Affliction is enamour’d of thy parts,
And thou art wedded to calamity.
– William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet, Act 3, Scene 3. Friar Laurence personifies affliction, when he tells Romeo that it likes him. On the day that Romeo weds Juliet, the Friar uses a pun to warn that the teenage bridegroom is wedded to disaster. The Friar’s words turn out to be prophetic, foreshadowing the calamitous things that happen from that moment on. Romeo is fated with bad luck, as the Friar predicts.