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What hindered Friar John from Mantua?
How is Friar John prevented from going to Mantua to deliver Friar Lawrence’s letter? There was a plague in Mantua and health inspectors kept him from entering the city. Why does Paris go to the Capulet tomb? To lay flowers besides Juliet’s tomb and mourn her death.
Does Friar Lawrence go to Mantua?
Friar Lawrence sends Friar John to Mantua to tell the banished Romeo of his plan: that Juliet will take a potion and will appear to be dead so that Romeo can come and take her away to be with him in exile. Later, Balthasar, not knowing of Friar Lawrence’s plan, goes to Mantua and tells Romeo that Juliet has died.
What prevents Friar John from leaving the city?
Seal’d up the doors, and would not let us forth, So, as a precaution to prevent widespread infection, they sealed up the doors and prevented anyone from leaving the house. Friar John was thus trapped inside, and unable to leave the city and get to Mantua.
What prevents Friar John from delivering Friar Laurence’s letter to Romeo What Clevice Is this an example of?
What prevents Friar John from delivering Friar Laurence’s letter to Romeo? What device is this an example of? He couldn’t deliver the letter to Romeo because the Black Plague was going around. No one would touch the paper sent from outside of the quarantined area in fear of getting the plague.
Who travels to Mantua to deliver the news of Juliet’s death to Romeo?
Balthasar
Balthasar, a friend of Romeo’s, brings him news that Juliet is dead and lies in the Capulet tomb. Resolved to find her and join her in death, Romeo first visits an apothecary and bribes him to obtain an illegal (and lethal) poison.
Why must the Friar send a messenger to Mantua?
Friar Laurence discovers that Friar John, the messenger he sent to Mantua with a letter to Romeo explaining that Juliet is alive, has been quarantined because of an outbreak of the plague and prevented from leaving Verona. Friar Laurence then hurries to the Capulet tomb because it is nearly time for Juliet to wake.
What went wrong with friar’s plan?
The plan with Friar John went wrong when he ran into an area that was quarantined because of the plague. The city officials wouldn’t let him through or around. His job was to get a letter to Romeo and couldn’t. This letter was very important because it told how Romeo and Juliet were to get back together.
Why couldn’t Friar John get someone else to deliver the message after he was sealed in the house that had the infectious pestilence the plague )?
(he gives FRIAR LAWRENCE a letter) I couldn’t get a messenger to bring it to you either because they were scared of spreading the infection.
What story does Friar John tell Friar Laurence?
Friar John tells Friar Laurence that Romeo did not get the letter about Juliet. After Romeo was banished, Friar Laurence developed a complicated plan to keep Juliet from having to marry Paris. It involved Juliet taking a potion that would make her look dead, resulting in her burial in the Capulet tomb.