Act 2, Scene 3- Friar Lawrence
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Friar Lawrence is an unusual character who speaks with backwards phrases and words
Example: "I must upfill this osier cage of ours" instead of "I must fill up this osier cage"
(2.3.7)
O He is known for his
sense of
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"Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied and vice sometime by action dignified"
(2.3.21-22)
Act 2, Scene 3
O Romeo has not slept and visits Friar early in the morning
O Romeo comes to ask for help: "My
likewise steads my foe" (2.3.58).
O Friar: "Be plain, good son, and homely in thy drift. Riddling confession finds but riddling shrift"
(2.3.59-60).
O Romeo: "Then plainly know my heart's dear love is set on the fair daughter of rich Capulet. As
mine on hers, so hers is set on mine, and all combined, save what thou must combine by holy
marriage...this I pray, that thou consent to
" (2.3.58-68)
O Friar's reaction: "Holy Saint Francis, what a change is here! Is Rosaline, that thou didst love so