Question

In Romeo and Juliet, what plan does Friar Laurence come up with for Romeo?

Answer 1

Friar Laurence's plan in 'Romeo and Juliet' involves giving Juliet a potion to feign death, intending for Romeo to later meet her and escape together. Miscommunication leads to both lovers' actual deaths.

Step-by-step explanation:

In Romeo and Juliet, Friar Laurence devises a complex plan to help the star-crossed lovers. When Juliet is forced to wed Paris, she seeks the Friar's aid. He gives her a potion that puts her into a death-like coma, hoping this will allow her to avoid the marriage and later elope with Romeo. Romeo is to be informed of the plan so he can retrieve Juliet from her family's tomb after her 'death,' but due to a series of miscommunications and fate's cruel hand, the plan tragically fails. Romeo does not receive the message and, believing Juliet is truly dead, kills himself in her tomb. Juliet awakens to find Romeo dead and then takes her life as well.

Answer 2

The Friar proposes a plan;

That Juliet does agree to go through with the wedding to Paris, but on the night before the ceremony, she should drink a sleeping potion that will make her seem lifeless or dead to her family and loved ones. Then Juliet will be put to rest in the Capulet tomb and then the Friar will send a messenger to fetch Romeo from Mantua, and the messenger will explain the plan. Romeo will arrive and help awaken Juliet.