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Why does Friar Laurence criticize Romeo for his suicide attempt? What reasons does the Friar give Romeo for living? What reasons may Friar Laurence have for his own feelings? In the space below, write a minimum 150-word response analyzing Friar Laurence’s thoughts and words. Describe three ways in which the Friar considers Romeo fortunate. Include at least three specific references to the text

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Friar Laurence says that Romeo is not being rational and he is not using his head. He also states that Romeo is showing that he is ungrateful for his own life. Also saying that if Romeo were gone Juliet would die too. Friar says Romeo should live because he went through all the trouble to battle Tybalt and instead of executing Romeo the Prince was kind enough to exile him instead, and Romeo should be thankful. Friar also goes on to say that Romeo cannot control his feelings and since he cannot control his emotions he is acting like a girl. Friar also tells Romeo that he has natural talent and that he should start using them the right way. These are the references from the text that I used to form my response: "thy form cries out thou art:Thy tears are womanish; thy wild acts denote The unreasonable fury of a beast:"/ " Hast thou slain Tybalt? wilt thou slay thyself?And stay thy woman too that lives in thee." / "Thy dear love sworn but hollow perjury,Killing that love which thou hast vowed to cherish." / "The law that threatened death becomes thy friending turns it to exile; their art thou happy." / "But, like a misbehaved and sullen wench,Thou pouts upon thy fortune and thy love:Take heed, take heed, for such die miserable."
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