Friar Lawrence and His Brilliant Plans

I think that Friar Lawrence asked Juliet to carry on such a task as giving her a potion to put her in a deep sleep, rather than telling Lady and Lord Capulet about Juliet's secret wedding for a numerous amount of reasons. By Friar Lawrence giving Juliet such a potion, it was the solution to a big problem, and it took a lot of deciding and judging to follow through with. Telling Juliet's parents would be a very bad idea because they would not take so lightly, they would have also claimed that ahe was acting melitioulyand ill willed. They might forbid Juliet from ever seeing Romeo again, which would not only make Juliet upset and distressed but also, but Romeo too. They might have her marry someone even more extravagant than Paris, and state that such plans were not flexable, or they could lock her in her chambers and never let her see the light of day again. I think Frair Lawrence made a very good decision in giving Juliet the sleeping concoction because this saved her from all of these terrible outpour of punishments.

Had she told her parents,she would have been married to Paris, and never allowed to see Romeo again.
"To-morrow night look that thou lie alone; Let not the Nurse lie with thee in thy chamber. Take thou this vial. being then in bed, And this distilled liquor drink thou off; when presently through all thy veins shall run A cold and drowsy humour; for no pulse Shall keep his native progress, but not surcease; no warmth, no breath shall testify thou livest; thy roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fade; to paly ashes, thy eyes' windows fall, like death when he shuts up the day of life;Each part de-priv'd of supple government, shall stiff and stark , and cold appear like death: And in his borrowed likeness of shrunk death, Thou shalt continue two in forty hours, And then awake as from a pleasant sleep." (Shakespeare 234)