Question Sheet Four Act 3, 4, 5

1) Act 3 scene 5 lines 116-121
a. Juliet's mother came to tell her that she is to marry Paris on Thursday
b. Juliet's reaction is horror stricken she refuses to marry Paris and says that she would rather marry Romeo who her mother believes she hates rather than marry Paris. But the real reason is of course that fact that she is already married to Romeo.
c. 'he shall not make me there a joyful bride!'

2) Act 3 scene 5 lines 201-213
a. 'An you be mine, I'll give you to my friend.' Lord Capulet means that because Juliet is his daughter he owns her therefore he doesn't need Juliet's consent to marry her off to his friend Paris.
b. 'Or if you do not, make the bridal bad in that dim monument where Tybalt lies.' it foreshadows the plan that Juliet fake her own death and actually does end up in the tomb where Tybalt lies than in her marriage bed.
c. 'O God! - O nurse, how shall this be prevented?' well if she marries Paris she will be married to two people and thats not legal. Also she would be cheating on Romeo.

3) Act 3 scene 5 lines 230-244
a. the nurses advice to Juliet is to forget about Romeo and marry Paris because she will have security with Paris that she doesn't have with Romeo.
b. Juliet responds by damning the nurses heart and soul to damnation.
c. Juliet has one last person to go to for advice Friar Laurence.

4) Act 4 scene 1 lines 90-121
a. The hope that Friar Laurence offers Juliet the plan of faking her own death so that she doesnt have to marry Paris and she can then run away with Romeo.

5) Act 5 scene 1 lines 13-18
a. Balthasar tells Romeo that Juliet is dead.

6) Act 5 scene 1 lines 36-39
a. Romeo plans to lie with Juliet that night meaning he will commit suicide. He doesn't hesitate for a second when he makes this decision.
b. Romeo's solution is suicide he is going to see and apothecary (herbalist) for a poison to kill himself with.

7) Act 5 scene 1 lines 80-89
a. Because its another slow down point its not necessary.
b. that gold is a worse poison than the one he is buying for it poisons the soul.

8) Act 5 scene 3 lines 90-120
a. ' Eyes, look your last! Arms take your last embrace! and lips, O you the doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss a dateless bargain to engrossing death! Romeo is talking about how this is the last time he will ever look, hold or kiss Juliet.
b. 'Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die.' Romeo says that the poison he bought is working quickly he is dying. He will die with a kiss.

9) Act 5 scene 3 lines 169-172
a. Two things upset Juliet one being that there is no poison left in the bottle to help her die and the second is the fact that Romeo's lips are still warm he was juts alive.

10) Act 5 scene 3 lines 174-175
a. 'yea, noise? Then I'll be brief. O happy dagger! This is thy sheath; there rust and let me die'
Juliet means that she will kill herself with this dagger because she hears someone coming to inspect the tomb.