Friar Lawrence gave Juliet a potion that would put Juliet into a coma-like sleep for about two days straight. Everybody would think she was dead. Juliet's relatives would put her in a cellar (their family morgue) and Romeo and himself would be there waiting for her to wake up. Then Romeo and Juliet could live together in Mantua.
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 Lawerence's plan was for Romeo to take Juliet away to Mantua with him where they could live together.
Juliet comes to the Friar for his help in putting a stop to the wedding. She is desperate, and as soon as she is alone with the Friar she cries out, "O shut the door! and when thou hast done so, / Come weep with me; past hope, past cure, past help!" (4.1.44-45). Juliet says she will kill herself rather than marry Paris, which gives the Friar the inspiration for his plan for her to take the sleeping potion. He reasons that if she has enough courage to kill herself she has enough courage to take the drug which will make her appear dead for 42 hours. The Friar then proceeds to formulate all the details of his plan, and Juliet agrees to it.
Juliet threat to kill her self
To meet him so they can arrange how she will escape the planned marriage. They meet the priest who gives her the sleeping potion.
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
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.
Romeo wants the Friar to marry him to Juliet.
Friar Lawerence's plan was for Romeo to take Juliet away to Mantua with him where they could live together.
Juliet comes to the Friar for his help in putting a stop to the wedding. She is desperate, and as soon as she is alone with the Friar she cries out, "O shut the door! and when thou hast done so, / Come weep with me; past hope, past cure, past help!" (4.1.44-45). Juliet says she will kill herself rather than marry Paris, which gives the Friar the inspiration for his plan for her to take the sleeping potion. He reasons that if she has enough courage to kill herself she has enough courage to take the drug which will make her appear dead for 42 hours. The Friar then proceeds to formulate all the details of his plan, and Juliet agrees to it.
Friar Laurence asks Friar John to deliver a letter to Romeo explaining the plan to fake Juliet's death.
Juliet threat to kill her self
Juliet and Friar Lawrence made the plan to fake Juliet's death so she could runaway with Romeo. They had planed for her to take a vile that would make her cold and fall asleep for 48 hours. Friar Lawrence sent a note to Romeo telling of their plan so Romeo and Friar Lawrence could go retrieve Juliet once her funeral was over.
To meet him so they can arrange how she will escape the planned marriage. They meet the priest who gives her the sleeping potion.
The friar and Juliet can control their actions and decisions within the plan, such as Juliet taking the potion and pretending to be dead. They can also control how they communicate with each other to ensure the plan is executed smoothly. However, they cannot control external factors or other people's actions that may impact the outcome of the plan.
She was anxious and desperate. If the Friar had not thought of a plan her intent was to kill herself, right there.