Act 5, Scene 3: Friar Lawrence Stepping Up!

In this scene, Friar Lawrence discovers that Romeo did not in fact get the letter and is now in the tomb with Juliet. He suddenly realizes what is about to happen when he says, "Stray, then. I'll go alone. Fear comes upon me. O, how I fear some ill unthrifty thing". You can see that he is scared, but ready to take action. The interesting part about this quote from the reader's perspective is the fact that Friar Lawrence hasn't had that kind of attitude towards anything yet in the whole story. He's always either been too scared to do anything or not cared about it and picked flowers by himself (movie reference!). This changing in character at the end of the movie really helps build the climax to the end where he finds Romeo dead and Juliet alive. He also kind of foreshadows the ending to come. Overall, Friar Lawrence has been a very dynamic character in Romeo and Juliet, and this quote really captures it more than any other.