Romeo and Juliet, Act IV

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Friar Lawrence's reason for not supporting Paris's marriage to Juliet

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Juliet is already married to Romeo.

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Friar's expertise

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Medicinal uses of plants

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Meaning of lamentable

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regrettable

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Extremely distressed behavior

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Pacing, wringing hands, crying softly

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Meaning of melancholy

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sad

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Juliet's true sadness

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Loves Romeo, doesn't want to marry Paris

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Juliet's apology to her father

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"Where I have learnt me to repent the sin / Of disobedient opposition / To you and your behests, and am enjoined / By holy Lawrence to fall prostrate here / To beg your pardon…."

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Dramatic Irony in Juliet's Speech

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"Nurse, will you go with me into my closet / To help me sort such needful ornaments / As you think fit to furnish me tomorrow?"

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Dramatic Irony in Romeo and Juliet

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Other characters think Friar Lawrence means what he says, but the audience knows he does not.

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Pun explanation: Juliet's death

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Sad case; 'case' as instrument holder.