Friar Lawrence

• Friar Lawrence: "Of an old tear that is not washed off yet." --> Romeo moves on too quickly and acts rashly
• Friar Lawrence: hopes Romeo and Juliet's relatiomship can "turn your household's rancour to pure love" --> power of transcendent love
• is a father figure to Romeo; represents importance of religion in Elizabethan society

  -advises Romeo to "go wisely and slowly" with his love affairs

  -he marries the lovers in secret in a bid to turn "rancour into pure love"