Unlike Romeo, Friar Laurence deals with crisis fairly well when he has time to reflect. Given enough time, he can place whatever happened into his philosophical system and find comfort. In Act V, on two occasions, he has no time to reflect and must simply act. What does he do? He blames everyone else but himself and gets angry. He melodramatically takes all the blame on himself. He freezes up and is unable to act. He blames "fortune" for all that has gone wrong.
Unlike Romeo, Friar Laurence deals with crisis fairly well when he has time to reflect. Given enough time, he can place whatever happened into his philosophical system and find comfort. In Act V, on two occasions, he has no time to reflect and must simply act. What does he do? He blames everyone else but himself and gets angry. He melodramatically takes all the blame on himself. He freezes up and is unable to act. He blames "fortune" for all that has gone wrong.
What literary device is employed here? O my love! my wife! Death, that hath suck'd the honey of thy breath, Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty: Thou art not conquer'd; beauty's ensign yet Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks, And death's pale flag is not advanced there. (V, ii, 94-99) dramatic irony foreshadowing oxymoron allusion
1.He blames "fortune" for all that has gone wrong. 2. idk
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