When Friar Lawrence suggests this, he believes that a marriage would solve the rivalry between the Montagues and Capulets.
Friar Lawrence says this when Romeo comes to him to arrange a marriage between himself and Juliet.
"Happy" usually meant "fortunate" or "lucky" in Shakespeare's day. Juliet wants to do herself in, but Romeo has drunk all the poison. Then Juliet finds the dagger: what luck! how fortunate! what a happy coincidence! Hence it is a "happy dagger".
Romeo refers to the Friar as his "ghostly sire" (2.2.188), so it appears that the Friar is Romeo's confessor. Also, when they speak, the Friar chides him about his yearning for Rosaline, so apparently the Friar is someone to whom the Friar has turned to for advice about love.
to capture Romeo's heart, marry him and live happy ever after.
he moves Juliet's wedding with Paris forward
The line "For this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households' rancor to pure love" is spoken by Friar Laurence in William Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet." He is expressing hope that the marriage between Romeo and Juliet will reconcile their feuding families.
Friar Lawrence says this when Romeo comes to him to arrange a marriage between himself and Juliet.
"O happy dagger" is a line from William Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet." It is spoken by Juliet as she contemplates using Romeo's dagger to end her own life. The phrase signifies Juliet's desperation and belief that death will bring relief from her woe.
"Happy" usually meant "fortunate" or "lucky" in Shakespeare's day. Juliet wants to do herself in, but Romeo has drunk all the poison. Then Juliet finds the dagger: what luck! how fortunate! what a happy coincidence! Hence it is a "happy dagger".
Romeo refers to the Friar as his "ghostly sire" (2.2.188), so it appears that the Friar is Romeo's confessor. Also, when they speak, the Friar chides him about his yearning for Rosaline, so apparently the Friar is someone to whom the Friar has turned to for advice about love.
to capture Romeo's heart, marry him and live happy ever after.
he moves Juliet's wedding with Paris forward
Have you been drinking? You're slurring your words. Anyway, what makes Capulet happy is when Juliet says she will marry Paris after all.
He wants his daughter to be happy with the marriage agreement.
If you rewrite the ending of a story, you change the story. If you took away the sad ending of Romeo and Juliet, it might be a happy love story (Shakespeare wrote a lot of happy love stories) but it wouldn't be Romeo and Juliet any more.
Juliet is afraid of the dark so she is afraid of who is speaking to her on the balcony but when she finds out it is Romeo she is happy.
There art thou happy