In act v, scene ii of romeo and juliet, what role does friar john play in the catastrophe? he creates a quarantine, which impacts romeo. he secretly performs romeo and juliet’s wedding. he mistakenly tells balthasar that juliet is dead. he fails to deliver an important letter to romeo.

The asnwer is: He fails to deliver an important letter to Romeo.

In this scene Friar Lawrence has sent Friar John with a letter to Romeo where as describe Juliet’s plan about her false death, however, Friar John was locked in a house as quarantined method due to the outbreak of plague, for this reason Romeo was not aware of the strategy.

is it "means of nourishment"

in the line from the end of the story "the cask of the amontillado," by edgar allan poe, the narrator has put the last stone on the wall, thus sentencing fortunato to death. just like that montresor associates his feeling of sickness to the humidity of the catacombs, and seems to be glad he has taken revenge on fortunato. however, montresor's last words are "in pace requiescat," which mean "may he rest in peace." as a result, it can be inferred that he hides or does not want to assume his guilt or remorse for killing fortunato in such a horrible way.