act 4 scene 3

Question 1

What 4 things does Juliet worry about and what does she see during her soliloquy?

Answer 1

• potion doesn’t work, has to marry Paris
• potion=poison, Friar doesn’t want to get caught marrying her twice
• might suffocate in the vault
• be so scared of the bones of her ancestors, sees Tybalt’s body, smashes her brains in
• finally, she think she sees Tybalt’s ghost

Question 2

What does she asks Tybalt’s ghost to do?

Answer 2

To stop looking for Romeo

Question 3

What does Juliet do and say just as she’s about to drink the potion?

Answer 3

She toasts to Romeo

“Romeo, I come! this do I drink to thee”

Question 4

What is the problem with this situation?

Answer 4

Capulet has moved Juliet’s and Paris’ wedding a day earlier, on Wednesday.

Friar Laurence has planned for Romeo to meet Juliet on Thursday

Question 5

Why is it a big deal that Capulet has moved the wedding a day earlier?

Answer 5

Because it’s very difficult for Friar Lawrence to get the message out to Romeo in Mantua that Juliet is getting married a day earlier

Question 6

Why does Juliet take the potion, regardless of her worries?

Answer 6

Because she ultimately wants to be with Romeo