The plan was the Juliet would go home and consent to marry Paris. The night before the wedding she was to stay in her room alone and drink the deathlike poison, that would make her have “no pulse, no warmth, no breath”, she’d be completely deathlike. She would be in this state for 24 hours, when found she would be placed in the Capulets tomb. There would be a letter sent to Romeo of the plan. Romeo will them come retrieve his bride (IV.i.89-120).
She agrees. He then gave Juliet a potion that would make her appear to be dead. Juliet was going to drink this potion the night before so the wedding does not go on. They would then have a funeral for "dead" Juliet. The flaw in this was that a message had to go to Romeo explaining the situation because he was exiled from Verona.
Friar Lawrence has the idea to give Juliet a sleeping potion that would make her look dead. This would result in her arranged marriage with County Paris called off, and she would be able to run away with her true love Romeo. Friar tells Juliet that a message would be sent to Romeo informing him about this plan, but unfortunately Romeo never gets the message. Friar tells Juliet, “Shall Romeo by my letters know our drift; and hither shall he come; and he and I will watch thy waking…” (IV.i.114-116).
Friar’s plans for sending Romeo the letter of instructions, fall through when the wedding is moved and Juliet takes the potion sooner. Since Juliet was told by the friar that “Romeo by letters know our drift / … And he and I / Will watch thy waking,” she believes Romeo will be there when she awakes, (IV. Ii. 114-117).
After Romeo left, Juliet got news that she was to marry Count Paris. Since she was already married to Romeo, she could not marry another man and went to Friar Laurence for help. The Friar gave her a drink that would put her in a death-like state for 42 hours so she would appear dead on the day of her wedding. His plan was to have Romeo meet Juliet at the Capulet tomb when she woke so that they could run off together to Mantua. However, this plan was not executed properly, Friar John did not get to Romeo in time to give him the letter.
After Romeo has been banished from Verona Juliet's parents forced her to marry Paris. To get out of this Friar Laurence gave Juliet a potion that will make her seem dead when she is just in a very deep sleep. But he fails to get the message to Romeo which makes Romeo believe Juliet is dead. Romeo has no idea of the plan, as he clearly states, “Is it e’en so? Then I defy you, stars! /Thou
he fact that Romeo is in Juliet 's room, his families rival, and he is a wanted fugitive for killing her cousin, also makes this dangerous for him. However, she wants him to stay longer, but Romeo understands the danger, because "more light and light" brings the possibility of capture and death (Act 3, Scene 5). During, Act 3, Scene 5, Romeo seems like he uses rational thought and maturity, by pointing this out to Juliet. Also, in the final scene of Act 3, Juliet forshadows, when she saw Romeo defending her window, by asking Romeo, "Thou art so low," and, "thou looks 't pale," (Act 3, Scene 5).
The letter never got to Romeo. When Romeo got to the tomb he saw Juliet and she appeared to be dead. “For here lies Juliet, and her beauty makes this vault a feasting presence full of light. Death, lie thou there, by a dead man interred” (Shakesphere act 5 scene 3).
His plan was for Juliet to consent to marry Paris. Afterwards, she will drink a sleeping potion the night before her wedding that will make her appear dead. Friar Laurence gives a letter to Friar John to be delivered to Romeo. The letter was supposed to be delivered just in time to Romeo so he would have enough time to come to Verona and reunite with Juliet as she woke up. However, the wedding was rushed to occur a day earlier than planned.
Since Juliet did not want to marry Paris because she was already married to Romeo by the Friar, Juliet had to find a way to get herself out of the marriage. Juliet called upon the Friar for help again, and he gave her a sleeping potion which made her sleep for 48 hours, making everyone believe she was dead to get out of her soon to be marriage with Paris. In the end Romeo was supposed to get a letter from Friar Lawrence, that he never received, to tell Romeo about Juliet’s plan to fake her death so she could run away with Romeo. Since Romeo didn’t receive the letter about Friar’s plan, Romeo heard about Juliet’s death from a friend and immediately decided to go see her and eventually kill himself. Another mistake that Friar had made was
Act 1 Passage Quiz This passage has the structure of a sonnet since it is written in iambic pentameter, has the same rhyming scheme and the correct number of lines. For starter, the passage is written in iambic pentameter, which means that one syllable is unstressed, while the other is stressed. An example of this is in line 4, the word to, is unstressed, while smooth is stressed, and the pattern continues... In addition, the passage includes the correct rhyming pattern of a sonnet.
Juliet 's apparent death reveals the reactions and true emotions that her parents, The nurse and Paris felt towards her. Act 4 scene 5 starts with a humorous and eager tone but suddenly switches to a more sorrowful and sad tone as soon as the nurse discovers Juliet’s pale dead body. They were shocked and upset because it meant to be juliet 's wedding night. Their attitude and reaction shows us the importance of Juliet in their lives. Their relationships with Juliet in the past have an impact on the way they reacted.
Romeo will then meet her in the tomb, where the rest of the lifeless Capulets lie. When she wakes, they will run off to Mantua together, leaving both families without the knowledge of their departure (Shakespeare 993). Friar created an entire arrangement in order to keep Romeo and Juliet together. If he had not given her the potion, to fake her death, Juliet would have been forced to marry Paris, by her father. They would have been separated and without the plan, Romeo would have never received the false news of Juliet's death, leading not only him but Juliet to take her own life.
She then decides to go to Friar Lawrence and asks for help. His plan is to fake Juliet’s death, Juliet would have to drink a sleeping potion on the night before her wedding making her appear to be dead. After that she will be placed in a tomb where at this time Juliet would be awake, Friar Lawrence with the help of Friar John will send a letter to Mantua to Romeo about his plan. After all of that Friar Lawrence breaks her free from the tomb and will live with Romeo in Mantua. Juliet agrees to the plan and takes the potion from Friar Lawrence, however she becomes nervous and wondering if the potion would work.
How does Shakespeare’s Portrayal of Romeo and Juliet’s relationship become so captivating for the audience? Act 2 scene 2 is one of the most important and well known scenes in Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’. In this scene, Romeo and Juliet openly declare their love for each other for the first time in the play, which is done partially in soliloquy and partially in dialogue. The atmosphere that Shakespeare creates in Act 2 Scene ii is one of excitement, expectation and a little fear on the part of the audience. In this scene the audience is aware that Romeo is trespassing not only onto the private property of another family, but also onto one of his mortal enemies’, and if he were to get caught he would immediately be murdered by the Capulet
