The friar plays an important role in the plot, as he marries the couple in secret, and later comes up with a plan to pretend Juliet is dead. These images are taken from a 2002 production of Romeo ...

Thus it is that Shakespeare's output reflects all three styles: in the tragedies, for example, Othello is Baroque, Hamlet and King Lear are Mannerist, and Romeo and Juliet is Renaissance.

The story picks up at the end of “Romeo and Juliet” when Juliet finds Romeo dead. “And so basically, what happens if Juliet doesn't die in that moment, she chooses life, and she chooses to ...

Friar Lawrence gives Juliet a sleeping potion so that she appears to be dead. Romeo does not get Friar Lawrence’s message about the plan and thinks Juliet is dead. Romeo goes back to Verona and ...