Killing himself
The Nurse and Friar Lawrence knew about it before anyone else because the Friar performed the marriage and the Nurse was Juliet's close confidant so she told her everything.
It was both Romeo's and Juliet's idea to marry eachother.
Juliet, Romeo, Tybalt, Nurse, Benvolio Or . . . Juliet, Romeo, Friar Lawrence, Nurse, Capulet Or . . . Juliet, Romeo, Friar Lawrence, Capulet, Tybalt Or . . . Juliet, Romeo, Capulet, Mercutio, Tybalt Or basically Romeo and Juliet and any three of Nurse, Friar, Capulet, Mercutio, or Tybalt.
to get his help in devising a plan to get out of marrying Paris .
they say she must marry or move out.
The Nurse
Well Juliet sends the nurse to go talk to Romeo to find about marriage, and Romeo tells the nurse to tell Juliet to go to Friar Lawrences' cell to be married
The Nurse and Friar Lawrence knew about it before anyone else because the Friar performed the marriage and the Nurse was Juliet's close confidant so she told her everything.
It was both Romeo's and Juliet's idea to marry eachother.
Juliet, Romeo, Tybalt, Nurse, Benvolio Or . . . Juliet, Romeo, Friar Lawrence, Nurse, Capulet Or . . . Juliet, Romeo, Friar Lawrence, Capulet, Tybalt Or . . . Juliet, Romeo, Capulet, Mercutio, Tybalt Or basically Romeo and Juliet and any three of Nurse, Friar, Capulet, Mercutio, or Tybalt.
to get his help in devising a plan to get out of marrying Paris .
they say she must marry or move out.
Juliet's nurse.
The Friar Lawrence acts as a parental guide for Romeo, while the Nurse acts as a parental guide for Juliet. Both the Friar and the Nurse help the lovers, and they are both known more by their social roles as Friar and Nurse rather than by their actual names. Most importantly, they act as paternal and maternal influences that replace the couples' biological parents.
At various times, Benvolio, Mercutio, the Nurse, Friar Lawrence, Romeo's father, Friar Lawrence's friend Friar John and Romeo's servant Balthazar all try to do things which they think will help Romeo. And Juliet too, of course.
Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare's most popular plays, known to virtually every English speaker and indeed to everyone in the world. Some of the lines from it are known to everyone. It is one of the best-known works of literature there is.
Friar Laurence is Romeo's confidant, and the play suggests Romeo has known him since he was very young as it implies that the Friar is a religious leader. Friar Laurence is to Romeo; what the nurse is to Juliet.