Capulet and the nurse betrays Juliet insisting that Paris is a
fine gentlemen and is worthy of her hand . Juliet orders the
nurse to leave and prepares to visit Friar Lawrence to ask for
advice. As the nurse leaves Juliet calls her an ancient
damnation.

Act 4 scene 1
•
Paris has stopped by Friar Laurence's church to make
plans for his upcoming marriage to Juliet. Friar tells
Juliet his idea. He knows of a potion that will make
Juliet appear as if she is dead for "two and forty
hours." (42 hours). Everyone would thinks Juliet is
dead, the Friar explains, she won't have to marry
Paris. Then he and Romeo can come to the tomb and
wait for her to wake up, and then she and Romeo
can go to Mantua to get married. Friar tells Juliet
he’d send a letter to Romeo.

Act 4
scene 2
●
Juliet comes home,” humbled”. She
apologizes to her father, Old Capulet,
and
says she'll marry Paris. Old Capulet is
overjoyed and decides the marriage will take
place the next day, even if he has to stay up
all night making preparations.

Act 4
scen
e 3
Juliet convinces the Nurse and Lady Capulet to leave
her alone, then takes out the potion the Friar gave
her. She worries for a brief moment that it might be
real poison, and then freaks herself out by imagining
what it'll be like to awake surrounded by the fresh
corpse of her cousin Tybalt. She drinks the potion,
making sure to fall on to the bed instead of dropping
awkwardly onto the floor.

Act 4
scen
e 4
Everyone is bustling around cheerfully trying to
get things ready for the wedding that morning.
No one has realized yet that the bride has a
serious case of cold feet.

Act 4
scene
5
When the Nurse comes to wake Juliet up in the
morning, she discovers the girl dead. Then the
Friar shows up and takes action, telling them
to take Juliet to the tomb.

Act 5
scene
1
Romeo wakes up feeling good. He has just had a
dream in which Juliet found him dead, but then kissed
him back to life. Romeo's servant Balthasar arrives
with the news from Verona. There's no good way to
say this: Juliet's dead. Romeo immediately decides
that he has to go to Juliet's grave and commit suicide
there. Romeo heads for Verona

Act 5
scene
2
Friar Lawrence ended up giving the letter to his
friend Friar John, who ended up forgetting the
deliver the letter. Friar Lawrence goes off to
the tomb thinking he'll have to wake Juliet
alone

scene
3
•
Romeo approaches Juliet’s tomb. He sees Paris there tossing
flowers. Romeo
is then challenged by Paris.
•
Paris is killed
•
Romeo then drinks the poison and dies
•
Juliet awakens and realizes that Romeo is dead
•
She grabs a dagger and kills herself
•
After the death of them both, the Montagues and the
Capulets soon settle their dispute.

The
mes

Love
•
Young, irresponsible love perfectly represents Romeo and Juliet love for
each other. Their love is based on their youthful minds and how naïve they
are to the world. Upon meeting once, they believe they are soulmates
without having developed a deeper relationship. Romeo and Juliet isolated
themselves in their own world where they are together without measuring
the consequences it may cause their families. Although they have a strong


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