Act Four/Five Reading Notes

Act Four:

Scene 1:

• Friar doesn’t like idea of quick marriage
• Paris comes to set date
• Juliet comes & has weird banter w/ Paris about confessing, love
• J. starts crying & being sad after he leaves, brings out knife (for death)
• Friar tells J. to;
• Be ok w/ marrying Paris
• Drink potion to look dead
• He will call Romeo

Scene 2:

• Lo. C. getting ready for wedding
• J. tells Lo. C. she’s ready to get married
• Lo. C. really happy about ^^

Scene 3:

• J. wants Nurse + La. C. to stay away tonight
• J. gets worried/sad when they leave, scared b/c potion in vial
• Finally drinks b/c she saw Tybalt’s ghost? (saw a sign?)

Scene 4:

• Everyone getting ready for wedding

Scene 5:

• Nurse, La. C. going to wake up J., realize that J. is dead
• Lo. C. tells Paris about J.
• Everyone talks at once out of grief (staging note)
• Friar trying to comfort them by saying it’s ‘God’s will’
• Interaction w/ musicians, Peter = Peter bullying/pushing down musicians

Act Five:

Scene 1:

• R. hears about J. & his family from Balthasar
• R. wants to be w/ J.
• Goes to apothecary to give/create potion for death
• Potion-maker gives him death potion b/c he needs the $$

Scene 2:

• Friar John couldn’t go to R. w/letter b/c of sickness spreading
• Friar Law. tries to fix by keeping J. w/him & writing to R. again

Scene 3:

• Paris goes to tomb, really sad b/c of J.
• Moves away when he hears someone coming

• R. gives Balth. letter to explain to Lo./La. M., & tells him not to bother him
• Balth. Stays

• Paris goes to confront R.
• R. kills Paris who wanted to die near J.
• R. drinks potion & dies
• Friar finds Balth. outside 1st, then goes to tomb alone
• J. wakes up when Friar is there who blames R.’s death on higher forces
• J. kills herself w/dagger when she hears voices coming

• Watchmen tells everyone to stay until Prince comes who tries to find out what happned
• Parents of both kids are very sad
• Friar realizes how guilty he looks, & tells them everything
• Prince has a ‘trial’ right there in tomb
• Lo. C. starts w/ handshake to Lo. M. but M. says he’ll raise up J.’s name
• Prince gets last word, Town has peace