Due Thursday, February 7th - "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare - Act IV

Romeo and Juliet...today!!!!

Directions: In small groups, read Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Act IV. For your blog response, please answer three of the following questions, using direct quotations from the text to back-up your responses to EACH question. (Note that each question contains multiple parts.  Cover everything, please).  Please read your fellow classmates responses and try to answer all the questions as a class. Respond to each other.  Be bold.  Be brilliant!!!!

IMPORTANT:  If you did not complete the previous blog for Act III, please do so ASAP.  We will be engaging in acting workshops soon!!!!!

Act IV Study Questions

1.  What does Juliet ask of Friar Laurence? What does Juliet say she will do if she cannot find a way to avoid marrying Paris? How does Juliet respond to Paris’ complements in this act?

2.  What does Friar Laurence say will happen when Juliet drinks the potion? How will Romeo learn of Friar Laurence’s plan? What does Friar Laurence say Romeo and Juliet will do after Juliet awakens?

3.  In scene ii what does Juliet tell her father? What activities occur in the Capulet household at the start of scene ii?

4.  Describe the various fears Juliet has as she gets ready to drink Friar Laurence’s potion. Describe three - four of her major concerns.

5.  What effect might Capulet’s change of plans have on the Friar’s arrangements? How do Capulet, his wife, the nurse, and Paris react when they find Juliet?

6.  What does Friar Laurence tell the family? According to Lord Capulet, what will happen now to all the preparations that were made for the wedding?