Romeo and Juliet Acts IV-V

Why is Paris visiting Friar Laurence in Act IV, Scene 1?

Juliet says to Friar L, "If...thou canst give no help/Do though but call my resolution wise/And with this knife I'll help it presently...Be not so long to speak; I long to die." What do she intend to do?

Describe Friar Laurence's plan to prevent Juliet's marriage to Paris.

Which quote best explains why Friar Laurence thinks Juliet will follow through with his plan.

• Hold, daughter: I do spy a kind of hope...

• If...

  Thou hast the strength of will to slay thyself,

  Then is it likely thou wilt undertake

  A thing like death...

• ...if thou darest, I'll give thee remedy.

• Hold; get you gone, be strong and prosperous

  In this resolve...

When Juliet returns home, what does she tell her father?

• She is married to Romeo.

• She is going to become a nun.

• She will marry Paris.

• She hates him.

Which is NOT an aspect of Friar Laurence's plan that Juliet fears?

• Waking up before Romeo arrives

• Being suffocated in the tomb

• Being driven mad by the sight of the dead bodies

• Being tricked by Friar Laurence into drinking poison

• Being caught by the nurse while drinking the potion

What is the dramatic irony as we read Romeo's opening lines in Act V, Scene 1?

When Romeo hears that Juliet is dead, he says, "I defy you, stars!" What is he defying? (HInt: Remember what I told you stars represent in Shakespeare?)

What does Romeo mean when he says he will lie with Juliet that night?

An apothecary is like a mix between a chemist and a pharmacist. What does Romeo hope to get from the apothecary?

• seasoning

• love potion

• poison

• medicine