The Englishman is important to apologize chelho’s because he acts as a foil to Santiago
        
             
        
        
        
The second one, the last one ( I think )
        
             
        
        
        
<span>Friar Laurence is presented as a holy man who is trusted and respected by the other characters. </span>
        
                    
             
        
        
        
<span>Democracy
is a type of government ruled by the majority in which all the people have the
right to interfere to whatever is the states’ decisions on its affairs. Freedom
from press is the freedom of the people to express themselves in media and
articles. Its function is to voice out everyone’s opinion onto matters. This is
very important because though the people have voted its leaders, the leaders
may not see the trivial problems in which ordinary citizens could. However this
right must be taken with extreme caution against abuse.</span>
        
             
        
        
        
Answer: The couplet allows for parallel form connecting the elements of thought. 
Here are the connections:
God directs - from his head
guard him from on high- let ev'ry evil fly