Beautiful Brains Character Analysis

Friar Lawrence agrees to marry them, and says, “For this alliance may so happy prove,/To turn your households’ rancor to pure love” (Doc. C). Friar Lawrence married Romeo and Juliet without knowing that Juliet was engaged. Since Juliet was already engaged to CounPariss she did not want to tell the Friar because she knew he would say no. The Friar says “And, if thou darest, I’ll give thee remedy” ( Doc. C)

When Romeo is banished from Verona to Mantua due to his actions, Juliet is heartbroken. But her heart aches even further when she learns that she will be married to Paris. Wanting to escape the marriage and run away with Romeo, Friar Lawrence devises a plan. In this plan, Romeo will take Juliet away after she drinks a potion that will make her fall into a deep slumber for 42 hours, feigning death. Juliet takes the potion and falls asleep, and Paris, who could have married her, visits her tomb in morning.

The friar says, “What, rouse thee, man! They Juliet is alive, for whose dear sake thou wast but lately dead... Go, get thee to thy love, as was decreed; ascend her chame; hence, and comfort her. For then thou canst pass to Mantua.” So Friar Lawrence concludes that Romeo should go be with Juliet and then the next day Romeo will escape Verona in a disguise so no one will suspect him, he will live in Mantua until a time is found to tell everyone about the

" (II.2.142-143). Both characters being young and in love, immediately respond to this situation carelessly and with no thought or consideration. Soon after this, Romeo meets the Friar and asks the Friar for permission to marry Romeo and Juliet, the Friar agrees the marry them in hopes to end the family’s feud. Although, despite the motive behind the marriage, none of the characters act on that motive and actively chose against telling the truth and disclosing their marriage.

After they decided they wanted to get married right away, Romeo and Juliet go to Friar’s cell to get married. Friar first questions the love because Romeo was in love with another women only a few hours ago. He only agrees to marry them because he thinks it will end the family tension. “In one respect I’ll thy assistant be; / For this alliance may be so happy prove / To turn your households’ rancor to pure love” (II.iii.90-92).

He was the one who married the two, hoping that the marriage would cause an end to the feuding. Romeo and Juliet getting married was banned and wouldn't be able to take place without Friar Lawrence. Friar Lawrence stupidly chose to marry Romeo and Juliet even though he knew that it would cause issues in the future. The Friar says in the beginning of the story "this alliance may so happy prove To turn your households' rancor to pure love." (II iv 91-92) This shows that the Friar has doubts and only has a small bit of hope that Romeo and Juliet's marriage will actually be successful.

It is one of the first things you see in Romeo: "But this I pray, / That thou consent to marry us to-day" (Act 2 Scene 3). In that quote, it can be seen in Romeo's decision to marry so suddenly, particularly when he begs Friar Laurence to marry he and Juliet that day. Based on this, the reader can infer that Romeo is impulsive and there was no real reason to want to be married so suddenly. When Romeo finds his friends Benvolio and Mercutio engaged in a heated exchange with Tybalt, he rushes to stop the aggression between Mercutio and Tybalt. Unfortunately, Mercutio is stabbed because Romeo impulsively steps in the way, preventing Mercutio's sword from defending him.

This shows that Friar Laurence doesn't believe that Romeo's love for Juliet is authentic, but he agrees to marry them anyway. The Friar believes that a marriage between a young Capulet and a young Montague might be able to put an end to the family feud. It can be said that he didn’t really care for the marriage, and that he just wanted to join the two families. This claim is invalid because

Friar Lawrence has the idea to give Juliet a sleeping potion that would make her look dead. This would result in her arranged marriage with County Paris called off, and she would be able to run away with her true love Romeo. Friar tells Juliet that a message would be sent to Romeo informing him about this plan, but unfortunately Romeo never gets the message. Friar tells Juliet, “Shall Romeo by my letters know our drift; and hither shall he come; and he and I will watch thy waking…” (IV.i.114-116).

When Romeo first comes to talk to Friar Lawrence about marrying Juliet, Friar Lawrence is hesitant to perform the ceremony. He thinks that Romeo is moving too quickly, and that Romeo should not get married to a person he has just met. Despite his doubts though, he marries Romeo and Juliet behind their parent’s backs in the hopes that a marriage between the two families will end the feud. Friar Lawrence does not take into account how this will affect Romeo and Juliet. He even predicts that “These violent delights have violent ends,” meaning that he thinks that their love will end badly because it began so

But come, young waverer, come go with me. In one respect I’ll thy assistant be;For this alliance may so happy prove To turn your households’ rancor to pure love.” Friar Lawrence is talking to Romeo about him and Juliet getting married. This quote shows that friar Lawrence wanted Romeo and Juliet to get married.

Give consent/To marry Paris. Wednesday is tomorrow./Tomorrow night look that thou lie alone./ Let not the Nurse lie with thee in thy chamber./Take thou this vial, being then in bed,/And this distillèd liquor drink thou off,/” (4.1.92-97). Friar Lawrence convinces the naive Juliet to take the potion and pose as if she was dead. He wants her to go through with it because it means that no one will find out that he secretly married the two young lovers.

The Immaturity of Romeo and Juliet Immaturity can spread throughout things and people creating problems for the present and future. Similarly, Romeo and Juliet not only shows the development of love, but the loss of maturity that leads to tragedy. People develop maturity, but the amount of immaturity makes the process go backwards. From Romeo and Juliet’s fast evolving relationship to the hate between the two families, and the lack of thought in different characters is recurrent throughout the story. Therefore,the theme of Romeo and Juliet evolves around the idea of immaturity.

In many high schools, 9th graders read stories from different times and of different genres in their english classes. Notably, one of the most prominent stories read by high schoolers is The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. However, there is controversy that high schoolers should not read this Shakespearean play because many argue that it is not relevant to what teens deal with on a daily basis. Despite the fact that the tragedy takes place in the 14th century, teens were no different back then. As a matter of fact, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet presents topics that present-day teens still struggle with such as brain development, tunnel vision, and how to correctly approach suicidal teens.

When Juliet and Romeo were faced with a conflict, they would act based upon their emotions rather than coming up with rational solutions that would benefit both parties. They were only thinking in the moment, and not of the future consequences. Unfortunately, their rash decisions led to tragic incidents and the deaths of friends, family, and themselves. The problematic impulsiveness from the main characters could be taken as a moral, that love can control one’s mind to behave recklessly, leading to troubling