In act 4 of Romeo and Juliet, written by Shakespeare, Paris, Juliet, and Friar meet together at Friar Lawrence’s cell. Juliet and Paris have not seen each other for a couple of days. When Paris regarded Juliet as his wife, Juliet responds saying she will be his wife when she becomes one. She then confesses her love for Romeo to Paris, but Paris just brushes it off by saying that she must be in love with him on line 26. At this point in the play, Juliet is very worn out from crying because of the death of her cousin Tybalt and the reason for his death, Romeo.
Juliet asks for Friar’s help because she is in a state where she is willing to die if nothing could prevent the wedding from happening between her and Paris. Friar gave Juliet a potion that makes her appear dead for a couple of hours, but then she will come back to life. Juliet takes it gladly on lines 87- 88, she says she will take it without fear, to live an unstained life as a wife with Romeo. This shows the devotion she has for Romeo and how strong and real her love is. Friar sends a letter to Romeo to let him know about this plan.
When Juliet returned home, she lied to her father, Capulet, saying she was repenting for her sins (line 17, act 2), and told Paris her love for him ( line 26). She puts on an act to make sure nobody figures out her plan to play dead. I thought that was very smart.
Juliet has doubts about the potion that Friar gave to her, and she talks about the ghost of her cousin Tybalt as she drank and potion and fell on her bed. When the Nurse went to go find Juliet, and she found her dead, the Capulets all gathered in Juliet’s room. Capulet uses a metaphor on line 29, he says “Upon the sweetest flower of all the field” he is referring to Juliet as the sweetest flower in the area. Also on line 62, when Capulet says “…my soul, and not my child!” this shows that even though he was forcing Juliet to marry someone she didn’t love, it was all for her own sake, and that he actually truly loves his daughter.
Juliet asks for Friar’s help because she is in a state where she is willing to die if nothing could prevent the wedding from happening between her and Paris. Friar gave Juliet a potion that makes her appear dead for a couple of hours, but then she will come back to life. Juliet takes it gladly on lines 87- 88, she says she will take it without fear, to live an unstained life as a wife with Romeo. This shows the devotion she has for Romeo and how strong and real her love is. Friar sends a letter to Romeo to let him know about this plan.
When Juliet returned home, she lied to her father, Capulet, saying she was repenting for her sins (line 17, act 2), and told Paris her love for him ( line 26). She puts on an act to make sure nobody figures out her plan to play dead. I thought that was very smart.
Juliet has doubts about the potion that Friar gave to her, and she talks about the ghost of her cousin Tybalt as she drank and potion and fell on her bed. When the Nurse went to go find Juliet, and she found her dead, the Capulets all gathered in Juliet’s room. Capulet uses a metaphor on line 29, he says “Upon the sweetest flower of all the field” he is referring to Juliet as the sweetest flower in the area. Also on line 62, when Capulet says “…my soul, and not my child!” this shows that even though he was forcing Juliet to marry someone she didn’t love, it was all for her own sake, and that he actually truly loves his daughter.
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