Act 4

Question 1

Summarise act 4

Answer 1

The friar proposes a plan: Juliet must consent to marry Paris; then, on the night before the wedding she must drink a sleeping potion that will make her appear to be dead. Juliet will be laid to rest in the Capulet tomb and the friar will send word to Romeo in mantua to help him retrieve her when she wakes up

Question 2

Key themes in act 4

Answer 2

Young love = passionate but dangerous
Fate
Parental love
Suicide

Question 3

Romeo, Romeo, Romeo, here’s drink. I drink to thee

Answer 3

Repetition

Question 4

Act alone

Answer 4

Acting wordplay

Question 5

Farewell

Answer 5

She cannot confide in the Nurse

Question 6

Merry dump

Answer 6

Oxymoron

Question 7

Summarise act 4 scene 2

Answer 7

Capulet wants to move the wedding from Thursday to Wednesday

Question 8

Summarise act 4 scene 3

Answer 8

Turning point

Question 9

Summarise act 4 scene 4

Answer 9

Domestic details

Question 10

Summarise act 4 scene 5

Answer 10

Exclamation, last time Capulet spoke to his daughter was completely different, Shakespeare use of death= contextually relatable, ‘death’ taking her virginity, juxtaposition = wedding + funeral, dramatic irony= friar and audience know Juliet isn’t dead, even the minor characters are effected by Juliet’s death, diffuse the tension of the atmosphere