The first thing that Friar Lawrence tells the distraught and emotional family is to stop wailing and screaming. That seems really harsh considering their daughter is "dead." But immediately after that, the friar explains why they should calm down. He tells the Capulets that heaven helped make Juliet and now she has returned to heaven.
Peace, ho, for shame! Confusion’s cure lives not
In these confusions. Heaven and yourself
Had part in this fair maid. Now heaven hath all,
Friar Lawrence continues the heaven talk. He tells the Capulets that heaven is a far better place for Juliet than any other place on Earth could possibly be. He tells them that her life on Earth was always going to be a temporary life. They should be glad that now she has the gift of eternal life. Friar Lawrence closes his speech to the Capulets by telling them to stop further angering heaven with their misery.
The heavens do lour upon you for some ill.
Move them no more by crossing their high will.
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