Romeo & Juliet

Look for…• Puns• Allusions• Metaphor• Personification• Oxymoron• Paradoxes• Foreshadowing

PunsA pun is a humorous play on words.Mercutio – “Nay, gentle Romeo, we must have you dance.”

Romeo – “Not I, believe me. You have dancing shoes / With nimble soles; I have a soul of lead…” (Act I Sc. 4)

AllusionsAn allusion is a reference to a well known work of art, music, literature, or history.

“At lovers’ perjuries, they say Jove laughs.” (Act II, Sc. 2)

Jove is another name for Jupiter, the Roman King of the Gods.

PersonificationPersonification occurs

when an inanimate object or concept is given the qualities of a person or animal.Juliet— “For thou wilt lie upon the wings of night / Whiter than new snow on a raven’s back. / Come, gentle night, come, loving, black-brow’d night” (Act III Sc. 2)

ParadoxesA paradox is statement or situation with seemingly contradictory or incompatible components.Juliet – “O serpent heart, hid with a flowering face!” (Act III Sc. 2)

ForeshadowingForeshadowing is a

reference to something that will happen later in the story.Juliet – “Give me my Romeo; and, when he shall die,Take him and cut him out in little stars,And he will make the face of heaven so fineThat all the world will be in love with nightAnd pay no worship to the garish sun.” (Act III Sc. 2)

PROLOGUE Two households, both alike in dignity,     In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,     From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,     Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.     From forth the fatal loins of these two foes     A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;     Whose misadventured piteous overthrows     Do with their death bury their parents' strife.

PROLOGUE--cont

The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love,     And the continuance of their parents' rage,     Which, but their children's end, nought could remove,     Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage;     The which if you with patient ears attend,     What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.

What can we learn from the PROLOGUE?

•Verona, Italy (Setting, 14th Century)•Montagues –VS- Capulets: (Characters)

–Generations of Hate–Kids fall in love (Basic Plot)–Secret marriage–*Suicide–Families overcome the hate at a tragic cost

* (Foreshadows the deaths of R & J)

ACT I• Purpose

–Exposition of the Play

Characters

Setting

Conflict

ACT I, scene 1• Old hatreds are rekindled between:

– The servants of Capulets and Montagues– Tybalt and Benvolio– The Capulets & Montagues (Fathers)

All it took was one airy word or gesture “Do you bite your thumb at us sir?”

Offensive

Gestures

“If ever you disturb our streets again, your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace” (I.1.104)

Prince of Verona

decrees:

ACT I, scene 1• Sycamore = Sick amore

(love-sick)• Romeo Montague is

heart-sick because he’s been rejected by Rosaline.

• He asks his friend Benvolio, “…teach me how I should forget to think!” (I.1.241)

ACT I, scene 1Benvolio encourages, “By giving liberty unto thine eyes. Examine other beauties” (I.1.225-226) translated: there are plenty more fish in the sea

Shakespeare’s Purpose• Introduce the age-old feud between the

Montagues & Capulets

• Introduce Romeo as a romantic, moody teen who is sulking because of a breakup

Romeo = Romantic

ACT I, scene 2 Paris, a young

Count, related to the Prince, asks Lord Capulet permission to marry his daughter Juliet

You can call me Prince

Pedophile

ACT I, scene 2• Capulet asks Paris

to wait until Juliet is a bit older than her present age—almost 14

• He then invites Paris to a party at his home to woo Juliet

ACT I, scene 2• Capulet asks his

illiterate servant to deliver invitations to the party

• The servant happens upon Romeo and his pals, and asks them for assistance in reading the invitations

Comedy Relief

ACT I, scene 2

• Romeo sees Rosaline’s name on the invitation and decides to attend

Thou art cordially invited to attend the festivities at the Capulet castle:

MercutioRosalineTybalt

ACT I, scene 2• Problem: The Capulets and

Montagues are bitter enemies

• Benvolio promises that he’ll assist Romeo in comparing Rosaline to other more beautiful women, and “…make thee think thy swan a (I.2.94)

• Romeo pouts that he’ll attend but have no fun

crow”

Shakespeare’s Purpose

• Plot device:– Used to shape the love

triangle, bringing Romeo, Juliet and Paris together

– Used to bring Romeo into enemy territory—a Montague in the Capulet home

ACT I, scene 3• Lady Capulet asks her daughter, Juliet, to

“check out” Paris as a potential husband

ACT I, scene 3• Juliet respectfully

complies, but lets her mother know that marriage is not something she’s been thinking about

ACT I, scene 3• We meet Juliet’s nanny

(comic relief), the Nurse, who is especially protective of her

• We also find out that Juliet’s 14th birthday is approaching in a fortnight—Lammas Eve

Shakespeare’s Purpose• The audience knows

that Juliet is aware of Paris’ intent to marry her—love triangle

They also know thatthere may be a brawl at the party b/c Romeoand his friends are inenemy territory

ACT I, scene 4• Romeo, Benvolio, &

Mercutio are about to crash the Capulet party

• Romeo vows he won’t have any fun because he’s depressed about Rosaline’s rejections

• She has vowed to remain chaste (he’ll get nun)

ACT I, scene 4• “You have dancing shoes with

nimble soles; I have a soul of lead” (I.4.14-15)

• “I am too sore enpierced with his (Cupid’s) shaft to soar with his light feathers…under love’s heavy burden do I sink” (I.4.19-22)

• Pun—a play on words

ACT I, scene 4• A discussion about love

ensues

• Romeo’s interpretation of love:– Emotional & Spiritual

• Mercutio’s interpretation of love: – Physical & lusty

Foils

ACT I, scene 4• Romeo begins to tell his

pals about a portentous dream he had

• Mercutio mocks him with a fairy tale about Queen Mab who visits people in their dreams

ACT I, scene 4• Romeo rebukes

him, and then tells Benvolio about his dream, which makes him reluctant to go to the party

• Foreshadowing

ACT I, scene 4

• In other words:

–Romeo feels Fate has predetermined that some event tonight will cost him his life

• More foreshadowing

ACT I, scene 5• Lord Capulet begins

the party, inviting all to dance

• Romeo spies Juliet, and immediately falls heavily in love with her, instantly forgetting about Rosaline Love at first sight

ACT I, scene 5• “O, she doth teach the

torches to burn bright! It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night as a rich jewel in an Ethiop’s ear—Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear! (I.5.45-48)

ACT I, scene 5• Hot-tempered Tybalt, Lady Capulet’s

nephew, overhears Romeo’s voice, recognizes him as a Montague and prepares to kill him

• Lord Capulet orders Tybalt to “endure” Romeo’s presence, recalling the Prince’s decree.

• Tybalt obeys grudgingly, but will seek revenge at another time:

ACT I, scene 5• Tybalt remarks after

Lord Capulet has exited:

– “I will withdraw; but this intrusion shall, now seeming sweet, convert to bitter gall” (I.5.101)

ACT I, scene 5• The Infatuation

• The Kiss

• The Enemy

ACT I, scene 5

• Romeo and Juliet’s attraction is immediately electric—love at first sight!

• Yet, when they kiss they do not know each other’s identity

Yo, Baby. What’s your name?

ACT I, scene 5• Juliet’s nurse breaks the news to each

• Romeo’s reaction: – “Is she a Capulet? O dear account! My life is

my foe’s debt” (I.5. 118-119)

• Juliet’s response: – “My only love, sprung from my only hate!...

Prodigious love it is to me that I must love a loathed enemy” (I.5.140-143)

Shakespeare’s Purpose

• Foreshadow the death of Mercutio at the hands of Tybalt

• Introduce the conflict that sets the plot in motion

– Ironically Romeo & Juliet, whose families are embroiled in a bitter feud, fall madly in love

ACT II

Prologue----pg. 1020

–Summarizes Act I

–Hints that Romeo and Juliet will find a way to be together

ACT II, scene 1• Romeo’s friends, Mercutio and Benvolio,

go looking for Romeo

• They think that Romeo is still in love with Rosaline

ACT II, scene 1 & 2

• After much joking around, Mercutio and Benvolio give up and go home to bed

• Scene 2

• Romeo climbs over the Capulet garden wall and hides in the garden below Juliet’s window

O Romeo, Romeo!

Wherefore art thou Romeo?

I’m down here!

ACT II, scene 2• He overhears Juliet talking

to herself– Juliet says that she will

disown her family so she can be with Romeo

– Juliet hates the name “Montague” not the person “Romeo”

– …a rose/by any other name would smell as sweet

–a rose/by any other name would smell as sweet

ACT II, scene 2• Romeo answers

– He is willing to change his name just to be with Juliet

– “Had I it written, I would tear the word”

• Juliet says that she is afraid that her family will kill Romeo if they find him

Romeo

ACT II, scene 2 • Romeo says he would rather die than live

without Juliet• After hearing Romeo speak words of love,

Juliet: – Believes that Romeo loves her and

– Wonders if their love came too quickly and easily (Remember, they have only just met)

ACT II, scene 2• Romeo proposes & Juliet accepts

• Juliet says that if Romeo is serious about marriage, he must arrange the wedding—shewill send for his answer tomorrow at 0900 hrs

• Romeo goes to Friar Laurence to arrange the marriage

Parting is such sweet sorrow

STOP

ACT II, scene 3• Friar Laurence is alone in his garden

• Soliloquy:

– He says that nothing is completely good or evil. It is how it is used. They can heal or kill. – This speech shows his knowledge of herbs and drugs

ACT II, scene 3• Romeo arrives and explains

that

– He no longer loves Rosaline – He is now in love with Juliet – He asks Friar Laurence to

marry them

ACT II, scene 3• Friar Laurence tells Romeo

– Young men love with their eyes not with their hearts

– He still has tear streaks on his face from Rosaline

ACT II, scene 3• Friar Laurence isn’t sure

this is a good idea but

– He only agrees to marry them

– Because he thinks it will stop the feud between the two families

ACT II, scene 4• Mercutio and Benvolio are out

walking in the town square. They discuss:

– That Tybalt sent a challenge to Romeo to duel

– They say that Tybalt is an expert at dueling (fencing, sword fighting) Prince of

Cats

ACT II, scene 4• After arranging the marriage,

Romeo meets them and he is in a much better mood

• Nurse (and Peter) comes and finds Romeo at noon• not 0900 a.m.

ACT II, scene 4• Romeo tells the nurse about the plan for

the wedding1. Juliet is to go to shrift (confession) at

Friar L. cell that afternoon2. They will be married there3. Romeo’s servant will give a rope ladder to

the nurse4. Romeo will use it to climb into Juliet’s

room for their wedding night

ACT II, scene 4 and 5• The Nurse tells Romeo that

– She thinks that Paris would make a better husband

– Juliet doesn’t agree with her• Act II, scene 5• Juliet is very nervous as she waits for the

nurse to return from meeting Romeo. She is 3 hours late—12:00

ACT II, scene 5• Nurse teases Juliet by not

giving her Romeo’s message immediately

• Juliet goes to Friar Laurence to get married

ACT II, scene 6• Before Juliet arrives, Romeo and Friar L

talk– Friar L prays that God will bless the wedding

regardless of what else happens to the couple– Warns that “things” that happen so fast often

end just as quickly (and explosively)

ACT II, scene 6• When Juliet arrives, Romeo uses a lot of

poetic words to describe her and their love

• Juliet--worries that Romeo only talks about love; --is afraid that he doesn’t really understand love

• Romeo and Juliet get married

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Act III: Banishment• Central Issue:

– Romantic love –vs.- family loyalty

• Theme:– Love as a brutal emotion, leading to defiance

of family, religion, & society

Act III, scene 1• Mercutio baits Tybalt who’s looking to duel

Romeo I love you, man. • Romeo arrives but will not duel Tybalt

because he is now his kinsman through his secret marriage– “I never injured thee, but love thee

better than thou canst devise (understand)…”

Act III, scene 1• Tybalt is unaware of the

marriage, so he rejects Romeo’s peace offering

• Mercutio steps in to duel Tybalt

• As Romeo tries to break up the fight, Tybalt slays Mercutio

Ratcatcher!

Act III, scene 1• As he is dying, Mercutio curses both the warringfamilies, saying:

“Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man” and “A plague on both your houses”

Act III, scene 1

• Romeo is irate that he has allowed his love for Juliet to make him “effeminate”

• He savagely avenges Mercutio’s death

Act III, scene 1• Recognizing what he has

done (murdered his wife’s cousin) Romeo blames his actions on Fate:

“O, I am fortune’s fool!”

Act III, scene 1• The Prince

banishes Romeo from Verona, a penalty much less severe than he decreed

                                                         

Act III, scene 1

• If Romeo is found in the city, he’ll be killed

Act III, scene 2• Juliet’s soliloquy:

– She impatiently awaits Romeo, so they may consummate their marriage

–Come, night: come, Romeo, come: thou day in night: For thou wilt lie upon the wings of night Whiter than new snow on a raven’s back.

Act III, scene 2• Juliet’s nurse finally tells her the sad news

about Tybalt’s death at the hands of Romeo

• At first Juliet is angry with Romeo, then elated that he is alive, and finally suicidal because she fears she cannot live without him

Act III, scene 2• Juliet declares that,

although married, she will die a maid (virgin)

• And that death will be her husband

(Personification)

Act III, scene 2• The Nurse assures her that

Romeo, who is hiding in Friar L’s cell, will be with her tonight

• Juliet asks Nurse to take a ring to Romeo, as a symbol of her undying love for him

– Notice that Juliet sees no middle ground in her life. She lives with Romeo, or she will take her life.

Act III, scene 3• Friar Lawrence explains to Romeo that the

Prince has banished him from Verona for killing Tybalt, an act of mercy

• Romeo see banishment as a punishment worse than death

Act III, scene 3

What does “Thou cuttst my head off with a golden axe” mean? Or “You’d complain if you were hung with a new rope”?

Act III, scene 3• Friar Laurence: “O,

then I see that madmen have no ears.”

• Romeo: “How should they, when that wise men have no eyes?”

Act III, scene 3• Juliet’s nurse arrives at Friar’s cell

• Romeo is so sickened by his actions (destroying his marriage) that he attempts suicide

• Friar scolds him for his rash, weak response, chiding him to stop whining like a wench and to act like a man

Act III, scene 3• Friar Laurence (the optimist) reminds

Romeo of the “…pack of blessings” he has

1. Juliet is alive and waiting for him2. Romeo has killed Tybalt, an enemy bent

on killing him3. The Prince has spared his life

Act III, scene 3• Romeo, too, sees no middle ground in life. • Friar reveals his plan to Romeo and Nurse:

– Romeo will sneak to Juliet’s room tonight– Consummate their marriage – Escape to Mantua – Make their marriage public (Blaze)– Seek a pardon from the Prince*Nurse gives Romeo the wedding ring from Juliet.

His spirits lift—for now

Act III, scene 4• Capulet and Count Paris again discuss the

possibility of marriage (Thursday?)

• Paris: “These times of woe afford no time to woo”—(poor timingto pick up chicks)

• Paris is excited

ited

Hey, Baby. Watch' a

doing after the funeral?

Act III, scene 4• Lord Capulet asks his wife to let Juliet

know that she’ll be marrying Paris on Thursday morning. It’s currently late Monday night / early Tuesday morning.

– Ironic: Sunday (yesterday), Lord Capulet denied Paris’ request to marry Juliet because she was too young

Act III, scene 5It is dawn. Romeo & Juliethave spent their first nighttogether as a married couple

• Warning: Nudity Alert!

• Juliet is reluctant to let Romeo go to Mantua, teasing him that it is only the nightingale, not the lark.

Act III, scene 5• Romeo replies, “I must be gone and live,

or stay and die” (3.5.11)

• As he departs, Juliet has a premonition, “Methinks I see thee…as one dead in the bottom of a tomb” (3.5.56-57)

– Ironically, this is the last time the two will see each other alive

Foreshadowing

Act III, scene 5• As Romeo sneaks away, Lady Capulet

enters Juliet’s room

• She brings news that Thursday Paris will make her a joyful bride

• Juliet rejects this, telling her mother that if she marries, it will be Romeo (her enemy)

Act III, scene 5• Upon hearing this, Lord Capulet is furious

and swears that if Juliet refuses this secure marriage to Paris:

• “…you (Juliet) shall not house with me…hang, beg, starve, die in the streets, for, by my soul, I’ll ne’er acknowledge thee” (3.5.220-222)

Act III, scene 5

• Desperate and suicidal, Juliet appeals to her mother for help, but Lady Capulet replies:

– “Do as thou wilt, for I have done with thee”

• Next Juliet appeals to her Nurse, who advises her to take the secure option and marry Paris

Act III, scene 5• Juliet feigns agreement and pretends to go to

Friar Laurence to make her (confession)

• In her soliloquy, Juliet reveals her thoughts:

– She no longer trusts her nurse and will not confide in her again

– She’ll seek advice from Friar Laurence– If he cannot help her, she can always take her life

Backup Plan

Purpose• Shakespeare has moved Juliet from

childhood into adulthood, both sexually and socially (all in two days)

• She’s exerting her independence from her parents and her nurse (love-vs.-family)

Dramatic Irony– A contradiction between what a character

thinks and what the reader or audience knows to be true

– Example: Act II, scene 4: Lord Capulet announces that Juliet will wed Paris on Thursday, unaware that she married Romeo on Monday

Dramatic Irony• Another Example: Act III, scene 1, Romeo

will not duel Tybalt because the two are now kinsmen through marriage. However, Tybalt is unaware of Romeo and Juliet’s’ secret marriage

Purpose:– Create suspense & tension– Draw the audience into the action of the story

ACT IV

A Wedding becomes a Funeral (dramatic irony)

Act IV, scene 1-Tuesday• Paris confides to Friar Laurence that Lord

Capulet has hastened the wedding date to cheer Juliet, who continues to mourn “Tybalt’s” death

– dramatic irony: Why does Juliet weep?

Act IV, scene 1-Tuesday• Juliet arrives at Friar’s to “make her

confession.” (shrift)

• She and Paris exchange words “thy face is much abused with tears”

• He promises to wake her Thursday morning, then leaves

Act IV, scene 1-Tuesday• Juliet pleads with Friar for a way out of Thursday’s

wedding to Paris Before marrying Paris she would rather:o Commit suicide o Leap from yonder towero Walk among serpentso Be chained to roaring bearso Be buried among rattling bones

Act IV, scene 1-Tuesday• Her desperate plea is laced with threats of

suicide:

• “…Out of thy long-experienced time, give me some present counsel: or, twixt my extremes and me this bloody knife shall play the umpire…” (4.1.69-70)

• “Be not so long to speak. I long to die…”(4.1.73)

Act IV, scene 1-Tuesday• Juliet’s desperate plea leads to a risky plan: • Friar Laurence proposes:

– “If rather than to marry County Paris, thou hast the strength of will to slay thyself, then it is likely thou wilt undertake a thing like death to chide away shame…” (4.1.79-82)

(recall the potion Friar made from the flower in Act II, scene 3)

Act IV, scene 1-Tuesday• Friar Laurence’s “new” Plan:

Juliet will go home & happily agree to wed ParisWednesday evening she will drink the potion

which causes her to appear lifelessParis will arrive Thur morning to find her “dead”Her body will be taken to the Capulet vault

Act IV, scene 1-Tuesday• Friar Laurence’s “new” Plan:--cont.

Meanwhile, Friar will send word of the plan to Romeo in Mantua

Friar & Romeo will meet in the vault and await Juliet’s awakening (42 hours)

Romeo & Juliet will escape to Mantua (and live happily ever after)

Act IV, scene 2-Tuesday• This is what actually happened: o Juliet returns home, apologizes and happily agrees to marry Pariso She tells her father that Friar L.has set her straighto Capulet praises Friar L. for his sage advice and

moves the wedding to Wed

The battle plan is the first casualty of war

Get Marrie

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Act IV, scene 3-Tuesday• Juliet asks for privacy from her mother and

Nurse on the eve of her wedding night to atone for her disrespectful behavior

• Lady Capulet and Nurse exit so that she may ask orisons for her sins

Juliet’s soliloquy

• “Farewell! God knows when we shall meet again. I have a faint cold fear thrills though my veins that almost freezes up the heat of life” (4.3.16-17)

Juliet’s scary soliloquy• She fears that the potion may be poison. Why?

She imagines she sees Tybalt’s corpse pursuing Romeo

Act IV, scene 3-Tuesday She fears that she’ll wake up before

Romeo arrives and suffocate from the stench of Tybalt’s rotting corpse

• Frantic with fear, Juliet drinks the potion

Act IV, scene 4• Capulet household cheerfully bustles with wedding preparations(mouse-hunt = woman chaser)

• Paris arrives to wake his soon-to-be bride

– (dramatic irony—happy household / dead daughter and Paris coming to wake her)

Act IV, scene 5-Wednesday• Nurse discovers Juliet’s “dead” body

• Lord Capulet’s reaction:

“Death lies on her like an

untimely frost upon the

sweetest flower of all the

field” (4.5.33-34)

Some-body call 911

STOP

Act IV, scene 5-Wednesday• Capulet tells Paris of the Juliet’s

death:

• “O son, the night before thy wedding day hath Death lain with thy wife (personification). There she lies flower as she was, deflowered by him:

Act IV, scene 5-Wednesday• Capulet laments that the wedding

celebration has turned into a funeral feast• Friar Laurence blames the Capulet’s for the

death of their daughter

“The heavens do low’r upon you for some ill; move them no more by crossing their high will” (4.5. 105-106)

Act IV, scene 5-Wednesday• Scene 5 ends with Peter and a musician

arguing over which song to play for this tragic situation

• They make musical puns (fa, re, silver sound and sound for silver)

• Example of Comic Relief

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Act V, scene 1• Takes place in Mantua

– Romeo Has Not received a letter from Friar L– Balthasar brings the news of Juliet’s death to Romeo– Romeo orders fast horses and writing materials

Act V, scene 1• Romeo

– Plans to go to Verona– Kill himself and– Lie forever in the Capulet tomb with Juliet

Act V, scene 1• Romeo needs to get some fast acting poison

– The poison is illegal in Mantua– Anyone who sells it can be executed– The very poor (penury) and desperate

apothecary will probably sell this illegal poison– Romeo tries to buy the poison but– The apothecary doesn’t want to break the law

Act V, scene 1• Romeo points out that the apothecary is

already starving to death, so what is there to be afraid of

• “I pay thy poverty, not thy will”

• Romeo says that the “gold” is a poison that kills men’s souls

Act V, scene 1• So “gold” is worse than the poison

• Romeo says that he is the one breaking the law by selling a deadly “poison”

The love of money is theRoot of all evil

Act V, scene 2• Romeo equates the poison to a cordial (a drink believed to be good for the heart)• He sees his death as something joyous, not evil

Act V, scene 2• Takes place in Verona• Friar John was suppose to deliver a letter to Romeo

– He did not go to Mantua because– He was quarantined in a house– He couldn’t even give the letter to anyone else to deliver

Act V, scene 2• Friar Laurence realizes that

– Juliet will wake in 3 hours, so– He must go and free her

• Friar Laurence plans to send another letter to Romeo, telling him– That Juliet is alive– Hiding in Fr. Laurence’s room, and– Romeo must come and get her

Act V, scene 3• Paris and a servant go to the graveyard

– Paris wants to put flowers at Juliet’s tomb– Paris tells his servant to hide and watch for intruders– The servant signals (whistles) that someone is coming– Paris hides and waits

Act V, scene 3• Romeo and Balthasar arrive

– Balthasar is to forget everything he sees and– Give a letter to Romeo’s father – Romeo just wants to see Juliet’s face– And retrieve a very important ring

Act V, scene 3• Romeo tells

– Balthasar to leave or he will tear him to pieces

Act V, scene 3• Balthasar

– Doesn’t believe Romeo’s excuse for opening the tomb

– In an aside, he plans to hide and wait• Paris sees Romeo enter the graveyard

– He thinks that Romeo is responsible for Juliet’s death b/c he killed Tybalt

– is there to desecrate the tomb– Paris tries to apprehend him

Act V, scene 3• Romeo says

– He is there to kill himself– Paris should leave the graveyard and live – *Romeo does not recognize Paris at this point

• Paris refuses and fights Romeo• Paris’ servant

– See the fighting and– Goes to get the guards

Why are we guarding a cemetery?

Act V, scene 3• Romeo kills Paris who asks to be buried

with Juliet– Recognizes Paris– Let the dead bury the dead

• Romeo– Enters the tomb with the crow bar– expresses the beauty of Juliet– Drinks the powerful poison and dies– “Thus with a kiss I die”

Act V, scene 3• Friar Laurence arrives• Balthasar tells him that Paris and Romeo

fought

Act V, scene 3• Friar Laurence enters the tomb

– Finds Romeo and Paris dead– Juliet wakes up– He tries to get Juliet to leave the tomb because the guards are coming– He plans to hide Juliet in a convent– Juliet refuses to leave– Fr Laurence leaves and hides

Act V, scene 3• Juliet stays with Romeo

– She finds the vial– She tries to drink from the empty vial– She kisses Romeo hoping that some poison remains on his lips—still warm– None of this works– She hears the guards– She grabs Romeo’s dagger and

– Stabs herself “Oh, happy dagger, this is thy sheath”

– She dies (climax)

Oh, happy dagger, this

is thy sheath

Act V, scene 3• The Guards arrive

– They find four dead bodies– The Chief Guard sends another guard to find

the Prince and the families– The other guards find Balthasar and Fr L.– They are to be held until the Prince arrives

Paris Romeo

Juliet ?

Act V, scene 3• Juliet’s parents and the Prince arrive• The Prince wants to know what happened• Lord Montague arrives and tells them that

his wife died of grief b/c Romeo was banished

• Friar Laurence knows what happened– He also says he is both guilty and innocent for

the deaths– He tells the entire story of Romeo & Juliet

Act V, scene 3• Balthasar

– Fills in the holes in the story– He gives Romeo’s letter to the Prince– The letter confirms everything that Friar Laurence said

Act V, scene 3• The Prince

– Tells both families that they are responsible for the deaths– Their hate caused this– The Prince also blames himself because– He should have enforced the law and stopped

the feud– “And I, for winking at your discords too,”

Act V, scene 5• Lord Capulet and Lord Montague

– See what damage they have caused– They shake hands and end their feud– Lord Montague will build a pure gold statue of

Juliet so all may know of her love and loyalty– Lord Capulet will do the same for Romeo

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