Act 5 Flashcards
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Act 5 scene 1
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- Romeo thinks Juliet is dead
- setting:a street in Mantua
WHAT HAPPENS - Romeo tells us of a dream he has had in which Juliet found him dead and brought him back to life with a kiss .Romeo woke up thinking that he would get some good news
-Balthasar comes from Verona to bring news that Juliet is dead he doesn’t bring the friars letters romeo was hoping for - Romeo is distraught and wants to go to Verona immediately, Balthazar suggest he wait until he calms down something and might happen if he rushes in a wild state but Romeo orders him to prepare the horses so he can leave that night
- Romeo decided to got to Juliet’s tomb to kill himself there, so they can be together in death
- Romeo goes to an apothecary to buy some poison
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Act 5 scene 2
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- Frair John tells Frair that he did not deliver the message to Romeo
- setting :Frair Lawrence’s cell
WHAT HAPPENS - Frair John goes to Frair Lawrence no ask for news from Romeo
- Frair John explains that he could not go to mantua to deliver the letter to Romeo and he went to ask another friar to travel with him to Mantua .He found him in a house caring for people who were sick ,
.Others thought they and the plague and sealed the doors to stop anyone leaving the house and spreading the infection - Frair Lawrence tells friair John to fetch a crowbar so that he can open Juliet’s tomb
- he rushes off to the tomb because he knows that Juliet will wake up in 3 hours
- he plans to take Juliet to his cell where she can wait for Romeo , he will write Romeo another letter to tell him the new plan
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Act 5 scene 3 part 1
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- Paris and Romeo at Juliet’s tomb
WHAT HAPPENS? - Paris comes to put flowers on Juliet’s grave, his page keeps watch nearby
- Romeo and Balthasar arrive with tools to open the grave
- Romeo guess Balthasar a letter to deliver to Lord Mont in the morning
- he tells Balthasar that he wants to recover the ring from Juliet’s finger
- Romeo’s tells Balthasar to go and not return but he is worried and hides nearby
- Romeo breaks open the tomb
- Paris recognizes Romeo ad the man who killed Tybalt .Paris thunks that Juliet died from grief at Tybalts death .He thinks Romeo has come to damage the Capulet bodies in the tomb
- Paris tells Romeo to stop and come with him , he will probably take him to the prince whose orders Romeo has disobeyed
- Romeo doesn’t want to fight Paris he tells him to leave
- paris refuses to go and they fight , paris’s page is worried about the fight and goes to tell the watchmen
- paris dies asking to be laid with Juliet in her tomb
- Romeo recognises Paris as a relative of Mercuto, he remembers that his servant told him Paris was to marry Juliet
- Romeo lays Paris in the tomb
- Romeo drinks the poison and dies
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Act 5 scene 3 part 2
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- Frair Lawrence arrives at tomb
- Juliet’s death
WHAT HAPPENS ? - Frair Lawrence meet Balthazar who tells him that Romeo is at the tomb.Friar Carrie’s a lantern, crowbar and a spade to the tomb
- Frair sees the blood from the fight at the entrance to the tomb then sees the dead bodies of Romeo and Paris
- Juliet awakens and see friair and asks where Romeo is
- Frair hears the watchmen coming .He tells Juliet to come with him and that both Romeo and Paris were dead he will take her to a convent
- Juliet tells friar to leave and she will stay
- Juliet tries to find some poison in Romeo’s cup and on his lips but there is none
- she hears the watchmen arriving and quickly kills herself with Romeo’s dagger
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Act 5 scene 3 part 3
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- the arrival of Romeo’s father and Juliet’s parents with the prince
WHAT HAPPENS? - Paris’s page arrives with the watchmen and see the blood on the ground and search the churchyard
-they find the bodies of paris, romeo and Juliet - watchman go to tell the prince, Capulets, Montagues
- some Watchmen find Balthasar in the churchyard , another watchman found friar , they are both suspects as they had tools with which to open a tomb and are told to wait for the prince
- the prince arrives followed by Lord and
Lady Capulet
- Juliet’s parents ask what happened, Lady Cap has heard people running in the streets towards the churchyard some crying “Romeo” others “Juliet”
- Lord Mont arrives , he says that his wife died that night because of grief over her sons exile
- the prince orders the to,b to be closed until he finds out what happened he asks three people to tell their stories
+Frair Lawrence
+Balthasar
+The page
- the prince then speaks to lord Cap and lord Mont and blames their feud for all the trouble , he also blames himself for not being firmer with them
- Capulet and Montague shake hands , both in grief for their loss
- the prince speaks of the sad peace that has come that morning
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Act 5 scene 3 part 3
Frairs story
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- he admits to being partly responsible for their deaths and the truth is finally told he explains that …
- he married Romeo and Juliet in secret and on the same day Romeo killed Tybalt and was banished
- Juliet graves for Romeo not Tybalt , she was told to marry Paris and so went to the Friar for help , she threatened to kill herself if he could not help
-he gave Juliet a sleeping potion but Romeo did not get his letter explaining the plan - he came to the churchyard to rescue Juliet from the tomb and take her to his cell.But when he arrived he saw Paris and Romeo dead , Juliet woke and he tried to comfort her , he heard a noise and in fear left the tomb Juliet would not go with him
- Frair says the nurse can confirm that the marriage took place , if he is found at fault he is prepared to be punished for it
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Act 5 scene 3 part 3
Balthasar tells his story
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- he told Romeo that Juliet was dead, Romeo hurried to the tomb and told Balthasar to leave him there
- Balthasar gave the prince the letter Romeo had written to his father , he had told Balthasar to give it to lord Montague
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Act 5 scene 3 part 3
The page explains why Praia had come to the tomb
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- the page says Paris had come to put flowers on Juliet’s grave , prays told him to keep watch nearby
- Paris drew his sword against Romeo and the orange ran away to get help
- the prince reads Romeo’s letter , it shows that what Friar said was true , Romeo had also written about getting the poison from the apothecary and his intention to die in the tomb with Juliet
