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Friar Laurence is the friar who marries Romeo and Juliet.
Friar Laurence hopes that if he marries Romeo and Juliet that the feud with their families with end. Little did he know that will not happen until they are no longer living.
Friar Laurence hesitates to marry Romeo and Juliet because just days before Romeo was infatuated with Rosaline, who did not return him her love.
In Act 2, Scene 3 of Romeo and Juliet, the event where Friar Laurence agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet takes place last in his cell.
He says that the prince pushed aside the law and turned death into banishment, and says that the world is big and wide.
Romeo fails to receive Friar Laurence's message due to the epidemic occurring in the city. Friar Laurence gets quarantined and is unable to bring the letter to Romeo.
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frair john had to get quarantined for the plague
Friar Laurence helps Romeo and Juliet by marrying them in secret, hoping that their union will bring peace between their feuding families. He also assists Juliet with a plan to fake her death in order to be with Romeo.
He says that his love for Juliet is real, unlike his infatuation with Rosaline.
Friar Laurence is Romeo's confidant, and the play suggests Romeo has known him since he was very young as it implies that the Friar is a religious leader. Friar Laurence is to Romeo; what the nurse is to Juliet.
Friar Laurence's letter is not delivered to Romeo because Friar John was kept in quarantine since there was a plague in his house. Friar John wanted to go to Mantua himself but he couldn't. Once Friar Laurence hears this he says: "Now must I to the monument alone. Within these three hours will fair Juliet wake. She will beshrew me much that Romeo Hath had no notice of these accidents; But I will write again to Mantua, And keep her in my cell till Romeo come." His plan is to go to the tomb, get Juliet then write a second letter. But Friar Laurence's second letter is never sent to Romeo because Romeo's servant Balthazar has already told him Juliet is dead. Romeo arrives at the tomb before Friar Laurence can even write the second letter, which results in Romeo killing himself, which results in Juliet killing herself.