frair

• the frair, a brilliantly,constructed character in shakespeare's tradegdy, romeo and juliet, makes most of the action in the play possible. his dedication to his plan ending the conflict between the rival families in verona. shakespeare does however craft his character so that even in case where he has the best intentions, he may escape blame. As a result, shakespeare creates an extradinarily complex figure in the frair, who by the end leaves the audience feeling both conflicted about him and suspicious of his morality


  introduction
• Friar Lawerence


  Introduced to us for the first time in act 2 scene 3
• Friar Lawerence


  • He appears with a basket of herbs that he has been picking
  • He is an expert in herbal remedies
• Friar Lawerence: '"within the infant rind of this weak flower.poison hath residence and medicine power."'
• Friar Lawerence's quote


  Establishes that he is wise because he knows a lot about plants and that the natural world can both heal and harm
• Friar Lawerence's quote


  Foreshadows the play's later events
• Friar Lawerence


  • His wisdom is evident in how he alludes to things that will happen in the future
• Juliet's quote "I'll to the frair know his remedy."


  Suggests that the Friar will automatically have a solution to her problem
• Friar Lawerence is not just wise, but people perceive him to be wise as well
• • demonstrated as helpful
  • "in one respect ill thy assitant be"