Juliet
Learning objective:
To focus on the character of Juliet in Act 5
Starter: Word Rally…
Going around the class in a circle, people need to shout out words that
they associate with Juliet.
Rules:
1. You cannot use the same word twice
2. The class judges you on your word: if the majority think it doesn’t
count, it doesn’t count!
3. Teacher’s word is final
4. Prize for the winner!
Juliet – Act 5
Analysing quotes
Juliet features little in Act 5 but is spoken of much. Your task is to analyse the following quotes,
writing them in your own words…
1. Balthazar:
‘Her body sleeps in Capels’ monument.
And her immortal part with the angels
lives’
2. Romeo:
‘Well, Juliet, I will let with thee tonight.
Let’s see for means’
3. Paris:
‘Sweet flower, with flowers thy bridal
bed I strew-O woe thy canopy is dust
and stone!’
4. Romeo:
‘For here lies Juliet, and her beauty makes
this vault a feasting presence full of light.’
5. Romeo:
‘O my love, my wife, Death, that hath suck’d
the honey of thy breath, Hath had no
power yet upon thy beauty’
6. Romeo:
‘Come bitter conduct, come unsavoury
guide! Thou desperate pilot, now at once
run on the dashing rocks thy seasick weary
bark! Here’s to my love! O true
apothecary!’
Practicing with an extract
JULIET
O comfortable friar! where is my lord?
I do remember well where I should be,
And there I am. Where is my Romeo?
JULIET
What's here? a cup, closed in my true love's
hand?
Poison, I see, hath been his timeless end:
O churl! drunk all, and left no friendly drop
To help me after? I will kiss thy lips;
Haply some poison yet doth hang on them,
To make die with a restorative.
Noise within
Kisses him
FRIAR LAURENCE
Thy lips are warm.
I hear some noise. Lady, come from that nest
Of death, contagion, and unnatural sleep:
A greater power than we can contradict
Hath thwarted our intents. Come, come away.
Thy husband in thy bosom there lies dead;
And Paris too. Come, I'll dispose of thee
Among a sisterhood of holy nuns:
Stay not to question, for the watch is coming;
Come, go, good Juliet,
Noise again
I dare no longer stay.
FIRST WATCHMAN
JULIET
Go, get thee hence, for I will not away.
Exit FRIAR LAURENCE
[Within] Lead, boy: which way?
JULIET
Yea, noise? then I'll be brief. O happy dagger!
Snatching ROMEO's dagger
This is thy sheath;
Stabs herself
There rust, and let me die.
Falls on ROMEO's body, and dies
Focussing on the extract…
1. Explain how Shakespeare presents the character of Juliet in this extract. Write a PEE
paragraph to show your point
2. Using your understanding of the extract, explain how the following lines might be
performed:
JULIET
What's here? a cup, closed in my true love's hand?
Poison, I see, hath been his timeless end:
O churl! drunk all, and left no friendly drop
To help me after? I will kiss thy lips;
Haply some poison yet doth hang on them,
To make die with a restorative.
Kisses him
Thy lips are warm.
3. In this extract, we see Juliet
being strong in the face of strong
opposition. Talk about another
part in the play when Juliet show
she can stand up for herself
The Rhyme and Reason of Juliet…
Step 1: Read the final passage spoken by Prince at the
end of the play
Step 2: What is the rhyme scheme of these 6 lines?
Step 3: Your task is to write a poem about the character
of Juliet based on the same rhyme scheme.
Ideas: Character qualities you think Juliet has, events she
is a part of, how she feels about Romeo, how she dies.
Complete the sentence:
What I have learnt
today about Juliet is…