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