Friar Lawrence Flashcards
Opposites in his speech (A2S3)
“morn smiles/frowning night”, “streaks of light/fleckled darkness”, “day to cheer/nights dank dew”, “baleful weeds/precious juiced flowers”, “virtue/vice”, “poison/medicine”, “womb/tomb”, “none/some”, “grace/rude will”, “fair use/abuse” - A2S3
Knowledgeable and wise character - knows both sides of life - good and evil
Connection with Romeo
R: “Good morrow father”
FL: “Benedicite”
Stichomythia shows their connection between the two
Portrayed as a father figure and close advisor, replacing Capulet
Youth vs old age
“Care keeps his watch in every old mans eye And where care lodges, sleep will never lie” vs “Unbruised youth with unstuffed brain..there golden sleep doth reign” - A2S3
Struggles of old age vs unbothered youth - old people overthink, not being able to sleep, while youth have unstuffed minds and have golden sleep
Knows Romeo well
“Thou art uproused with some distemperature…Our Romeo hath not been in bed tonight” - A2S3
Knows him well, can easily discern how he hasn’t had sleep, been with someone else
Young love
“Young men’s love then lies not truly in their hearts but in their eyes”, “Women may fall, when there’s no strength in men” - A2S3
Critical of young men who love women based on their looks, not their personality
Women may fall if their men leave them, shows how he thinks women somewhat need men
Warning to R&J
“Wisely and slow, they stumble that run fast” - A2S3
“These violent delights have violent ends”, “Love moderately” - A2S6
Acts as a warning to the lovers to not rush into things, which they do not heed, leading to their downfall
How love could fix the feud
“For this alliance may prove to turn your households rancour into pure love” - A2S3
How the bond between the two lovers could bring the families to peace
Trying to cheer up Romeo
“A gentler judgement”, “Not body’s death but body’s banishment”, “Be patient, for the world is broad and wide”
Questioning Romeo’s courage and manliness
“Art thou a man? thy form cries out thou art, thy tears are womanish, thy wild acts demote the unreasonable fury of a beast, unseemly woman in a seeming man”
