Friar Lawrence Flashcards
“These violent delights have violent ends and in their triumph die like fire and powder”- Friar Lawrence
- sudden joys have sudden endings, R and J have moved too quickly, consequences, indeed true they die day after marriage
- role of the friar in the play (parental) although they don’t listen to this vital remark
- oxymorons show uncertainty, although it may look nice there is a darker inside to it
- worry the audience for R and J die to use of foreshadowing
- they must love ‘moderately’
- ‘fire and powder’ reference to gunpowder and fire, one ignites the other and burns for a brief time and then quickly goes out
- ‘triumph’ best part, epiphany, when all is good, when they are at the best part of their relationship it all burns out
Death mark’d love”- prologue
- metaphor, death has actively marked their love, no way of escaping their death, it is destined, their love is doomed
- juxtaposition- death and love are what separates them, death before love shows that however much they love each other death is more powerful and is what breaks up the family
- foreshadowing- allows the audience to understand that their lives will slowly get worse
- reference to angel of death, marking on the love of the unrighteous
A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life- prologue
- from the prologue the audience are aware of the tragic consequences which will excite them, they will witness the downfall of R and J
- they are fated lovers, misfortune will come
- the stars have aligned for them to meet, their love is so powerful, they were destined to be together
- they were destined to go through this together, astrologists believe that stars control human destiny
- their love is unable to carry on due to societal and family conflicts
- metaphor, although it shows that they were destined to be together it also bares a tragic image of two people who have gone against fate to be with each other to then face serious consequences
“thy tears are womanish”
The Friar insults Romeo, by calling him “effeminate” and “womanish”, as he threatens suicide after being told of his banishment to Mantua.
Young men’s love then lies / Not truly in their hearts but in their eyes
Rhyming couplet to show wisdom. He subtly warns Romeo that he can’t possibly love Juliet, when he was “depressed” over Rosaline yesterday. Tells him that he is foolish for wanting to marry Juliet, after just meeting.
a greater power than we can contradict / Hath thwarted our intents
The Friar says fate and God have caused the letter to Mantua not to be delivered. The Friar seems to use God and fate to remove himself from the blame, a lot like Romeo
unhappy fortune!
Oxymoron. Friar L curses fate for the letter not being delivered. This shows stupidity and inability to take responsibility for his actions. Fate was widely believed though.
So smile the heavens upon this holy act That after-hours with sorrow chide us not.
May the heavens be happy with this holy act of marriage, so nothing unfortunate happens later to make us regret it. Friar Lawrence hopes that the heavens will be happy with this decision to marry Romeo and Juliet and that nothing will happen in the future to cause him to regret marrying them
