What Is Friar Laurence Doing When Romeo Visits?
What Is Friar Laurence Doing When Romeo Visits? In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, when we first meet Friar Lawrence, he is outdoors, carrying an ‘osier’ – a basket – and picking flowers and herbs for his medical practice. He describes his early-morning task of picking ‘baleful weeds and precious-juicèd flowers. What was Friar Lawrence doing?