II.iii

Friar Laurence--the priest Romeo says he is going to find at the end of II.ii--is introduced in II.iii through a lengthy soliloquy.  In this speech, he philosophizes about mankind, using the plant in his hands as a vehicle to make a point.  So, after analyzing the diction of this soliloquy in class, discuss his main point about humanity.

Here is a clip of this scene from the 1996 version of Romeo and Juliet: