Romeo And Juliet - Friar Laurence Always Intended The Best

Part I of Essay
Holy Saint Francis! What a change is here! Is Rosaline, that thou didst love so dear, So soon forsaken? Young men's love then lies Not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes…(II, III) This is only some of the wisdom spoken by Friar Laurence to young Romeo in William S ....

Part II of Essay
.... the plan and the death, that relate to him. One of the most true and sensible things told to Romeo by the Friar, was a forewarning to the hastiness of the wedding; These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumphs die, like fire and powder Which as they kiss, consume. The sweetest honey Is loathsome in its own deliciousness And in the taste confounds the appetite Therefor love moderately, long love doth so; Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. (II, VI) These words aimed directly at Romeo mean that with the metap ....