Individual Assignment 7

                The friar’s plan for Juliet is not likely to succeed because of the many flaws and the reliance on others that is in the plan. In the plan the friar presents to Juliet he tells her to take a potion that will her appear to be dead while she is actually just in a deep sleep. The friar tells Juliet that the potion will last for 42 hours and that when she wakes Romeo will be there to take her to Mantua. This is one of the main flaws of the friar’s plan, he’s relying on someone else to give the news to Romeo instead of doing it himself, which would ensure that Romeo knows of the plan. Friar Lawrence entrusts the job of sharing the plan with Romeo to Friar John whose is unable to complete the task because he is quarantined in the house of someone who is suspected to have the plague. Another unforeseen event is that the intended wedding for Juliet and Paris had been moved up a day. This means that Romeo will have even less time to come to Verona and be informed of the plan. Balthasar brings the news of Juliet’s death to Romeo and Romeo unaware of the plan and the fact that Juliet is not actually dead decides to “lie” with her. All of these were unforeseen consequences of the friar’s plan but from the beginning it was unlikely that the plan would succeed because there were so many variables.

                I wouldn’t consider doing what Juliet decides to do because even though true love is rare and hard to come by there is still more to live for. I couldn’t imagine killing myself for love, I know that it’s hard to move on but I think Juliet took it a little too far. Why couldn’t she just move on? Even though she’s 13 and has hormones raging and unaccepting parents there were other things that could have been done, it wasn’t like Romeo was dead. Maybe it’s just that I don’t see myself that way or that I’ve never been in love but I don’t think I’m the type of person that would be able to give my life for someone I’d known for less than a month or anyone. My thoughts and opinions and may change when my first love comes along but I don’t think I could ever make the decision Juliet made, even of my first love does come with heart break.