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Name: Date: Discussion Questions: Act 4 Scene 1 , Scene 2, & Scene 3 The Friar’s Plan & Juliet’s Fears Period: Romeo & Juliet Act 4 scene 1: 1. Make an inference about Lord Capulet’s needing to have Paris marry Juliet so soon after Tybalt’s death? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What allusion does Paris make in these lines? Explain this allusion. Why would Shakespeare have Paris make this allusion? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Describe Juliet’s conversation with Paris. What does Paris think will happen? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. There are many instances of dramatic irony in lines 1 to 43. All instances relate to Paris’s lack of knowledge about Juliet’s marriage to Romeo. The following chart indicates the discrepancies between Paris’s beliefs and the truth. Illustrate your understanding of dramatic irony by completing the following chart, indicating what the audience knows and what Paris does not: The Apparent Situation What the Audience Knows (What appears to be true.) (The reality of the situation.) Friar Lawrence to Paris: “On Thursday sir? The time is very short.” (line 1) Paris believes that Juliet “weeps for Tybalt’s death.” (line 6) Paris calls Juliet “my lady and my wife” (line 18) Paris to Juliet and the Friar: “God shield I should disturb devotion” (line 41) 5. Based on what we know about Juliet, describe what she will do if Friar Lawrence refuses to help her? *List three things she would rather do than marry him. __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. What is the plan the Friar proposes to Juliet? Create a bulleted list of what is “supposed” to happen. __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Where have we previously heard mention of this “potion”? What is this potion capable of doing? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 8. What are potential problems with this plan? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 9. What ulterior motives does the Friar have in suggesting this plan? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Name: Date: Period: 10. What kind of moral dilemma or internal conflict does this plan cause for Friar Lawrence? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Romeo & Juliet Act 4 scene 2: 11. Up to this point in the play, Juliet hasn’t actually lied to her father. However, she deliberately deceives him now. What line or lines illustrate her deception.. __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 12. There is more dramatic irony in this scene. Give one example and explain the irony. __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 13. What is the dramatic purpose of Scene 2? Why is the scene necessary to the plot, theme, and characterizations? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 14. How does Juliet’s willingness to marry Paris cause Lord Capulet to change the wedding plans? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 15. What new problem(s) does this cause for Friar Lawrence’s plan for Juliet? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Romeo & Juliet Act 4 scene 3: 16. Juliet’s soliloquy in Scene 3 reveals her fears. What is she afraid of? Write a list of Juliet’s fears concerning the potion and Friar Lawrence’s plan: __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 17. Do you share her fears? If you were Juliet, what would you be most fearful of if you were the one having to go through with this plan? Why? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 18. What does it say about Juliet that she goes through with the plan despite her fears? __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 19. Many readers wonder why Juliet doesn’t go to Mantua with Romeo once he is banished or join him there after she discovers she has to marry Paris. What reasons can you give to explain the fact that she doesn’t leave? Would the reasons be the same today, somewhat similar, or quite different? Explain. __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 20. Choose ONE of the following statements and finish it in a minimum of five (5) sentences: • I believe that Juliet has/hasn’t changed significantly since the beginning of the play because…. • If I were Juliet, I would/wouldn’t consider going through with the plan because… __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________