Act 4 (1,2,3)
Why is Paris visiting Friar Laurence?
To ease Juliet's sadness since she is overwhelmed by Tybalt's death.
What is the purpose of this brief scene?
To show that time is passing and the people are getting ready for the wedding.
What premonition/dream does Romeo have at the beginning of this scene (lines 1-11)?
He had a dream that Juliet found him dead, then she kissed him and then he revived and became an emperor.
What are Friar Laurence’s adjustments to the plan?
He adjusts the plan by saying he will go to Juliet's tomb with a crow bar and break it open and then bring Juliet to his cell waiting for Romeo to show up from the letter he will send.
What are Romeo’s last words?
What does Lord Capulet decide to do in lines 23 and 24? How will this affect the Friar’s plan?
He decides to switch the wedding from Thursday to Wednesday. This will effect the plan because Romeo wont get the letter in time to rescue Juliet.
What does the Nurse find when she goes to wake Juliet? What’s the dramatic irony of this moment?
She finds Juliet, lying in her bed "dead." The dramatic irony is that she doesen't know that Juliet is not actually dead.
What news does Balthasar bring? How does this disrupt the Friar’s plan?
He tells Romeo that Juliet is dead. It disrupts the plan because now he wont get the letter about her not actually being dead. Now Romeo will kill himself without knowing what actually happened.
Why is Paris at the tomb?
he is bringing her flowers each day and watering them with his tears.
Why do you think the Friar leaves?
He didn't want to get seen with the dead bodies since he would be charged with murder.
What is the dramatic irony in Lines 33-37?
The dramatic irony is that Juliet's family and Paris don't know that Juliet is about to "kill herself." Also the Friar and Romeo dont know that the wedding was moved a day up.
How does this scene end?
It ends with Juliet's family deciding to use all of the wedding stuff for her funeral.
What does Romeo decide to do after he hears Balthasar’s story (lines 34-57)?
He decides to go to the apothecary and get a poison that will kill him, so that he can kill himself next to Juliet's tomb and they can be together in heaven.
What does Romeo find when he enters the tomb?
He finds Paris.
How does Juliet die? What are her last lines?
She stabs herself right through the stomach. "Yea, noise? Then I'll be brief. O, happy dagger, this is thy sheath. There rust, and let me die."
Why does Juliet dismiss both the nurse and the mother from her chamber?
So she can take the potion.
Why does the Apothecary agree to sell mortal drugs to Romeo? What is Romeo’s response?
He agrees because he is very poor and he needs the money. Romeo responds with money is more dangerous that poison.
What happens to Paris?
Romeo kills him with his sword.
Does Friar accept responsibility in his monologue for what happened to Romeo and Juliet?
Yes.
What are Juliet’s fears regarding the potion the Friar has given her (lines 14-58)?
She is scared that the potion wont work, and she will never see Romeo again. She also scared of actually dying from it.
Why was Friar John unable to deliver the letter to Romeo explaining Juliet's taking of the potion?
He was unable to deliver it because he was just with the sick praying for them, so Mantua doesn't want his germs from the sick getting into the town.
What clues in Romeo’s soliloquy indicate that Juliet is still alive?
He says that dead she is still so beautiful because she still has color in her lips and cheeks and is not pale.
How does the play end?
The feud between the Montagues and the Capulets and over and Romeo and Juliet are together in heaven.