Act 4
Why does Friar Lawrence try and discourage Paris from his plan to marry Juliet?
Juliet is already married to Romeo!
Paris reports to Friar Lawrence that Juliet is weeping for her cousin. What is the true cause of her sadness?
She is already married to Romeo and does not want to marry Paris!
What message does Balthasar report to Romeo?
Juliet is dead and has been laid to rest in the Capulets’ tomb.
Why does the apothecary bend to Romeo’s pressure and agree to break the law?
The apothecary badly needs the money.
what decision does Capulet make after Juliet seems to agree to the wedding with Paris?
to hold the wedding the next day!
How does Juliet act when she returns home from her visit with Friar Lawrence, after developing the "plan"?
She acts apologetic to her parents!
Why does Romeo seek out an apothecary?
He wants to poison himself later.
What is Romeo’s attitude toward Tybalt and Paris as he enters the Capulets’ tomb?
He is apologetic toward Tybalt (for killing him) and is understanding toward Paris (for loving Juliet).
What does the nurse discover on the morning of the wedding?
Juliet’s body in a death-like trance
What fear is Juliet expressing when she says:
What if it be a poison which the friar
Subtly hath minist’red to have me dead,
Lest in this marriage he should be dishonored
Because he married me before to Romeo?
What if Friar is actually trying to poison/kill me in order to cover up the fact that he married the two of us!
Why is Friar Lawrence upset when he learns that Friar John has not yet been to Mantua?
He is fearful that the failure of his message to reach Romeo may result in disaster.
What does Romeo do to show that he wants to make things right with Paris?
Romeo grants Paris’s dying request to lay him at Juliet’s side.
What is the scariest fear that Juliet dwells on before she drinks the potion?
Her fear of waking up alone in the tomb, trapped.
What does Friar mean when he says:
O Juliet, I already know thy grief;
It strains me past the compass of my wits.
I hear thou must, and nothing may prorogue it,
On Thursday next be married to this County.
I know why you are sad. I'm trying to think of what to do. I know you must marry the county and nothing may delay it.
What motivates Paris to visit the churchyard at night?
His grief over his love, Juliet's, death.
What does the Apothecary mean when he says:
My poverty but not my will consents.
He is only accepting since he is poor, but he knows it is wrong.
Which detail about Friar Lawrence, revealed earlier in the play, takes on new, important meaning?
He is an expert on the medicinal uses of plants.
What does Juliet mean when she says:
Where I have learnt me to repent the sin / Of disobedient opposition / To you and your behests, and am enjoined / By holy Lawrence to fall prostrate here / To beg your pardon….
I have learned how I was wrong when I was rebellious. Friar Lawrence instructed me to beg your forgiveness.
What is the cause of Lady Montague’s death?
Grief over Romeo's banishment.
What does Romeo mean when he says:
Death, that hath sucked the honey of thy breath,
Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty.
Thou art not conquered. Beauty’s ensign yet
Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks,
And death’s pale flag is not advancèd there.
Romeo believes Juliet is dead but states that she is as beautiful as when alive.