The timing of Friar Laurence's plan was affected by Lord Capulet's decision to move the date of the wedding.
The timing of Friar Laurence's plan was affected by Lord Capulet's decision to move the date of the wedding.
The timing of Friar Laurence's plan was affected by Lord Capulet's decision to move the date of the wedding.
Lord Capulet supervised the plans for Juliet and Paris's wedding. The wedding was originally on a Thursday, but Lord Capulet moved the wedding to a Wednesday.
The timing of Friar Laurence's plan was affected by Lord Capulet's decision to move the date of the wedding.
Lord Capulet
Lord Capulet
It was too close to Tybalt's death The Capulet Lord wanted all of it to settle before the wedding.
Lady Capulet teases Lord Capulet about his age by saying that he must dance at least once at Juliet's wedding in order to prove that he still has his youthful energy. She also suggests that his dancing skills may not be as sharp as they once were, playfully teasing him about his age.
Moves up the wedding day.
At first Lord Capulet wants Paris wait until Juliet is older for marriage. Later on though when he is angry he moves the date up closer on impulse.
Friar Lawrence had a schedule set up whereby Juliet would take the potion Wednesday night and wake up 42 hours later for Romeo to come and get her, sometime Friday night. Presumably he sent Friar John with that message. But when Capulet set the wedding for Wednesday morning, Juliet had to take the potion on Tuesday night, a day earlier. So it didn't matter that Friar John's message did not get through because Romeo would have come a day too late anyway. However, for some reason, the friar does not seem to be worried that Romeo is not going to be warned to come Thursday to get Juliet.
He changes the wedding to the next morning after Juliet decides to go through with marrying Paris.