He means well, but he doesn’t know what he’s getting into. He says that men only lust and don’t love when he says, "Young men's love then lies not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes." But he is still willing to marry Romeo and Juliet, so he contradicts his beliefs and words of wisdom. He is not a fool, just an ignorant man who doesn’t understand the magnitude of the situation.
Friar Lawrence’s character is well defined in the quote, in scene II, iii, 94, when he says, “Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast”. He thinks that he knows what’s going on and is giving him advice like he knows it all. But in reality, without his priesthood manner, the Friar is just as ignorant and naïve as Romeo because he is in on their plan.
Friar Lawrence is a very interesting character. At first glance his intentions seen good, marry two young people in love. But if it is looked into more closely it will seem that his intensions are somewhat irrational. He wants to unite the Montague and the Capulet families by showing that two members of the families can put aside their differences and fall in love. Even thou it is not his place to do so in the first place. And even thou the two people are in love just met less than 12 hours ago and they have no way to support them. And not to mention the young people’s parents are extremely opposed to the marriage. The point of this paragraph can be summed up in the Friar Lawrence quote “For this alliance may so happy prove, To turn your households’ rancor to pure love”. (Act II, scene iii, page 518, lines 91-92).
Friar Lawrence is an extremely interesting person to be introduced in the play. At Elizabethan time, monks and priests were not as wise or intelligent as they are today. Today, most of them always know what they are talking about and are sure of it. Well, Friar Lawrence seems to be somewhat the complete opposite. The fact that Friar Lawrence thinks that the marriage between Romeo and Juliet will end the feuding families is absurd. All in all, he is a priest and should have known better. Therefore, Friar Lawrence is a very foolish gentleman who is unwise in matters. The quote that proves this is when he states, "In one respect, I'll thy assistant be, for this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households' rancor into pure love."
- SP
Friar Lawrence is a very foolish priest. Friar is also not very wise and he tends to contradict himself sometimes. And at points he can also be a hypocrite. He isn't very wise because he thinks that agreeing to marry Romeo and Juliet will help stop the fighting between the Capulet's and Montague's, and will possibly even allow them to love one another. He contradicts himself when he says that Romeo should take things slow, after Friar told him that he would marry Romeo and Juliet when they have only known each other for about 24 hours. The quote that helps prove these statements is, "For this alliance may prove be; To turn your households' rancor to pure love."
-Hannah
Friar Lawrence is a monk in Romeo and Juliet. He is not the best person to seek advice from. He judges people very quickly. For example, he judged Romeo for being lustful because he fell in love with one girl then the next day with another. Friar Lawrence also only truly cares about himself and how to get to the top of wherever he is going. For example "For this alliance may so happy prove, to turn your households' rancor to pure love" (11, iii, 91-92,518). This shows that the Friar only wants to help Romeo get married because he thinks it will stop the hatred and he will be the one who would take the credit for making peace between the Montagues and Capulets.
Friar Lawrence is an exceptionally foolish man. He believes that if he marries Romeo and Juliet that the conflict between the Capulet’s and Montague’s will fade away, and by doing so that he will become a “hero”. Friar Lawrence also believes that men simply lust and cannot love. He is a very self centered man that constantly contradicts himself. For example, he says that Romeo couldn’t possibly be in love with Juliet since he was in love with Rosaline only a few days before. He also tells Romeo that he believes he should think about whether the emotion he feels for Juliet is love or lust. Although when Romeo asks him to marry him and Juliet, he suddenly seems to support the marriage. Friar Lawrence changed his views on the situation because he realized that if the marriage puts an end to the conflict between the two families that he would be considered a hero.
Friar Lawrence is training to be a priest and is very ambitions. He thinks that men are lustful and do not care in the matter of true love, and he thinks women are weak and cannot survive without men. He says, "Young men's love then lies, not truly in their hearts but in their eyes" in Act II. iii. This quote shows us how the Friar thinks men lust not love. Friar Lawrence is also rather hypocritical and foolish. He thinks young men are only lustful, and lust is in fact a deadly sin and frowned upon in Christian society, yet he agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet even though he thinks Romeo only lusts for her, not loves her. This makes him hypocritical because he is against marriage based on lust, yet he is marrying two people when he thinks their relationship is simply lust. He is foolish because he doesn't realize how dangerous it is to marry the young lovers. He risks their families' feud worsening, ergo the prince killing the families, and he risks Romeo and Juliet's lives. He makes an ambitious move by agreeing to marry Romeo and Juliet, he thinks it may unite the families but it is truly a foolish and hypocritical move.
-Laura S.
Friar Lawrence, a friar in Verona is a friend of Romeo's who he asks to marry himself and Juliet. Friar Lawrence as with most friars is a very knowledgeable man, he understands nature very well. He is very optimistic and is an advocate for peace. However despite these traits Friar Lawrence is a great fool, although he knows a great deal he has very little common sense. We can tell he is foolish by the way he contradicts himself and also because he agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet for a very bad reason. The friar says "In one respect I'll thy assistant be, for this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households' rancor to pure love." we can tell he is foolish because he is saying that he believes that Romeo and Juliet's marriage could end their families feud.
SR
Friar Lawrence is a training priest that Romeo knows. It is known that Romeo and the Friar have talked before, because he asked about one of Romeo's past lovers; Rosaline. From what can be seen in the scene he is not a very bright character. He often contradicts himself which does not make him look smart. He also generalizes the sexes. He says men are all full of lust and that all women need men. He also is only agreeing to marry Romeo and Juliet for personal gain. He knows that Romeo is just being almost hormonal and that his love for Juliet will pass, he is only doing it so that he can get the recognition for trying to stop the feud between the two families. In the play he says "For this alliance may so happy prove, To turn your households’ rancor to pure love" (II, iii, 91-92) This is saying that he really is only marrying the couple to try and solve the crises between the two families. He come off as foolish but this may change as the play goes on.
sean c
Friar Lawrence is a monk that work in a monastary in verona. He makes himself out to be a wise character and so does Romeo, but he changes his idea a lot. Friar think that if Romeo and Juliet get married the feuding between the Montagues and Capulets will end, which is a very dumb assumption is anything it will become worse. If he really cared about Romeo he would not let him marry Juliet after only talking to her for about 20 minutes in total. He also calls Romeo lustful for going to another women after Rosaline, but then he says he will marry them, which would make him promote Romeo's lust. All of this concludes to Friar Lawrence to being a dumb man and not someone to look up too especially as a priest or monk. -Hunter F
Friar Laurence is a monk or a priest and plays an important role in the play. The Friar can be characterized as peaceful person. He is peaceful because he thinks that if he marries Romeo and Juliet then it will bring peace to Verona. Also Friar Laurence thinks that he can be a hero by marrying Romeo and Juliet to stop the fighting, so he is optimistic. In addition Friar Laurence is wise because he says Young men's love then lies not truly in their heart, but in their eyes." This helps Romeo greatly , and it shows how sophisticated Friar Laurence is.
Friar lawrence is the preist or monk that Romeo goes to when he wants to marry Juliet. Friar Lawrence is a foolish, self-centered, naive, and knowledgeable person. He talk to Romeo about how young men love with their eyes and not with their hearts. When he says this he means that young men love the looks of women, and don't get to know their personality or character. He shows his foolishness by saying he will marry Romeo and Juliet, but then he contradics himself. He first says that if they get married the fighting and the fued will stop between their families. Then after he says that he says to Romeo, take it slow and be wise about your decisions. At some points the feeling is that the preist thinks he is the hero or peacemaker, but he makes decisions without thinking about them first. After the preist says this, it is pretty clear what he thinks will happen won't end up happening. Romeo's and Juliet's families have been fighting for years and because they get married, there will be no promises that it will stop the hatred between the Montague's and the Capulet's.
The Friar Lawrence is a monk whom Romeo seeks out in order to see if he will consent with his and Juliet's marriage. The Friar is not unknowledgeable, but he does not demonstrate high intellect. Possibly the most important thing he said was on page 518 when he said, "... young waverer, come, go with me, in one respect I'll thy assistant be...", agreeing to marry Romeo and Juliet because he actually believes that doing so would end the infamous Montegue-Capulet feud. This suggests he is foolish or naive. These characterizations are supported again at the end of the scene where The Friar says that despite his consent with the slapdash and hasty nature of situation, he tells Romeo to remember to be "... slow, and wise...". This contradicts his actions. So the Friar is a man who is confident in his own ideologies and morals, but foolish, self-contradictory, imprudent, and unwise.
Friar Lawrence is an interesting character in the story of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Romeo trusts him with big decisions and all of his secrets. Romeo goes to the Friar to tell him about all of his problems instead of his parents and his cousins. Friar Lawrence is kind of a stupid character, he always contradicts himself, and Romeo thinks he is a lot wiser than he really is. He tells Romeo that he will marry him and Juliet that he will marry them and then he says to take it slow. Friar Lawrence is an example of what the church was back in Shakespeare’s time, at least what Shakespeare thought of it. Friar Lawrence is a very interesting character, he is trying to be wise when really he is not, he is a little stupid and he contradicts himself a lot. That shows what Priests were like in Shakespeare’s time.
Friar Lawrence is learning to be a priest or is a monk in the play Romeo and Juliet. He is a foolish priest and he doesnt always stick with his first desicion, for example at first he says either no he wont marry them or hes not sure and finally he decideds to marry Romeo and Juliet. He is foolish because he thinks if he marries Romeo and Juliet it will stop some of the fighting going on between the Montague and Capulet families. Friar Lawrece is also some what wise because he says "Young men's love then lies not truly in their heart, but in their eyes" (II, iii, lines 67-68, page 518). "For this alliance may so happy prove, to turn your households'rancor to pure love" (II, iii, lines 92-93, page 518). That line represents the fact that Friar Lawrence is foolish because he thinks that if he marries them that the fight will stop and turn into love.
In the play "Romeo and Juliet" Friar Lawrence is a priest who Romeo goes to for advice and help. He has many characteristics. An important one is that he is very optimistic. Romeo asked Friar Lawrence to marry him and Juliet even tough they only new each other or less than a day. Friar Lawrence decided he would and thought that if Romeo and Juliet got married that the fighting between their families would stop. This obviously wouldn't stop the fighting it would probably make it even worse, despite that fact he still hopes for the best. Friar Lawrence says to Romeo "For this alliance may so happy prove, to turn your households' rancor to pure love," proving the fact that he is overly optimistic.
Friar Lawrence is a priest. Romeo goes to see him because he wants him to marry him and Juliet. He is optimistic and is hoping that the union between Romeo and Juliet will bring peace between the Capulet’s and Montague’s. So first he agrees to marry them. Later through he basically retracts his offer saying that Romeo and Juliet should take more time to get to know each other. He contradicts himself. Friar Lawrence believes in the good side of things and is kind of foolish because his hopes are extremely high and it is not likely that it will happen. Overall Friar Lawrence is an optimistic and foolish mad that believes in the good side of everything.
Romeo wants Friar Lawrence to marry him and Juliet. He is a preist/monk who is a bit foolish and optimistic. He tells Romeo he would be happy to marry him and Juliet. Friar Lawrence believes that by marrying the two young lovers it will end the feud between the Capulets and the Montegues, inwhich makes him optimistic. That also makes him foolish because it is compleatly unlikely that they will stop feuding. When telling Romeo what he thinks, he also says something that makes him seem utterly foolish. "Young men's hearts then lies, not truely in their hearts but in their eyes". The meaning of this quote is that young men don't love girls for their personality, but for their beauty. When Friar Lawrence says this about Romeo he compleatly contridicts himself. This is because he told Romeo he'd marry him and Juliet and that he believes in their love.
-Haley C.
Friar Lawrence first appears in Act 2 scene 3, in this scene he is talking to Romeo. The Friar is a monk, and lives in Verona. He is the first person, other than Juliet that Romeo tell about how he feels. Friar first says that Romeo is foolish because he got over Rosaline and found Juliet right away. Then when Romeo asked Friar to marry him and Juliet, Friar Lawrence is more than happy because of the possible outcome. Here the Friar contradicts himself, at first he said that Romeo needed to slow down and now he’s saying yea let’s make this wedding happen. "For this alliance may so happy prove, to turn your households' rancor to pure love" (11, iii, 91-92,518). This quote shows that the Friar is only having the wedding for Romeo and Juliet to get their families out of fighting. Friar Lawrence does not seem like a very wise man, it seems more like he will go for anything that might have a good outcome.
~Sarah
Friar Lawrence is almost a devious character, he almost is trying to stir the pot. He agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet thought he know its is lust from Romeo and not real love. Romeo is going to rely on him to marry him and Juliet so Romeo doesn't really care. Although in some ways though Friar Lawrence wants to help the cause and stop the feuding between the two families. " Young men's love then lies not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes", is the quote that really sticks out at me from act 2 scene 3. This shows his more devious side and that he may truly be a devious character, marrying two young kids over what he knows is just lust...
Friar Lawrence is the character Romeo was going to use to marry himself and Juliet. The friar tries to give Romeo advice but then soon after, he changes his mind. He is a very contradictory character. He is agreeing to marry Juliet and Romeo even though they have just met not long ago, then he tells Romeo it would be best to take things slowly. He is contradicting himself and he does not make sense. Also, Friar Lawrence seems to be an ignorant character. He doesn’t realize his actions but thinks of himself as a wise priest who should be advising young people like Romeo about life and marriage. He also seems ignorant when he tells Romeo that he believes the marriage between Romeo and Juliet will end the feuding of their families.
On page 518 Friar Lawrence says “Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast” to Romeo when Romeo says he wants to marry Juliet as quickly as possible. Friar Lawrence is trying to say that slower is better but he says this after he has encouraging the marriage between the lovers who just met. This quote shows just how much Friar Lawrence is contradictory and ignorant.
Friar Lawrence is a monk who looks at things from different points of view. Act 2 Scene 3 opens with him carrying a bucket full of poisonous weeds and medicinal flowers. He sees a value in everything, both good and bad. In line 21 he says, "Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied, And vice sometime by action dignified." Here he means that virtue can turn to vice if it is misused and that vice can become virtuous if it's applied correctly. He is a caring monk, as evidenced by his concern on Romeo's welfare. Romeo tells Lawrence that he is no longer in love with Rosaline, but instead in love with Juliet. Lawrence was wise in that he already knew that Romeo did not truly love Roseline and that Rosaline herself knew it too (Line 88). when Romeo informs Lawrence that he and Juliet are truly in love with each other and wish to be wed, he agrees to marry them. Lawrence is an optimist as he says, "For this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households' rancor to pure love." Perhaps he feels that this vice, a hasty wedding, may turn into a virtue, the hatred of the Capulets and the Montagues turning into love.
- Chris D.
Friar Lawrence is a priest looking to better his understanding of the world with studies, which is why he is called a friar. He thinks he is wise and may so be about nature and religion, but he is truly naive and hypocritical. Friar Lawrence said that he and Romeo should take things slow when leaving but he decided to marry young lovers after less than 24 hours of knowing each other. The friar is well represented by the quote from the play "For this alliance may so happy prove, To turn your households’ rancor to pure love” This shows that he thinks their love will end an age old feud. This perfectly demonstrates how friar Lawrence is an unwise, naive, fool.
Friar Lawrence is a Friar in the play of "Romeo and Juliet". The pries-like Friar Lawrence is in a way naive. I say this because he believes that the love, or marriage of Romeo and Juliet would end the life long feud of the families. Also though, he is wise in small respaect, or maybe just lucky, for he turned out to be right. This is because in the end, their love stopped the war, with their own deaths. Sheakespear could have meant either of these by the Friar's words, but either way, he probably was pointing out that the church isnt always right because he contradicts himself in saying first that he should take things slow, and then ending the scene with, we must hurrry. This make him look a little like a hypocrit.
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