“stony limits cannot hold love out, and what love can do, that dare love attempt. Therefore thy kinsman are no stop to me.” Romeo

His passion leads him to arrange a marriage the very next day.

“I have no joy of this contract tonight. It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden, too like the lightning, which doth cease to be.” Juliet

“wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.” Friar Laurence

“therefore love moderately. Long love doth so.” Friar Laurence

“these violent delights have violent ends.” Friar Laurence

He killed Tybalt out of a passionate rage and was banished.

“either thou or I, or both, must go with him.” Romeo

The secrecy is a reason why Juliet’s parents attempted to force her to marry Paris. This is another reason behind Juliet and Friar Laurence coming up with their dangerous plan.

Tybalt wanted to kill Romeo because of his hatred for “all Montagues.”

Mercutio was a direct victim of the hate between the two families. 

His death led Romeo to kill Tybalt out of loyalty to Mercutio and the name of Montague. As a result, Romeo was banished. This is what results in Friar Laurence’s deadly plan.

“Is she a Capulet?” Romeo

“My life is my foe’s debt.” Romeo

“my only love sprung from my only hate.” Juliet

“O Romeo, Romeo – wherefore art thou Romeo?” Juliet

Both characters see omens and have bad premonitions. Romeo right before he attends the Capulet party. 

“I defy you stars.” Romeo says this when he sees Juliet’s supposedly dead body. He is attempting to defy fate but in the process of doing so, actually plays right into fate.

“I am fortune’s fool.” Romeo said this immediately after he murdered Tybalt. He sees himself as a puppet controlled by fortune and fate. He is commenting on the way fate has mocked his best intentions.

Fate intervened when Friar John couldn’t get the letter with details about Juliet’s and Friar Laurence’s plan to Romeo because of the plague.

Fate prevented Juliet waking up earlier to stop Romeo from drinking the poison. It also played a hand when Friar Laurence arrived just after Romeo had killed himself.

The mere fact that he encouraged the relationship in the first place.

“In one respect I’ll thy assistant be. For this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households’ rancour to pure love.” Friar Laurence

The Nurse assists Juliet in her relationship with Romeo and is often relaying messages from Juliet to Romeo. But after Tybalt’s death she abandons Juliet which plays a part in Juliet going to Friar Laurence in order to escape marriage with Paris.

“What sayest thou? Hast thou not a word of joy?” Juliet to the nurse

“Ancient damnation” Juliet damns the nurse for her disloyalty.

Friar Laurence tells Romeo to go away to Mantua and wait for things to settle down in Verona. 

He proceeds with the plan to give Juliet the potion to make it seem like she died.

“Thou has the strength of will to slay thyself, then is it likely thou wilt undertake a thing like death to chide away this shame.” Friar Laurence to Juliet. He is saying if you are willing to kill yourself instead of marrying Paris, would you be willing to make it seem like you died to escape it. He is the master of the plan.

He didn’t get the letter to Romeo.