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Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet. Act Four. Scene One. Paris talks to Friar Lawrence about the wedding he and the Capulets wish to have on Thursday Juliet wants Friar Lawrence to help her find a solution to her problem She believes she should kill herself before she marries someone else

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Romeo and Juliet

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  1. Romeo and Juliet Act Four

  2. Scene One • Paris talks to Friar Lawrence about the wedding he and the Capulets wish to have on Thursday • Juliet wants Friar Lawrence to help her find a solution to her problem • She believes she should kill herself before she marries someone else • Friar Lawrence has a plan for her to live and avoid marrying Paris

  3. Scene One Continued • Friar Lawrence gives Juliet a potion to take that night which will make her appear as though she is dead • Her pulse will stop, she will stop breathing, and all the blood will leave her face and her body will be cold • This will last for 48 hours and her family will think she is dead and put her in an open casket in the family tomb

  4. Scene One Continued • Friar Lawrence will send a letter explaining this to Romeo and he will come and meet Friar Lawrence in the Capulet tomb until Juliet wakes up • Romeo and Juliet will secretly leave and go to Mantua to live

  5. Scene Two • The Capulets are preparing for the wedding • Juliet apologizes to her father and agrees to marry Paris in the morning

  6. Scene Three • Juliet sends her nurse away when she goes to her room for the night • She is nervous about taking the potion but she does it anyway because it is the only way she may be able to still be with Romeo • She worries about the potion really killing her and about waking up too early and being alone and going crazy in her family’s tomb

  7. Scene Four • The entire Capulet household is preparing for the wedding • Paris arrives with music and Capulet sends the nurse to wake Juliet and get her dressed for the wedding • This scene is meant to build suspense

  8. Scene Five • The nurse finds Juliet dead when she tries to wake her up • The Capulets grieve for the loss of their only child • Paris is upset that his bride died before their wedding • Friar Lawrence tells them all to prepare her body and bring her to the church for her burial

  9. Scene Five Continued • Capulet believes that now everything they prepared for a wedding celebration will be used for the funeral feast • Musicians argue with Peter because he wants them to play music at this inappropriate time

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