Thursday, April 25, 2013

Friar Laurence


Friar Laurence plays an integral part in Romeo and Juliet. What is a friar?  What are the duties of a friar, particularly around the Elizabethan Era?

38 comments:

  1. The orders of friars, also known as the mendicant orders because of their dependence on begging, aimed to live a life of poverty and simplicity, similar to that of Jesus' apostles. Most orders banned

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  2. A friar is a member of a certain religion . Friars are different from monks . There usually just used in Spanish colonies .

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  3. A friar was a special kind of monk who lived in the world rather than trying to withdraw from it.
    - ronaldo and meleek

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  4. A friar is a mendicant for a religouse group in christianity

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  5. "The Elizabethan period in England had a daily life based on social order: the monarch as the highest, the nobility as second rank, the gentry as third, merchants as fourth, and laborers as fifth. The queen was believed to be God's representation here on Earth."
    Http://www.elizabethanenglandlife.com/daily-life-in-england-during-the-elizabethan-era.html

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  6. A friar was a member of any certain religious order. Friars gave food to people who needed it and people went to them for confessions. They were a type of monk only they lived in the world instead of withdrawed from it. (Karissa and Jessica)

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  7. A friar is some kind of believe and some kind of monk.

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  8. Friars are like priest, they work in catholic church's. They are special kind of monks. They just prayed.-Sonia Zamudio

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  9. Friars dedicate their lives to monastery. They can not get married. They have to make choice if they wanted to get married . Stay or leave which doesn't make since because if they left , what is the point in joining in the first place .

    Heaven and Valerie

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  10. Friar were consider monks. Friar wore plain robes and hair shirts. They were either homeless or fled aboard. They also belong to certain religion in those says

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  11. A friar was a special kind of monk. Friars were either made homeless or fled abroad.

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  12. That they were special kind of monk and that's all I found.
    Reynaldo zarate and joselyn Rodriguez

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    1. That really is all the information they have online???

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  13. Friars are like monks. There is different kinds of friars that will follow different religions, the friars are not allowed to do some beliefs. In the Elizabethan era there were not many allowed so you would usually find them begging or do something that the poor back then did. Jacob Martindale, Mercedes Angel

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  14. In Elizabethan Era a friar was a religious member of a Catholic Church. They take a vow of poverty which they renounce all personal and communal property.They only live by charity.

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  15. Friar is a member of any certain religious. They are a kind of monks called in property and serve their community.

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  16. A Friar Laurence is Catholic priest an in the communities a friar were known to be beggars.

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  17. A Friar is a kind of monk. Friars are usually homeless or fled aboard.

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  18. Friar's in the Elizabethan Era is a members of a religious church.

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  19. Why can't the friar get married?

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    1. You need to give more here. Not just a question.

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  20. A Friar Is A Catholic Priest That Makes People Beleive in God and Helps People.

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  21. A friar is a religious person that lives in e world then trying to withdraw form it. They give people ideas about idea of re-emphasized the idea of poverty to the people around.
    Nathaniel
    Jose

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  22. Are members of a religious church who take a vow of poverty which they renounce all personal and communal property.Devote themselves to the service of humanity in a secular world.

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  23. Friar is a members of certain religious orders who practice the principles monastic life and devote themselves to service the people around the world.

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  24. A Friar Laurence is a different kind of monk. That were beggars and were priests in the Middle Ages.

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  25. In the Elizabethan Era a Friar was a kind of special monk. They lived a life of poverty and simplicity. They could ask for food and clothing but never for money.

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  26. Friars were known as frays sometimes. Frays were either Catholic or Christian. They were normally poor.

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  27. A Friar in the Elizabethan era were ment to live a simple life of poverty and lived off the charity of others.

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  28. A friar is some one who is religious, and devoted to poverty and they where priests.

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  29. A Friar iss a term applied to members of certain religious orders of monastic and military orders

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  30. A friar is a person who is certain type of religion and they practice that in other places other than the church.

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  31. A friar is a person who lives in High poverty and begs for money for a living

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  32. A Friar is a kind of monk. Friars are usually homeless or fled aboard.

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  33. In the Elizabethan Era a friar is some who lives the life of poverty and members of a Catholic church

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