Epilogue of Friar Lawrence, Nurse and Lord Capulet.

Shakespeare gives us a vague ending to the book, as in the fate of three people, Friar Lawrence, Nurse, and Lord Capulet. In the story, however he gives us clues to how the people's fate may have turned out.

       First of all, Friar Lawrence probably would have been jailed for a while then, most likely, released because he told the truth. If he had told a lie he probably would have been executed. "Romeo, there dead, was husband to that Juliet; And she, there dead, that Romeo's faithful wife" (Shakespeare 298). If he was to make up a lie for the reason that the two killed themselves the outcome of the story would be different. Even though that Friar Lawrence has to face a punishment, it is much better than the consequences he could have faced.

      The second person that we are going to talk about is Nurse. Nurse was more like Friar Lawrence, with the exception that she stayed with Juliet more than Romeo. I think that Friar Lawrence was more attached to Romeo than Nurse was. Nurse was just trying to make Juliet happy.

      "Well, thou hast comforted me marvelous much..."(220). There are many examples of Nurse making Juliet more happy or comforting during hard times.  Nurse can probably take the same or even less than the punishment of Friar Lawrence. Nurse was more of a messenger than the Friar. Sure, she did help in the marriage of Romeo and Juliet, but she did less than the Friar. I think that the Nurse should have less of a punishment than the Friar but she still should have a mild punishment.

        Finally we come to Lord Capulet, the father of Juliet. Lord Capulet should have the biggest punishment of them all, he was the one that made Juliet want to take her own life. If he really valued the opinion of his daughter, than why did he force the marriage upon her? If Lord Capulet hadn't cared about who Juliet married we wouldn't be having this conversation in the first place. I believe that he should be banished or even stripped of his wealth for what he did to his daughter and what that did to Romeo.  He did do one good thing, when he erected the statue in honor of Romeo and Juliet. "As rich shall Romeo's by his lady's lie, Poor sacrifices of our enmity" (302).

VOCAB

apprehend= arrest (someone) for a crime.

canopy= a covering, usually of fabric, supported on poles or suspended above a bed, throne, exalted personage, orsacred object.

contempt=the feeling with which a person regards anything consideredmean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn.

disperse=to drive or send off in various directions

inexorable=unyielding; unalterable.

interred =to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.

penury=extreme poverty; destitution.

Remnants =a remaining, usually small part, quantity, number, or the like.

Righteous = characterized by uprightness or morality

I feel for Romeo....

I have sympathy for Romeo because he has been through so much.  Between Act III and Act IV he murders Tybalt and is later banished from his love, Juliet. I think that the banishment from Juliet was much worse than the feeling that he felt when he murdered Tybalt. Some evidence to support my thoughts can be found on pages 187-188 which describes Romeo crying about being banished from his love.  I think that there is a limit to how much Romeo can handle mentally, and with so much happening recently to him he is being pushed closer to the edge. I believe that Romeo would rather be killed than banished. "Ha, banishment! Be merciful, say "death," for exile hath more terror in his look, much more than death. Do not say "banishment" (Shakespeare 184).  In this quote, we can easily see that Romeo would much rather be killed than be banished from Juliet. I have sympathy for Romeo because he is under so much stress caused by the conflicts surrounding his banishment in this last act.  If this was happening to me, I would be pretty upset too.   

VOCAB:
arbitrating  =To judge or decide in or as in the manner of an arbitrator.
distraught = Deeply agitated, as from emotional conflict
immoderately=Exceeding normal or appropriate bounds; extreme.
inundation= To cover with water, especially floodwaters.
resolution= The state or quality of being resolute; firm determination.
spited=  Malicious ill will prompting an urge to hurt or humiliate.
supple= Yielding or changing readily; compliant or adaptable.

Dear Trustworthy Diary....

Tuesday, February 16th

    Dear Diary, this week has been hectic and every minute is tough for me. My parents want me to marry Paris, whom I do not wish to marry. On top of this Romeo, my husband has been banished forever for slaying my cousin, Tybalt. Romeo is the puzzle piece to my life that I didn't know that I was missing. Romeo has showed me more to life, and without Romeo my life is incomplete.

     

       I do not wish to marry Paris because I am already married, I already love someone, and to marry Paris would break my vows with Romeo. Even though I love Romeo, I am still angry at him for killing my cousin Tybalt; I don't know who to trust anymore. Nurse? Friar Lawrence? Romeo? I can't say that I can believe my parents anymore, they just want me to marry Paris for the money; they don't want me to be happy. I wish people could just accept that I and Romeo love each other and that we are going to be together, and is the punishment for Romeo really necessary? HE WAS TRYING TO STOP THE ARGUMENT BETWEEN TYBALT AND MERCUTIO! Not start it! It is a shame that just because he was a Montague they have to distrust him, I am certain that if he was a Capulet everyone would have a completely different opinion, even though he did kill Tybalt!

    With the Thursday of my marriage coming up soon, I hope Friar Lawrence or Nurse can give me some comfort or help me settle all of this. Paris seems terrible and I AM ALREADY MARRIED! I would love to deny the marriage with Paris but my parents, especially my father. I wish I could go to sleep and wake up a month from now, that would solve my problems, wouldn't it?

-Juliet Capulet

The Actions of Friar Laurence and Nurse, The right decision?

In Act II Scene III Friar Laurence makes the decision to wed Romeo and Juliet, but this wedding wasn't any regular wedding, it was a secretive wedding. It wasn't just Friar Laurence that helped in the wedding Juliet's nurse also took part in the wedding. I personally don't blame either Friar Laurence or the Nurse. It really wasn't Nurse's or the Friar's decision, they couldn't change the fact that Romeo and Juliet truly loved each other. If the Friar and the Nurse didn't allow the two to get married, Romeo and Juliet would probably find someone else to wed them. So in my opinion, Friar Laurence and the Nurse really didn't do anything wrong.

Chided =to express disapproval of; scold; reproach: The principal chided the children for their thoughtless pranks.

Confounds=to perplex or amaze, esp. by a sudden disturbance or surprise; bewilder; confuse.

Driveling= saliva flowing from the mouth, or mucus from the nose; slaver.

Exposition= a large-scale public exhibition or show, as of art or manufactured products.

Idolatry= the religious worship of idols.

Lamentable= that is to be lamented; regrettable; unfortunate.

Perjuries= the willful giving of false testimony under oath or affirmation, before a competent tribunal, upon a point material to a legal inquiry.