The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet

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The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet

• Act IV
• Review

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Act IV. scene i

• Setting Friar Lawrences cell
• Tuesday
• Conflict Paris desire for Juliet influences
  Capulets actions to improve Juliets mood
• Characters
• Friar Lawrence
• knows Juliet is already married
• tries to step lightly around marrying her again
• provides Juliet with a plan
• Paris
• wants to solidify plans to marry Juliet on
  Thursday
• argues that the marriage will make Juliet happy,
  keep her from mourning Tybalt
• Juliet
• shocked to find Paris with Friar Lawrence
• tries to keep Paris content by playing with
  words What must be shall be.
• Comes to get advice from Friar Lawrence
• Believes death would be better than living
  without Romeo

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Plan

• Juliet agrees to marry Paris
• Juliet will take the potion sleep alone
• She will appear dead for 42 hours
• Her family will put her in a vault
• Hell send letters with the plan to Romeo
• Romeo will return from Mantua to get her

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Act IV scene ii

• Setting Capulets House
• Characters
• Capulet
• is pleased by Juliets change
• wants to speed up the wedding for Wednesday
• credits the Friar with her change for heart
  Now, afore God, this reverend holy friar,/ All
  our whole city is much bound to him.
• Lady Capulet
• thinks Thursday will be soon enough
• Juliet
• returns from the Friars looking better
• begs her father for his forgiveness

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Act IV scene iii

• Setting Capulets House
• Characters
• Juliet
• asks the Nurse and her mother to leave her to her
  marriage preparations
• talks us through her decision
• worries what will happen if the potion doesnt
  work
• shell have to marry Paris
• the Friar will poison her
• she will suffocate before Romeo comes

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Act IV scene iv

• Setting Capulets House
• Early Wednesday morning
• Preparations for the wedding celebration begin
• Lord Capulet is jubilant
• Paris arrives early for his wedding day

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Act IV scene VO Lamentable Day!

• Setting Capulets House
• Characters
• Nurse
• -finds Juliet dead
• Paris
• heartbroken
• he waited so long for this day to come
• Friar Lawrence
• tries to comfort them in their loss (of course,
  he knows the truth)
• Lord Capulet
• changes wedding plans to funeral plans