Romeo and Juliet should have followed Lawrence's plan because it would prevent any more trouble and they would stop having to sneak around everywhere to see each other.
Yes, Prospero is so impressed by ariels matchmaking that he said that he would set ariel free for that one act. Thus, having fulfilled all of Prospero’s tasks, and Prospero himself now being free to leave the island, Ariel is set free.
Some symbols of adulthood that are represented in “The Outsiders” are how the kids had to live in their own and Darry has to raise his brothers on his own at a young age. Also, Ponyboy and Johnny showed heroic adult-like actions when they both saved the children from the burning church.