The Friar

[Catherine_Hermo]

Uhm...I just want to ask where did Friar Lawrence got the potion for Juliet's fake death? Why did he have that? Was he some sorth of a wizard...hehe?

[Rosalind]

The Friar didn't have the poison, the apothecary did, but using the poison was Friar Lawrence's idea. I'd be curious to know if such a potion really exists. I mean, it's pretty convenient, right? But there have been stranger things.

[Anthony Furze]

Hello. Im new to the Forum.
There were two potions in R & J:the first was concocted by the Friar to fake Juliets death. The Friar was actually also a homeopathic doctor-see Act 2, Scene 3. In his long speech he is talking about the various qualities of herbs as he is gathering them:
" Within the infant rind of this weak flower
Poison hath residence,and medicine power:"
It is his knowledge of herbs that enables him to make the plan to "save " Juliet.
The other potion was providid by an Apothecary to Romeo while he was in Mantua. It was a deadly one.