Act 4
Why does Paris go to see Friar Lawrence?
Ask him to marry Juliet and himself
Who finds Juliet "dead"
Nurse
How does Romeo die?
Poison
How does Juliet die?
Dagger to the heart
Give a defining (crucial or important) characteristic of Mercutio.
Story-teller, entertainer, witty, likes to talk, vulgar
Who enters while Paris is speaking to Friar Lawrence?
Juliet
What does Juliet ask the Nurse and Lady Capulet to do?
Leave her alone. Asks the Nurse to stay with Lady Capulet for the night
How does Juliet first wish to kill herself?
Take the same poison as Romeo
What good comes from the deaths of Romeo and Juliet?
The families stop fighting
Give a defining characteristic of Romeo.
Quick to fall in love, doesn't think things through.
What does Juliet intend to do if Friar Lawrence cannot help her?
Kill herself
What does Capulet say about Death and Juliet?
Death has married his daughter, that Death has slept with Juliet, and that Death is heir.
What news does Balthazar bring Romeo?
Juliet is dead
Why is the apothecary reluctant to sell the poison to Romeo?
Death to sell poison in Mantua
Why did Lord Capulet move the wedding from Thursday to Wednesday?
He was very excited/happy that Juliet wanted to marry Paris.
What literary term describes the speech Juliet gives about her fears of drinking the potion?
Soliloquy
Why does the apothecary finally decide to sell Romeo the poison?
He is in poverty/Romeo offers him money
What is Romeo's plan on learning of Juliet's death?
Buy poison then go to her tomb to kill himself.
Explain, in detail, Friar Laurence's plan to help Juliet.
Juliet will consent to marry Paris. She will insist on being in her room alone. Juliet will take a potion the night before the wedding which will make her appear dead (stiff, pale, cold, lower heartbeat, slow breathing) for 42 hours. Her family will bury her in the Capulet tomb. Friar Laurence will send a letter to Romeo explaining what happened. Friar Laurence and Romeo will be at the tomb when she wakes up and Romeo and Juliet will go to Mantua.
Give at least 3 of Juliets fears when it comes to taking the sleeping potion
1. It won't work and she will have to marry Paris. 2. It is really a poison so Friar Lawrence won't get in trouble. 3. She will wake before Romeo reaches her and she will suffocate. 4. She will be tormented by her dead relatives (Ghost of Tybalt); he will hunt down Romeo. 5. She will go insane
What kept the letter from Friar Lawrence about Juliet's death from getting to Romeo?
Friar John was quarantined in a house thought to have the plague.
Describe in detail what happens between Paris and Romeo
Paris is at the tomb when Romeo arrives.
Paris threatens to arrest Romeo.
Romeo warns him, he doesn't want to fight.
Paris continues with his threats. Romeo ends up killing him.
Romeo places Paris in Juliet's tomb.
Give a defining characteristic of Nurse.
Bawdy, comedic, mother-figure