The functions of Friar Laurence in Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare’s story Romeo and Juliet is certainly one of the most known and appreciated classics of all times. Almost everyone who went to school has already heard about this story of two teenagers, Romeo and Juliet, that fall in a powerful love. But, their love is an impossible love because their families, the Montague and the Capulet, are great enemies. Romeo sees Juliet for …showed first 75 words of 1862 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1862 total…Friar Laurence is really the most important character of this story after Romeo and Juliet. Friar Laurence plays a strong role in their love, but also in their death. He knows that it is his fault that they are both dead and he offers to sacrificed his life at the end. “Miscarried by my fault, let my old life / Be sacrificed, some hour before his time, / Unto the rigour of severest law (5.3. 267-269). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**