Act 4 scene 1 Key scenes

Juliet goes to friar lawrence's cell
Paris is their talking to friar lawrence to set the wedding
Paris and juliet have an argument.
Paris wants juliet to tell him that she loves him
Juliet asks paris to leave because she need to speak to friar lawrence alone.
Paris leaves and juliet starts crying about her situation.
Friar lawrence knows the grief that she is going through.
Friar lawrence offers a potion which will look like she is dead. Her pulse will stop for 42 hours. Friar lawrence tells her to take this the night before the wedding and do not be so scared about this. She will be laid in the family tomb and friar lawrence will send a letter to romeo in mantua who will come knowing the plan and will come for you to live together in mantua.
Juliet takes the potion and leaves.

Key characters

Juliet - she wants to kill herself because she has a huge amount of grief as romeo is exiled to mantua and she now has to marry paris on her parent’s orders.
Friar lawrence - comes up with a plan to release all the grief that juliet has at this moment in time.
Paris - comes to friar lawrence to set the wedding ceremony on thursday morning.

Key quotes

“And I am nothing slow to slack his haste”

“You say you do not know the lady's mind?”

“Come weep with me, past hope, past cure, past help!”

Key themes

Love
Death

Act 4 scene 2

Lord capulet gives out many different orders as to juliet and paris wedding.
He is concerned whether juliet has gone to friar lawrence's cell
The nurse tells lord capulet that juliet has arrived from friar lawrence cell
Juliet asks for forgiveness and repents to her father
The father is then happy and he moves the wedding to the next day
Juliet goes to bed and lord capulet says that he is going to stay up all night.
Lord capulet is going to tell paris the news.

Key characters

Lord capulet - he is happy that the wedding is going on. He rushes to get everything prepared.
Juliet - she follows friar lawrence’s orders and seeks and repents for forgiveness from her father.

Key quotes

“To beg your pardon. Pardon, I beseech you” Juliet

“I'll have this knot knit up tomorrow morning!” Lord capulet

Key themes

Power

Act 4 scene 3 Key scenes

Juliet goes to her bedroom with the nurse.
She tells the nurse to go because she wants to sleep alone
Her mother comes and asks her how she is.
Juliet tells her to take the nurse with her and bids her farewell.
She speaks her own soliloquy in this scene.
She goes a bit paranoid when she says that friar lawrence may be conspiring on Juliet and the potion may not work.
She then says that she will kill herself if she wakes up in the morning and she has to get married.
She then says that she can see a ghost of tybalt as she bids it to stay.
She then drinks the potion in honour of romeo her husband.

Key characters

Juliet - she gets a bit paranoid before drinking the potion to a death like sleep
Lady capulet - she bids juliet farewell before the wedding tomorrow morning

Key quotes

“Subtly hath ministered to have me dead”Juliet

“Upon a rapier’s point! Stay, Tybalt, stay!”Juliet

Key themes

Death

Act 4 scene 4 Key scenes

The nurse, lady capulet and Lord capulet are busy getting things ready for the wedding.
The nurse tells lord capulet to go to bed as it is three O'clock in the morning of the wednesday.
Lord capulet says that he will do an all nighter as in you stay up all night.
Paris comes for the wedding later on
The nurse is sent to wake juliet up.

Key characters

Lord capulet - he is staying up to get everything ready for the wedding.
Lady capulet - she does not speak much but she is helping get the wedding food ready for the meal.
Nurse - is worried about lord capulet that he will get ill from staying up and is sent to wake up juliet.

Key quotes

“They call for dates and quinces in the pastry.” Nurse

“All night for lesser cause, and ne'er been sick.”Lord capulet

“A jealous hood, a jealous hood!” Lord capulet

Key themes

Comodí

Act 4 scene 5 Key scenes

The nurse comes to wake juliet up but juliet does not move.
The nurse tries again and then she tries again.
She then realises the following she is dead.
The nurse immediately called juliet's parents
Lady capulet comes and she is wondering what has happened and the nurse starts lamenting and points to juliet.
Lord capulet comes and lady capulet starts lamenting aswell so he follows and starts doing the same.
Paris, friar lawrence and the musicians come in.
Lord capulet gives a long explanation on what has happened.
Lord capulet then comes and tells them that juliet has died and this makes paris start lamenting.
Lord capulet then says that death is my son in law as it has married juliet.
Friar lawrence then says to bury juliet as soon as possible.
Lord capulet then tells the slaves to change everything happy and sad occasions.
Everyone then leaves except peter a slave and the musicians and the nurse
Black comedy goes on here as peter is so sad that he threatens the musicians to play a song that he wants them to play.
The last bit of this scene then ends as the musicians and peter stop argueing.

Key quotes

“Then will I lay the serving-creature's dagger on” peter

“O woe! O woful, woful, woful day!” nurse

“Ready to go, but never to return.”Lord capulet

“Come, is the bride ready to go to church?”Friar lawrence

“Alack the day, she's dead, she's dead, she's dead!” Lady capulet

Key themes

Death

Act 5 scene 1 and 2

Romeo is dreaming at the start of the first scene.
Romeo then is told news that juliet is dead and she is in the capulet tomb.
He then goes to an apothecary where he asks for some poison.
Romeo gives him lots of money and heads towards the tomb.
Friar lawrence is waiting for friar john
Friar john tells friar laurence that he did not send the letter because he had the plague.
Friar lawrence then asks for an iron crow and heads towards the capulet tomb.

Characters

Friar lawrence - he is scared because the letter has not been delivered to romeo about the plans and he heads towards the capulet tomb.

Friar john - he does not send the letter about the plans

Romeo - is sad that juliet has died. He says that he will go to the tomb to her and kill himself with the potion that he got from the apothecary.

Key quotes

“Who bare my letter, then, to Romeo?” Friar lawrence

“Her body sleeps in Capel's monument,” Friar john

“And hire post-horses; I will hence to-night.” Romeo

Key themes

Death
Woe

Act 5 scene 3 key scenes

Paris comes to the tomb with his slave. He has come to the grave to pay his respects as he is still sad that juliet has died.
Paris tells his page to whistle when anybody comes.
He places flowers at the grave when his page whistles.
Paris hides behind the tomb and romeo comes with his page.
Romeo tells his page to hide whilst he is in the grave. However, romeo tells the page that he is getting the ring of juliet but he does not tell him that he is going to kill himself as he would not let him do so. He tells the page that if he comes into the grave he will kill him. He gives the page money and tells him to live and be prosperous.
Paris is angry that romeo has come to the grave and he comes out and shouts at romeo.
Romeo asks for him to step away but paris doesn’t so they start fighting.
Paris page see them two fighting and he runs to go and call the watch
Romeo strikes paris in the chest and paris is down.
Paris asks him to lay him next to juliet and romeo agrees.
Paris dies.
Romeo is angry at himself for yet killing another individual.
Romeo opens the grave and he lays paris near juliet.
Romeo starts lamenting on seeing juliet
Romeo kisses juliet on the lips drink the poison and dies.
Friar lawrence comes and sees romeo’s page.
He asks where is romeo and the page replies he is in the grave.
Friar lawrence asks him to come into the grave with him but the page denies so friar lawrence goes by himself.
Friar lawrence sees paris and romeo dead and juliet stirs then wakes up
Juliet asks where romeo is and friar lawrence tells her that paris and romeo are dead in the grave.
Friar lawrence tells juliet that he will make her a nun for the rest of her life.
Friar lawrence hears the watch coming and he tells juliet to come with him but she does not want to go.
Friar lawrence flees from the grave.
Juliet goes to romeo and she sees that romeo drank poison.
She is sad that she never left him a drop so she kisses him because some of the poison might be on his lips.
She hears the watch and then she sees romeo’s dagger
She stabs herself and dies
The watch comes and he is confused that romeo has died, paris has died and juliet has died the second time.
He tells the other watch to raise the montagues and the capulet’s and the prince and find anyone who is at the graveyard near the tomb.
Friar lawrence, romeo’s servant and paris servant is found.
Paris and the capulets come and the watch tells him everything that has happened.
The capulet starts lamenting on their daughter's death.
Lord montague comes alone. He says that Lady montague has died of grief from romeo’s banishment.
Montague starts lamenting because he has lost his wife and his child.
The prince demands an explanation for all of this.
Friar lawrence explaines everything from the plan to the wedding and he hands the prince romeo’s letter.
Paris and romeo servants fill in the gap.
The prince says that the letter supports friar lawrence story.
Prince then says that all families have been punished.
The capulets and montague make peace and they promise to each make a gold statue for romeo and juliet.
Prince then ends the play by saying “For never there was a story with much woe, than the story of juliet and her romeo”.

Key characters

Romeo - he comes with his page and he fights and kills paris and he killed himself by juliet.
Juliet - she wakes up to find her lord dead and she killed herself too.
Lady and lord capulet - they start lamenting that they see juliet dead and they make peace with the montagues.

Lord montague - he has lost his wife and his son and he makes peace with the capulets.

Watch - they raise up the families as they has seen the destruction of death. They also wake up prince.
Friar lawrence - he comes to the grave too late and leaves juliet when he hears the watch. He is captured and he explaines the whole plan from the wedding to the plan failing.
Paris servant - he whistles when romeo and his page comes and he called the watch when romeo and paris fight.
Romeo’s servant - He and paris servant is captured and they tell part of the story.
Prince - he also has been punished when he has lost a kinsman mercutio and he has lost his son paris.

Key quotes

“For never was a story of more woe Than this of Juliet and her Romeo” Prince

“ He came with flowers to strew his lady’s grave” Paris servant

“For I will raise her statue in pure gold” Lord montague

“O brother Montague, give me thy hand” capulet

“The ground is bloody; search about the churchyard” Watchmen

“O comfortable friar! where is my lord?” Juliet

“ I hear some noise. Lady, come from that nest” Friar lawrence

“If thou be merciful, Open the tomb, lay me with Juliet” Paris

“Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die” romeo

Key themes

Love
Peace
Death
Sadness

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