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Act 4

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Act 4

Romeo and Juliet


Act 4 Scene 1 Summary
• Juliet arrives at the Friar’s cell. After a brief conversation with
Paris, she asks the Friar for help.
• Seeing how desperate Juliet is, the Friar suggests a plan. Juliet
is to take a potion which will make it appear as though she is
dead. She will be laid in the Capulet tomb, the Friar will write
to Romeo, who can then come and collect her secretly. She
eagerly agrees.

The
Plan!
JULIET O shut the door! and when thou hast done so,
Come weep with me; past hope, past cure, past help!
FR. LAWRENCE Ah, Juliet, I already know thy grief;
It strains me past the compass of my wits:
I hear thou must, and nothing may prorogue it,
On Thursday next be married to this county.
JULIET Tell me not, friar, that thou hear'st of this,
Unless thou tell me how I may prevent it:
If, in thy wisdom, thou canst give no help,
Do thou but call my resolution wise,
And with this knife I'll help it presently.
God join'd my heart and Romeo's, thou our hands;
And ere this hand, by thee to Romeo seal'd,
Shall be the label to another deed,
Or my true heart with treacherous revolt What do you learn
Turn to another, this shall slay them both: about the
Therefore, out of thy long-experienced time, character of
Give me some present counsel, or, behold, Juliet?
'Twixt my extremes and me this bloody knife Use evidence to
Shall play the umpire, arbitrating that support your
Which the commission of thy years and art response
Could to no issue of true honour bring.
What could possibly
What
go could
wrong?
possibly go
wrong?

We know from the prologue that there will be no happy ending 


Hands up! What could go wrong with the Friar’s
plan?
What are the
strengths and
weaknesses of the
Friar’s plan?

How far is
he
protecting
himself, do
you think?
Strengths Weaknesses
 •
 •
 •
‘Rather than marry Paris’
List 6 things Juliet would rather
do instead of marrying Paris

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.
alysis of Juliet
Character an
w e le a rn a b out
• What do
t in th is s ce n e?
Julie
• Use PEE
e n c e, Ex p la in )
(Point, Evid b ou t
a r p o in t a
• Make a cle
her character.
a re lev a n t q u ote to
• Select
u p p or t y o u r p oint
s
(evidence).
h o w t h e q u o te
• Explain o int
p p o r t s t h e p
us e d s u
you made.
Act 4 Scene 2 Summary
• Juliet returns home and tells her father that she has seen the
Friar and is now sorry for her disobedience.
• Capulet excitedly gives instructions that the wedding will now
take place the following day and goes to inform Paris.
Performance Question
Capulet
How now, my headstrong! where have you been gadding?

Juliet
Where I have learn'd me to repent the sin
Of disobedient opposition
To you and your behests, and am enjoin'd
By holy Laurence to fall prostrate here,
And beg your pardon: pardon, I beseech you!
Henceforward I am ever ruled by you.

Capulet
Send for the county; go tell him of this:
I'll have this knot knit up to-morrow morning.
Performance ideas…

Try think: What happens (P) When (E) Why (E)


e.g. Juliet will fall to her knees in front of Lord Capulet, hold his hand, and say in
an obedient tone: ‘And beg your pardon: pardon, I beseech you!’ because she
wants her Dad to be convinced of her sudden transformation.
Why has Capulet
suddenly changed the
wedding to ‘tomorrow’?
How could this impact
the Friar’s plan?
Discuss in Pairs
• Write a tweet that Paris
may have written, upon
hearing about the
wedding, if Twitter was
around in Elizabethan
times.
• Show his feeling/emotion
• 140 characters or less
• Include a hashtag!
Act 4 Scene 3 Summary
• Juliet prepares for bed and says goodnight to her mother and
the Nurse.
• Juliet overcomes her fears and drinks the potion.
• What do we learn about
Juliet in this scene?
• Which image, describing
her fears, do you find
most effective?
Discuss in Pairs
Performance Question
Act 4 Scene 4 Summary
• Early next morning the household is busy preparing for the
wedding when music is heard outside: Paris has arrived to take
Juliet to church.
Performance Question
CAPULET
Come, stir, stir, stir! The second cock hath crowed.
The curfew bell hath rung. 'Tis three o'clock.—
5 Look to the baked meats, good Angelica.
Spare not for the cost.
NURSE
Go, you cot-quean, go.
Get you to bed, faith. You’ll be sick tomorrow
For this night’s watching.
Think about…
• Very little happens in
this scene, so what
are its purposes?
Compare it with the
scenes which come
before and after it,
for example.
Irony
mati c
Dra • Dramatic Irony is when
Irony the audience
understands more about
the events than a
character on stage.
• How do we see dramatic
irony in this scene? (Act 4
Scene 4)
• What effect does it have
on the viewer?
• Where else in the play
have we seen dramatic
irony?
ne 5 Sum m a ry
Act 4 Sce ppa rently dead.
r a
, she finds he o w a ke Ju liet ver
N u rs e g o e s t ief -s tr icke n o
• When the fi n d t he C a p ulets gr
d th e F r ia r e nter to
• Paris an w ith the
th . e r jo ke s
Juliet ’s dea re f o r a f un eral, Pet
il y g o o ff to prepa
• As the fa m
musicians.
Funeral music….
• E.g. Eva Cassidy –
Songbird
• E.g. Jenn Bostic – Jealous
You have been
of the Angels
asked by Lord and • E.g. Sarah McLachlan -
Lady Capulet to Angel
choose a song to
be played at • Would Romeo have
Juliet’s funeral. chosen different music?
• E.g. Gareth Brooks – The
What song will Dance
you choose and
why?
Grieving for Juliet
In this scene we learn that Lord Capulet and Lady Capulet really
loved Juliet. Find quotes from the scene to prove this.
Friar Lawrence…..
• Friar Lawrence knows
that Juliet is not dead.
• He rebukes the family
for their grief, because
Juliet is now in heaven.
• What are your
thoughts on Fr.
Lawrence in this
scene?
iar y … .
d
Dear entry that
a dia ry te
• W r ite ce w ro
a w r e n r s h ly
Friar L s o h a
e a ki n g
s p
after fa m i ly.
Ju lie t ’s ia r y
to r t h a t d t s
e m b e ta in lo
• R e m ld c o n .
s s h o u ti o n s
entrie gs and emo
f e e li n o w h ow
of t t o s h
o u r b es
• Try y s about his n he
e f e e l t h e si
h u r a n d
e h a v io
b itti n g
s c o m m e a s…
i o m e id
p lan s
•L e t s
Headline hunter!
Juliet’s death would have
been big news in Verona.
Write two headlines for the
tabloids and two headlines
for the broadsheets.
Make a drawing to
show what these lines
mean to you!

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