Romeo and Juliet Act 4 Consequences Setting Up

Romeo and Juliet: Act 4: Consequences Setting Up Your Notebook: --Title Page w/ Title --TABS: DARTS, Close Reading, Vocabulary DO THAT NOW!!!!

DARTS: I can: 1. Identify instances of dramatic irony in a passage and analyze its effect on the meaning. 2. Define and identify comic relief in a text. 3. Define and identify examples of puns.

Vocabulary Please copy and define the following vocabulary words into your VOCABULARY SECTION for Act IV. • 1. pensive *dramatic irony • 2. vial *pun • 3. enjoined *comic relief • 4. Wayward • 5. dismal • 6. loathsome

Introduction to ACT IV: Single-Round Robin (twice) and discuss the following questions: --Will Romeo and Juliet ever be able to live together as husband wife? --What, if anything, can the lovers now do to preserve their relationship?

Act IV: Scene 1 Questions: • What is the Friar’s complaint to Paris about the impending wedding? (597) • Read lines 6 -15. What is Paris trying to explain to the Friar in his speech? • Dramatic Irony: In what way does Paris’ comment on page 598 show that he does not understand the real reason that Juliet is crying? • Read lines 46 -49. Identify the Friar’s message to Juliet in these lines. • Which two meanings of the word “long” does Juliet use to make a pun in line 66? • What does Juliet threaten to do to avoid marrying Paris? • At the end of scene 1, what information does Juliet have that Romeo does not?

The Friar’s Plan A Plan B

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. Plan B!

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 What do you learn about Tell me not, friar, that thou hear'st of this, the Unless thou tell me how I may prevent it: If, in thy wisdom, thou canst give no help, character Do thou but call my resolution wise, of Juliet? And with this knife I'll help it presently. God join'd my heart and Romeo's, thou our hands; Use And ere this hand, by thee to Romeo seal'd, evidence Shall be the label to another deed, Or my true heart with treacherous revolt to Turn to another, this shall slay them both: Therefore, out of thy long-experienced time, support Give me some present counsel, or, behold, your 'Twixt my extremes and me this bloody knife Shall play the umpire, arbitrating that response Which the commission of thy years and art Could to no issue of true honor bring. Be not so long to speak; I long to die, If what thou speak'st speak not of remedy.

What could possibly What could go wrong? possibly go wrong? We know from the prolog that there will be no happy ending Hands up! What could go wrong with the Friar’s plan? Use Rally Round Robin to make a list with your

‘Rather Than Marry Paris’ List 6 things Juliet would rather do instead of marrying Paris 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

What are the strengths and weaknesses of the Friar’s plan? How far is he protecting himself, do you think? Strengths § § § Weaknesses • • •

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Scene 2 Questions • According to Friar Lawrence, how will Romeo learn of Juliet’s plan to meet him? • Read lines 24 -31. Explain what Juliet tells her father in lines 24 -26 and what he takes it to mean? • What change in schedule is revealed in this conversation? • How will this change affect the outcome of Friar’s plan? • What is ironic about Lord Capulet’s relief in this scene?

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.

Why has Capulet suddenly changed the wedding to ‘tomorrow’? How could this impact the Friar’s plan? Rally Robin with your Face Partner

• 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!

Scene 3 -4 Questions • What is Juliet’s motivation for deceiving the Nurse? • Read lines 24 -27. Why might Juliet wonder whether the Friar has given her a drink that really will kill her? • How does Juliet regain her parents’ favor? • Read Juliet’s soliloquy beginning page 603, line 14. Summarize the fears she expresses. Scene IV: • What kinds of activities are taking place in this scene? • How will the activities and the mood in the household change shortly? • Read lines 16 -21. What are the fellows who enter here carrying? • What does Capulet ask them to fetch? • Re-read lines 16 -21. In what way does Capulet’s pun in line 21 contribute to the mood of scene IV?

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 with your shoulder partner

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.

Think about… PUT IT ON THE PARKING LOT • Very little happens in this scene, so what are its purposes? Compare it with the scenes which come before and after it, for example.

y n o r I c i t a m a r D Irony • Dramatic Irony is when the audience understands more about the events than a character on stage. Work with your SHOULDER PARTNER to find an answer to these questions. • 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?

Scene 5 Questions • Read lines 1 -16. Why is the Nurse not immediately concerned when she cannot wake Juliet? • In what way does the Nurse’s carefree chatter add to the irony of the scene? • Describe Lady Capulet’s reaction when she first sees Juliet here in this scene, presumably dead. • What is ironic about the Capulets’ behavior in this scene? • Why had the Friar come to the Capulets’ home? • In what way does the Friar’s question add to the dramatic irony of the scene?

Scene 5 Questions Continued… • What does Lord Capulet compare death to in lines 38 -40? • How do Paris’ words in lines 41 -42 contribute to the dramatic irony? • Why does Friar tell the Capulets to lay a sprig of rosemary on Juliet’s body? • Read lines 84 -90. What comparison and contrast is Capulet making? • In what way does the Friar’s words heighten the play’s suspense? • Look at the end of this scene. Why do you think Shakespeare chose to end this scene with the bantering of the musicians? • What kind of mood does the pun in line 126 help to create in this scene?

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Funeral music…. You have been asked by Lord and Lady Capulet to choose a song to be played at Juliet’s funeral. What song will you choose and why? • E. g. Eva Cassidy – Songbird • E. g. Jenn Bostic – Jealous of the Angels • E. g. Sarah Mc. Lachlan Angel • Would Romeo have chosen different music? • E. g. Gareth Brooks – The Dance

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? Single Round Robin to discuss

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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!