Romeo and Juliet ACT 4/ACT 5 Questions

what is friar laurences idea?

when juliet goes up to her bedroom the night before the wedding, drink the liquid he gives her and it will make her seem dead, therefore her family will put her in their family monument/the catacombs and romeo will get her there

what lie does juliet tell her father when he asks where she has been

repenting for her sins of disobedience- confession

does juliet tell the nurse of her plan

no bc she no longer trusts her

why do you think the wedding day was pushed ahead from thursday to wednesday

shakespeare wanted to build suspense in the audience

what does juliet plan to do if the potion doesnt work

kill herself

what does juliet briefly worry about before she drinks the potion

frair is trying to kill juliet; she may wake up too early and suffocate; tybalts freshly dead body will be next to her; the darkness by herself

who discovers juliets body

the nurse

what does frair laurence encourage capulet to do after discovering juliets death

have juliets body placed in the family monument

what news does balthasar bring to romeo

juliet is dead

what does romeo decide to do immediately after hearing the news

kill himself

who does romeo go to see and why

a drug dealer to get a potion to kill himself

what does friar laurence discover in scene 2

the plan wasnt delivered to romeo

what happens to paris

romeo kills him

why did romeo go to the tomb

to kill himself

what does juliet discover when she awakens

romeo is dead

how does juliet try to kill herself

tries to take the remaining poison from romeos lips to kill herself

how does juliet successfully kill herself

stabs herself with the dagger

explain the line, "dead man, lie there, buried by a dead man

romeo was going to kill himself not long after he killed and buried paris

why is it ironic that juliet calls frair "o comforting frair

romeo had just died and friar caused it and will have to tell her the bad news

who does the prince say is to blame

the two feuding families

what usually causes a tragic hero's downfall

fate, a serious character flaw, some combination of both

in what ways does romeo fit the characteristics of a tragic hero? how does he not fit these characteristics?

dies due to a tragedy because fate worked against him; romeos flaw is he tends to rush into things but he isnt as impulsive (like oedipus)

in romeo and juliet, it is not rome who experiences recognition, but other characters in the play. who are these characters, and when does this recognition occur?

montague, capulet, and the prince; after romeo and juliet die, they decide to make peac