The Friar’s soliloquy is about the healing power of plants and herbs. However, he also warns that some plants used to heal can also be poisonous. This, of course, foreshadows the tragic events to come by indicating what will happen later on in the play.

Friar Laurence’s views on love in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet are consistent with the principles of his religious Catholic faith, specifically moderation and marriage. He believes that a divinely inspired love is capable of overcoming hatred.

When the friar says Romeo’s love “could read by rote, that could not spell”, what is he suggesting? Romeo was simply playing the part of a lover, but not really in love. Romeo was lying about his feelings for Juliet. Romeo was lying about his feelings for Rosaline.

O! she knew well Thy love did read by rote and could not spell. Mercutio is teasing Nurse’s illiteracy. Friar Laurence is telling Romeo why he could not successfully woo Rosaline.

Act 2, Scene 3 introduces us to Friar Laurence, who is an important, though mainly off-stage, player in Romeo and Juliet. He is good and wise and embodies all that is both holy and pure in Verona. In that way, he stands apart from the feud that’s tearing Verona apart.

Elvis said: “I’m going to the bathroom to read.” They were the last word he ever spoke. Because, although Ginger responded with, “OK, but don’t fall asleep”, Elvis no longer said another word as he went directly to the bathroom.

The survey, carried out by Perfect Choice Funerals, found that 83% of people had been given parting words of wisdom by loved ones before they died. A total of 62% of those surveyed said that conversations included relationship advice.

56 years (1770–1827)

Beethoven struggled financially through much of his career but there is no indication that he died poor; by the time of his death, he had found…

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35 years (1756–1791)

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