Friar Lawrence Key Quotes (R+J)

Question 1

Friar Lawrence’s first introduction (Act 2, Scene 3)

Answer 1

“Within the infant rind of this weak flower
Poison hath residence and medicine power”
Foreshadows Romeo’s death
Links to theme of good and evil being inseparable

Question 2

Friar Lawrence agreeing to marry Romeo and Juliet (Act 2, Scene 4)

Answer 2

“For this alliance may so happy prove,
To turn your households’ rancor to pure love.”
Also reminds audience that it’s not the “alliance” but their deaths that will “end their parents’ strife”

Question 3

Friar Lawrence being the main father figure of Romeo (Act 2, Scene 3)

Answer 3

“That’s my good son”

Question 4

Friar Lawrence criticising Romeo’s fickle nature (Act 2, Scene 3)

Answer 4

“Young men’s love then lies not truly in their hearts but in their eyes.”

Question 5

Friar Lawrence telling Romeo to stop crying (Act 3, Scene 3)

Answer 5

“Art thou a man? Thy tears are womanish”

Question 6

Friar Lawrence foreshadowing the tragedy of the play (Act 2, Scene 6)

Answer 6

“These violent delights have violent ends and in their triumph die, like fire and powder”