Juliet was at first supposed to drink the potion on Wednesday night because the wedding was supposed to be Thursday. Of course they then put the wedding up to Wednesday, so she had to drink it Tuesday night.
Wednesday A+
Wednesday
Juliet and Friar Laurence planned to get Romeo and Juliet together, but Capulet wanted to marry Paris to Juliet on Thursday. The Friar gave her a potion that would make her seem dead for 42 hours, which she was to take Wednesday night. Friar Lawrence sent a message to Romeo for him to come and get Juliet when she awoke on Friday. But Capulet changed the wedding to Wednesday which meant that Juliet would have to take the potion late on Tuesday night which she did. That meant she awoke Thursday evening. Even if Romeo had received the message to come on Friday it would have been too late.
If Friar John has not yet been to Mantua, Romeo does not know that he is supposed to come back to Verona and get Juliet out of the tomb. Of course, he would not know that anyway because Friar Laurence sent his message to Friar John at a time when he thought Juliet would take the potion on Wednesday night, when in fact she took it Tuesday night. So, even if Romeo had got Friar John's message, he still would have been a day too late, by which time Juliet would have suffocated. Why the Friar did not spend the entire night of Wednesday/Thursday at the tomb with an iron crow is impossible to understand.
With Rosaline.
The Friar's plan in Act III Scene 2 is not very detailed but does calm Romeo down a bit. The Friar says, first, consummate the marriage. Romeo can do that because his banishment does not start until the morning of the next day. After spending the night with Juliet, Romeo is to go bright and early to Mantua and . . . well, the friar is not very clear here about what happens next. Basically, Romeo is to hang around in Mantua until the friar figures out some way to get him together with Juliet. The Friar does not actually have a plan, but he is buying time.
It's a drink that makes her appear dead for 48 hours, so it must have been some sort of poison. I don't think that sort of potions actually exists though.
Romeo denies spending the night with Juliet and tells Friar Laurence that he only spent time talking and exchanging vows with her. He explains that they were married that day.
No. Juliet 'dies' the night before the wedding.
Friar Lawrence got the potion for Juliet from his knowledge of herbs and natural remedies. He is known as an expert in plants and their medicinal properties, which he often uses to help others in need.
Juliet and Friar Laurence planned to get Romeo and Juliet together, but Capulet wanted to marry Paris to Juliet on Thursday. The Friar gave her a potion that would make her seem dead for 42 hours, which she was to take Wednesday night. Friar Lawrence sent a message to Romeo for him to come and get Juliet when she awoke on Friday. But Capulet changed the wedding to Wednesday which meant that Juliet would have to take the potion late on Tuesday night which she did. That meant she awoke Thursday evening. Even if Romeo had received the message to come on Friday it would have been too late.
If Friar John has not yet been to Mantua, Romeo does not know that he is supposed to come back to Verona and get Juliet out of the tomb. Of course, he would not know that anyway because Friar Laurence sent his message to Friar John at a time when he thought Juliet would take the potion on Wednesday night, when in fact she took it Tuesday night. So, even if Romeo had got Friar John's message, he still would have been a day too late, by which time Juliet would have suffocated. Why the Friar did not spend the entire night of Wednesday/Thursday at the tomb with an iron crow is impossible to understand.
With Rosaline.
She worries that the Friar may have given her a deadly poison instead of a knock-out potion.
The Friar's plan in Act III Scene 2 is not very detailed but does calm Romeo down a bit. The Friar says, first, consummate the marriage. Romeo can do that because his banishment does not start until the morning of the next day. After spending the night with Juliet, Romeo is to go bright and early to Mantua and . . . well, the friar is not very clear here about what happens next. Basically, Romeo is to hang around in Mantua until the friar figures out some way to get him together with Juliet. The Friar does not actually have a plan, but he is buying time.
The friar tells Juliet to be alone that night so that they can finalize their plan to help her escape her unwanted marriage with Paris by faking her own death. Being alone will allow them to communicate freely and ensure that their plan remains confidential.
Romeo and Juliet meet four times in the play: at Capulet's party, in Juliet's backyard, at Friar Lawrence's cell, and in Juliet's bedroom. After meeting Juliet at the party, Romeo leaves alone, ditching his friends, and climbs into Juliet's backyard. After the Balcony Scene, he goes to Friar Lawrence to arrange the wedding. After the wedding he goes and meets Mercutio (and, unexpectedly, Tybalt) After the wedding night, he leaves Verona and goes to Mantua.
It's a drink that makes her appear dead for 48 hours, so it must have been some sort of poison. I don't think that sort of potions actually exists though.
Romeo shows up at the friar's doorstep in the early morning. He has not slept all night. He's been with a girl. The last girl the friar heard about Romeo liking was Rosaline, only the day before. All of a sudden, Romeo's talking about this Juliet--and he wants to marry her? I guess the friar's surprised.