In Part 2 Scene 4 Friar Lawrence says he will marry Romeo and Juliet. After talking in a romantic sort with Juliet Romeo goes to Friar Lawrence the next day and asked him if he will do the honors and marry them, the friar agrees. What I found shocking about this is that he agreed without considering the problem of them being in two separate rival families. What he was worried about was how Rosaline would feel. I would have thought that that would click in his head and he would question Romeo on his decision.
Now although I thought this was a boring scene it in fact is crucial to the story. Before Romeo gets into the marriage thing with the friar the friar give a speech about a poisonous herb that turns out to be the supposed key to Romeo and Juliet's prolonged love. This is crucial to the play because without that talk you would not know about the poisons purpose later on in the play. Hmmmm.... is that a bit of foreshadowing?
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i think that the friar is kind of hypocritical, like he agrees to marry them that day but then says that romeo should go slow. And i thought the reason that the friar agreed was because he thought that it would bring the families together.Any way i agree that it was a shock that the friar decided to marry them
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