Act 4 Flashcards
How does Juliet use a double entendre (line with a double meaning) to SEEM like she is loyal to Paris, but REALLY remain loyal to Romeo?
“That may be, sir, when I may be a wife”- Paris’s wife/Romeo’s wife
“I will confess to you that I love him.” - “him”= Paris/Romeo
What does Juliet threaten to do (line 54) if Friar Laurence doesn’t help her to prevent the marriage to Paris?
She threatens to kill herself with a knife if Friar doesn’t know a solution to prevent the wedding to Paris.
What would Juliet say she rather do than marry Paris (line 77-85)? (List three things)
Juliet tells the Friar that rather than marry Paris, she would... Jump off any tower Walk in streets full of thieves Sit with snakes Chain her to roaring bears Hide her in a tomb
What is Friar’s new plan (line 90+)? How long will she be “asleep”? Do you think this new plan will work?
Friar gives a big monologue about his new plan:
Juliet goes home, acts happy, and accepts her marriage to Paris
Get the Nurse away from her room
Drink a vial of potion in bed
Juliet will feel cold and drowsy, no warmth in her breath, no blood in her face, won’t be able to move, she will fall asleep
Wake up in 42 HOURS
Juliet will be brought to the Capulet tomb
Friar will send letters to Romeo
Romeo will arrive at the tomb from Mantua and retrieve Juliet
Why do you think Juliet speaks lines 18-22? Give at least two reasons.
Juliet might feel badly for lying to her family
Wants to say goodbye to her parents (sentimental)
Maybe Juliet wants her family to mourn her and feel badly for how they cut her off
To follow Friar Laurence’s plan: The plan would fail if she was disobedient with Capulet and not buried in the Capulet hall
What does Lord Capulet decide to do, in terms of the wedding date? Why do you think he makes this choice? (Provide at least two reasons.) (Line 37)
Capulet decides to move the wedding to the next morning, one day sooner: Wednesday
Capulet is happy Juliet agreed to marry Paris
Why does Juliet say she wants to go to her room alone? What will she really do?
Juliet tells the Nurse she needs time alone to pray to the heavens to bless her. She also tells her mother to leave her alone because they are probably busy arranging the wedding.
What will she do, if the elixir is not effective?
She will kill herself with her dagger: “No, no! This shall forbid it. Lie though there. (Lays down a dagger.”)
List three of her fears about consuming the elixir.
ALL JULIET’S FEARS:
The potion doesn’t work → she’ll be married to Paris
Friar Laurence poisoned the potion bc/ he thinks Juliet is unholy for almost being married to two men
She thinks the Friar is trying to kill her
Romeo won’t come in time and she’ll suffocate
She’ll wake up in the vault by herself (afraid of the vault itself)
The bones of her ancestors
Bloody Tybalt (Tybalt’s ghost)
Juliet is already scaring herself, sees Tybalt’s ghost: “Stay, Tybalt, stay!”
“Loathsome smells”
“Shrieks like mandrakes”
She’ll go crazy in there if she wakes up too soon
NOT afraid that Romeo won’t show up, doesn’t enter her mind
NOT afraid of death
What is an aside?
Aside = one character sharing his/her feelings w/ the audience
