Friar Lawrence sent a letter to Romeo explaining that Juliet's death was a fake and that he, Romeo, should come to pick Juliet up at a certain time. Friar John, who was the courier with this message, was accidentally put in quarantine and was unable to deliver the message. Had he been able to deliver the message, Romeo would have known that the death was a fake, but he would have arrived one day too late. Capulet changes the wedding day from Thursday to Wednesday so Juliet takes the potion Tuesday night instead of Wednesday night, and even if Friar John had delivered his message, Romeo would not have arrived until 42 hours after Wednesday night at which time Juliet would have been awake for 24 hours already and would probably have suffocated.
He sends Friar John as a messenger.
He sends a friend and fellow friar, Friar John, with a letter.
He is supposed to hear it from Balthazar, but Friar Lawrence doesn't tell Balthazar, but sends the message with Friar John instead. As a result, Romeo never learns of Friar Lawrence's plan.
Balthasar ruins the friar's plan by beating Friar John to delivering the message of Juliet's fake death. By telling Romeo before the Friar it caused Romeo to believe Juliet was actually dead.
Well, that is a complicated question, because no letter like that is delivered: There was a letter to Romeo talking about the false-death plan, but it was never delivered. Friar Lawrence wrote that letter and Friar John was supposed to deliver it, but was unable to due to a quarantine. Balthasar is the one who tells Romeo that Juliet has died (although she has not... this is the false-death that she will awake from), but he just tells him; he doesn't deliver a letter.
He sends Friar John as a messenger.
He sends a friend and fellow friar, Friar John, with a letter.
Friar Laurence asks Friar John to deliver a letter to Romeo explaining the plan to fake Juliet's death.
The plan is that his brother Friar, Friar John, will take a letter to Romeo. But Friar John is prevented from giving him the message.
He is supposed to hear it from Balthazar, but Friar Lawrence doesn't tell Balthazar, but sends the message with Friar John instead. As a result, Romeo never learns of Friar Lawrence's plan.
Balthasar ruins the friar's plan by beating Friar John to delivering the message of Juliet's fake death. By telling Romeo before the Friar it caused Romeo to believe Juliet was actually dead.
Friar Lawrence sends a letter to Romeo, who is in Mantua, detailing his plan to fake the death of Juliet, and have Romeo bring her to Mantua where they can both live happily ever after. He gives the letter to Friar John, who is supposed to bring the letter to Romeo ASAP. Friar John never makes it to Romeo, because he was quarantined due to an outbreak of the Plague. Therefore, he brought the letter back to Friar Lawrence. This messed up Friar Lawrence' plan, as he had already set it in motion.
Well, that is a complicated question, because no letter like that is delivered: There was a letter to Romeo talking about the false-death plan, but it was never delivered. Friar Lawrence wrote that letter and Friar John was supposed to deliver it, but was unable to due to a quarantine. Balthasar is the one who tells Romeo that Juliet has died (although she has not... this is the false-death that she will awake from), but he just tells him; he doesn't deliver a letter.
briefly state the friar's plan?
Friar John was unable to make it to see Romeo because he was caught in a quarantine due to a suspected outbreak of the plague. This prevented him from delivering the message from Friar Laurence to Romeo about Juliet's fake death plan, leading to tragic consequences.
Friar John was to tell Romeo the plan, but Mantua (the town Romeo was staying in) was in quarantine so he couldn't get to him.
Romeo doesn't receive Friar Lawrence's messages about the plan because the messenger he sends, Friar John, gets held up due to a quarantine in Mantua. As a result, Romeo remains unaware of the plan and believes Juliet is actually dead, leading to tragic consequences.