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WorksheetsRomeo and Juliet Act 4
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 10mins
When act 4 opens up, who does Juliet find already at Friar Lawrence's cell when she goes to make a plan with him?
Romeo, also trying to make a plan
Benvolio, trying to find a way to help Romeo
Paris, to ask the Friar to marry him and Juliet
No one, she is alone
How does Juliet act in front of Paris while she's talking to Friar Lawrence?
she pretends to be happy
she is cold toward him and speaks in verbal irony to say she loves Romeo
She ignores him
She runs away from him before he can say anything
Paris tells Juliet that
she needs to stop making her face ugly with tears because her face is now his
she is the most beautiful mourner he has ever seen
he know she loves Romeo but they will figure it out
he is sorry Romeo is banished and she is sad
When WE know Juliet is talking about Romeo but Paris thinks she is talking about him, it is
verbal irony
dramatic irony
situational irony
elusive irony
When Paris leaves, how does Juliet act with Friar Lawrence?
She is calm and focused and ready to make a plan
she is hysterical and says she will kill herself if she can't be with Romeo
She is excited that Paris wants to marry her and she can now have a real, big wedding
She is angry and yells at Friar Lawrence
Juliet says she will do anything, no matter how dangerous, to get out of marrying Paris. What is Friar Lawrence's plan to help Juliet not marry Paris and be reunited with Romeo?
he will send her with his friend to go to Romeo
He will refuse to marry Juliet and Paris because Juliet is already legally married
He will give her a potion that will make her seem dead
Romeo will come back and challenge Paris to a duel
In order for the plan to work Juliet has to pretend to agree to marry Paris and then take the potion Wednesday night before bed that will make her appear (a) . Romeo will be contacted and will meet her in the tomb when she wakes up.
What goes wrong with the plan as soon as Juliet gets home?
Her parents find out about Romeo
The Nurse tells on her
Her dad moves up the wedding a whole day (to Wednesday...tomorrow)
She decides she really can't even say she would marry Paris because he disgusts her
Right before Juliet takes the potion, she gives a long ______ about the things that could go wrong and wonders if it is worth it .
monologue
soliloquy
speech
letter
Juliet thinks that the friar might really be (a) her because he officiated the secret marriage between her and Romeo. She fears that the friar might be afraid of getting into trouble and is taking Juliet away from the problem completely. She ultimately decides that's not possible because Friar Lawrence is a holy man.
What other reasons does Juliet give for hesitating to take the potion?
she wonders if Paris could really be that bad
she worries the potion will wear off too soon
she's worried she might get stuck in the tomb, go crazy, and play with her ancestor's bones
all of the above
The first person to find Juliet is (a) who wails that she's dead. Lady Capulet runs in next and cries for Lord Capulet to see. Capulet also begins crying, the Friar acts surprised that Juliet is not up and ready yet (until he sees with everyone else "she's dead" (DRAMATIC and VERBAL IRONY!)), then Paris enters the room in shock that his young bride is dead.
Capulet starts saying how Death has slept with Juliet and married his daughter, Death is now his son-in-law and heir, and Death has his daughter for eternity now. This is an example of personification because he is giving death human like qualities of being able to do all those things. What literary element is this?
personification
metaphor
hyperbole
foreshadowing
Friar Lawrence tries to get the funeral plans moving more quickly by telling the Capulets that
they should be rejoicing for Juliet because she is in heaven and her rank is the highest it could ever be
they need to get her in the tomb before he body starts to smell
she should be at rest with her ancestors in the family tomb ASAP
she isn't really dead, she just doesn't want to marry Paris
What happens with the wedding decorations?
they are thrown in the streets
they are given to the poor
they become funeral decorations
they are burned
Act 4 ends: The musicians have to change from wedding songs to funeral songs, but Peter wants to hear happy songs. They bicker back and forth, Peter threatens to stab one of them, and the musicians mock Peter being a servant. It ends with Peter finally leaving the stage, and the musicians are relieved to play sad music and eat dinner in peace. This is an example of
foreshadowing
a monologue
comic relief-comical episodes in a dramatic or literary work that offset more serious sections
personification
