Romeo and Juliet Act 4 Questions Review: 1. What is the Nurse’s advice to Juliet? Explain your opinion on this advice. 2. What are Juliet’s options at the end of Act 3? 3. Why is it not possible for Juliet to simply run away from home? 4. Who is most responsible for Juliet’s eventual death – Capulet, Lady Capulet, or the Nurse? Why? 4.1 1. How does Juliet speak to Paris? 2. What will Juliet do if Friar Lawrence cannot delay her marriage to Paris? 3. What does Juliet say she would rather do than marry Paris? How would you describe her behavior in this scene? Do you think it is reasonable behavior? Why or why not? 4. List all the details of Friar Lawrence’s plan to help Juliet. 5. Why does Friar Lawrence agree to help Juliet by giving her this potion? What could he have done instead? Is he responsible for Juliet’s ultimate death? 4.2 1. Why does Juliet apologize to her father? Do you think she is truly sorry? 2. Why does Capulet decide to move the wedding earlier by one day to tomorrow morning? 4.3 1. Juliet asks to be alone. What is the reason she gives to the Nurse and what is she actually going to do? 2. List Juliet’s several fears about the potion. 3. What is Juliet’s plan if the potion does not work? 4. Why does Juliet fear Tybalt’s ghost? 4.4 1. For what purpose does this scene serve? 4.5 1. How does Lady Capulet react to Juliet’s death? What is your opinion of her reaction? 2. How does Capulet personify death in lines 40-­‐46? 3. How does Capulet react to Juliet’s death? What is your opinion of his reaction? 4. What does Friar Lawrence say to comfort the others? What is ironic about his speech? 5. What does Friar Lawrence suggest is the cause of Juliet’s death in lines 100-­‐101? 6. What is the purpose of the last section of this Act with Peter and the musicians?