Act 4

• Scene 1


  • Paris runs into Juliet as he leaves Friar Lawrence's cell
  • Juliet asks the Friar for help and threatens to kill herself
  • The Friar gives her the potion and explains the plan
• Scene 2


  • Capulet prepares for the wedding
  • Juliet returns from 'confession' and promises to obey her father
• Scene 3


  • Juliet prepares for bed, worrying about the plan
  • She takes the potion
• Scene 5


  • The Nurse discovers Juliet 'dead'
  • The wedding is turned into a funeral
• "Be not so long to speak; I long to die"


  Scene 1

  Juliet sees no way out of the situation but death
• "Henceforward I am ever ruled by you."


  Scene 2

  Juliet is acting as she was 'supposed' to, in submission to her father
• "What if this mixture do not work at all? Shall I be married then to-morrow morning?"


  Scene 3

  Juliet worries about if the potion will work and the consequences
• "Death is my son-in-law, Death is my heir; My daughter he hath wedded"


  Scene 5

  Capulet laments about his lost relatives, personifying death
• Scene 4


  • The Capulets prepare for the wedding
  • The Nurse is sent to wake Juliet