foreshadows their death | shakespeare Lit: If a character sees a ghost: |
he tells paris that 3 days is too soon but he was willing to wed | what is the irony about paris approaching friar lawrence about the wedding? |
she will commit suicide | what does juliet say she will do if the friar cannot help her out of this wedding? |
jump off a tower; be homeless; be chained to bears; sit in a field of poisonous snakes; | examples of what juliet would rather endure than marry paris: |
romeo will be informed and be ready to take her away to mantua | what does the friar promise juliet will happen once she awakens in the tomb? |
her pulse will stop and she will lose color in her lips and face making her seem dead and sickly | what are the effects of the potion that the friar gives to juliet? |
they will bury her body in capulet tomb under the friar’s instructions | what will happen when juliet is found “dead”? |
cons- lack of communication; wake up & freak out; sad parents; poor/broke- can’t live alone | what flaws might be involved in the friar’s plan? |
juliet agrees to marry paris | what causes capulet to say “my heart is wondrous light”? |
foreshadowing | what literary device does juliet’s monologue about her fears of the potion show? |
friar could kill her to keep the secret marriage hidden bc one would be exiled and one would be dead; she could see tybalt’s ghost; she could go insane; the nurse could stop her; she could wake too early and have to wed paris; | list some of juliet’s fears |
if the potion fails she can kill herself | what is the purpose of the dagger? |
juliet’s soliloquy; foreshadows her death; explains fear that friar could potentially kill her to hide the secret marriage | “what if it be a poison which the friar subtly hath ministered to have me dead” |
it emphasizes how juliet’s parents are oblivious to what is happening to their daughter | how do the actions in the wedding preparation scene contrast the seriousness of juliet’s soliloquy? |
the nurse | who find juliet “dead” |
lady-believes the nurse and says she’ll die without her; cap-examines juliet- says cold=dead; can’t speak without her | contrast the differences of lady cap vs cap reactions to juliet’s death |
death is his new heir/son-in-law; lady thinks there’s no point of life | how does capulet feel about life now that juliet is dead? |
he admonishes them- she’s so well in higher place (heaven) yet you drive yourself mad; you wanted her to advance to higher life- how much higher can you be than in heaven w/ god | what consolation does friar offer to the capulets concerning juliet’s death? |
trying to displace blame and suspicion from himself from her death; he convinces the capulets that they’re responsible for juliet’s death | by giving his speech to the capulets about juliet’s death, what is he doing? |
to take away from the tragedy of juliet’s death; comedy- peter wants to fight the musicians for not playing a love song | why does shakespeare decide to end this act on a comical note? |
because he avenged the death of mercutio who was the prince’s cousin “avenged the death of my own kinsman” | why does the prince agree to exile romeo and not kill him? |
the original pharmacy | what is an apothecary? |
benvolio- bc he knew that romeo loved juliet and wanted him to know that she was dead- didn’t know whole story | who sends balthasar? |
horrified; wants to kill himself | how does romeo react to the news of her death? |
romeo hears balthasar and thinks juliet is dead and is going to go to her tomb to die next to her | what is the result of friar john not making it to romeo? |
to look upon juliet’s face and remove the ring from her finger | why does romeo tell balthasar that he’s at the tomb? |
paris; he was gonna put flowers in juliet’s grave | who is hidden in the graveyard when romeo arrives? |
he threatens to arrest him again; romeo doesn’t know that it’s paris- the county noble who is related to the prince and mercutio | why does romeo kill paris? |
romeo; it shows that her cheeks and face have color again and thinks she is still beautiful in death | “hath 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 advancĂ©d there-“ |
he doesn’t believe she is alive; says he will stay forever in the tomb with her and kisses her and drinks the poison | what does romeo do after ignoring the major clue? |
romeo says juliet looks so alive- yet he ignores it and thinks she’s dead but we know she is alive | what is one example of dramatic irony? |
Romeo and Juliet Act IV and V
July 17, 2019