Terms
Define dramatic irony.
A contradiction between what a character thinks and what the reader or audience knows to be true.
BASICALLY -- When the audience knows something that the characters do not know
Why does Juliet tell her father that she will obey him?
To make her father happy and make it seem like everything of normal. She's just playing along because it is part of Fr. Laurences plan
Setting: What is the setting of Act 4 Scene 4? Place and Time.
Time: Early Wednesday morning
Who was sent to wake Juliet and then finds Juliet "dead"?
Lord Capulet is so happy he makes a huge change to the wedding plan. To what day does Capulet move the wedding?
Wednesday -- the next day
What is Lord Capulet's mood in the early morning scene while preparing for Juliet's wedding?
He is in a very joking and happy mood
Friar Lawrence tries to calm everyone and comfort them by saying what?
They had “shared” her with what Heaven
What reason does Paris give the Friar for the quick marriage?
Her father wants to stop Juliet's grief and sadness over Tybalt's death.
Why is Lady Capulet concerned about moving the date of the wedding?
Because there isn't enough time to prepare for the wedding.
What time exactly does Lord Capulet say it is?
3 o'clock
Friar Lawrence instructs them to dry their tears and do what 2 things?
1. Place rosemary on her
2. Take her to the church in her best clothes
Juliet is facing a forced marriage to Paris. She tells Friar Laurence that she will do what if he can't do what.
-Kill herself
-if the Friar can't fix the situation
What does Juliet say to her mother and the Nurse as they leave her room and say "Good night"?
Juliet says "Farewell" instead of Good night
The Nurse tells Lord Capulet to go get rest or he will feel ill.
1.What does he brag about? 2. What does Lady Capulet joke with him about.
He brags about staying up all night in the past.
Lady Capulet reminds him that he used to be a player (but she'll be watching him now).
What does Lord Capulet say to do with all the things prepared for the wedding celebration?
Preparations for a wedding will now change to be used for a funeral.
Music -- Food -- Songs -- Flowers
--All things will change to the opposite of what it was meant for
What is the plan Fr. Laurence devises for Juliet in Act 4?
Juliet is to take the potion and "die," but really sleep for 42 hours. She will be taken to the family tomb. Friar will send a letter to Romeo so he will come.
During her soliloquy in scene 3, Juliet says her concerns about taking the potion. What is one of the concerns?
1. What if it doesn't work?
2. What if the potion is poison meant to kill her?
3. What if she wakes up too early & suffocates?
4. What if she goes insane from the ghosts & horrors in the tomb & bashes in her brains with an old bone?
The Capulets are aware that Paris has arrived for the wedding. How do they know he has arrived?
They could hear his escort of musicians approaching.
At the end of Act 4 Scene 5, who is arguing, and why would Shakespeare add such scene?
Peter is arguing with he musicians who showed up with Paris.
The silliness of the this part of the scene would be for Comic Relief following an emotionally heavy part of the scene>