Quick running out of ! which lines from act iii, scene iii of romeo and juliet  show friar laurence believes romeo should be grateful for his punishment? thou fond mad man, hear me but speak a word. be patient, for the world is broad and wide. a gentler judgment vanish’d from his lips, this is dear mercy, and thou seest it not. i bring thee tidings of the prince’s doom.

it is the background information on the characters and setting explained at the beginning of the story. the exposition will often have information about events that happened before the story began. the exposition is often the very first part of the plot.

imparadis't in one anothers arms  

the happier eden, shall enjoy their fill  

of bliss on bliss, while i to hell am thrust,  

where neither joy nor love, but fierce desire,  

among our other torments not the least,  

still unfulfill'd with pain of longing pines;  

yet let me not forget what i have gain'd  

from their own mouths; all is not theirs it seems:  

one fatal tree there stands of knowledge call'd,  

forbidden them to taste: knowledge forbidd'n?  

suspicious, reasonless. why should their lord  

envie them that? can it be sin to know,