Why Is Friar L Called The Flower

Songs nowadays talk about drugs and the effects, but in metaphors, just like in Shakespearian times. Everything’s a metaphor. It was noted that Friar L called the plants weed, and people in the 21st century still use that term today, as we’ve seen lots and lots of the phrases and tropes we use today were created by Shakespeare. Friar L says the flower he picks from his garden is poisonous, yet he is using it to dope up a little girl. This is an introductory into the “lightly” hinted fact that most things are good in small quantities. This also can be fashioned into saying that humans and human is good but only in small parts, for too much time around a person you love can cause a fight. Taking only part of the flower, a small measure, can be
The flower and the herbs and other weeds have the power to take a life, or in the very least situation can make a person appear dead. A plant that has that much capability should only be in the hands of someone with enough competence to use it for good and not for unruly ideas. For all that we know, as the audience Friar Laurence could have been out for the demise of the Capulets and the Montagues. As we know from the prologue, “Doth with their death bury their parents’ strife.” Page 807, line 8.The Friar could have very well known that, and given Juliet just a little much potion, knowing that Romeo would be late and he would kill himself then Juliet would wake, find her lover dead, and kill herself. Thus creating peace among the families. Because, you know it’s all for the Greater
The serum could have been used as a full-blown poison, but was instead used for the good, or rather the sneaky. As this liquid has two sides to it humans have to sides, and we can choose which side we’d like to occupy. While discussing polar opposites, I cannot forget to include Benvolio and Tybalt. These two are the perfect examples of how human nature can go wrong or right, with Tybalt being the bad of course and Benvolio being the good. Now when the audience first is introduced to Benvolio and to Tybalt, we witness the extreme differences in their personalities. “‘Put down your swords. You know not what you do.’ … ‘What art thou drawn among these heartless hinds?’” Page 810, Lines 61 and 63. Here we see Tybalt accusing the peace-loving Benvolio of starting the feud, as opposed to trying to end it. As the play mentions, Tybalt has a direct quote stating he hates peace, but on the opposite the audience can assume from everything Benvolio does he loved peace. Thus it creates tension between these two and it is demonstrated that humans can be nasty or not, and it is their