Romeo and Juliet Act IV and V Study Guide
Who says "See what a scourge is laid upon your hate, /That heaven finds means to kill your joys with love." ?
The Prince
Romeo tells Balthazar he will enter the tomb to do what?
Get the ring from Juliet's finger
What does Balthazar do while Romeo buys the poison?
Gets the horses
The apothecary tells Romeo that the dram of poison "has the strength to kill" what?
20 men
How long is the potion supposed to make Juliet sleep?
42 Hours (Almost 2 days)
What literary device is "For Venus smiles not in a house of tears." ?
Allusion
What is the nurse's name?
Angelica
How does Romeo learn about Juliet's death?
Balthasar
At the beginning of Act V, how does Romeo hear what has happened to Juliet?
Balthazar tells him
Who says "Her body sleeps in Capul's monument,/ And her immortal part with angels lives." ?
Blathazar
Who does the Prince hold responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet?
Both families, the Capulets and the Montagues
Who says "There she lies/Flower as she was, deflowered by him/Death is my son-in-law, Death is my heir." ?
Capulet
What does the apothecary symbolize?
Death
What literary device is "Capulet: "now afore God, this reverend holy friar,/All our whole city is much bound to him." ?
Dramatic Irony
When Romeo says "I defy you stars!", who or what is he defying?
Fate
What lessons do the deaths teach each family?
Feuds are a waste of human life
Who gives Juliet the potion to drink?
Friar Laurence
Who says "I'll send a friar with speed/To Mantua, with letters to thy lord." ?
Friar Laurence
Who says "The letter was not nice, but full of charge,/Of dear import; and the neglecting it /May do much danger." ?
Friar Laurence
When Juliet awakens, she has a conversation with whom?
Friar Laurence, he begs her to leave, they hear voices and he exits
Describe Friar Laurence's role in dealing with Juliet?
He is an ally
What convinces the apothecary to sell the dram of poison to Romeo?
He is poor and needs the money
What does Romeo do right before he dies?
He kisses Juliet and then drinks the poison
Why doesn't Romeo know that Juliet is not really dead?
He never got the letter
What does the Prince do after F. Laurence tells everyone the story?
He pardons Friar Laurence
What does Friar Laurence do upon hearing of Friar John's mishaps?
He will go to Juliet's tomb and keep her in his cell while another letter is getting to Romeo
What mistakes does Friar Laurence make?
His lack of good judgement, he marries Romeo and Juliet without telling parents, doesn't tell Paris that Juliet is already married, He always makes plans that no one knows about
Who says "Be not so long to speak. I long to die/If what thou speak'st speak not of remedy." ?
Juliet
Who says "Farewell! God knows when we shall meet again./I have faint cold fear thrills through my veins/That almost freezes up the heat of life." ?
Juliet
Who says, "Romeo, I come! This do I drink to thee"?
Juliet
What would Juliet rather do than marry Paris?
Jump from the top of a tower, Become a thief, be chained to roaring bears
What does Romeo intend to do when he leaves Mantua to go back to Verona?
Kill himself
What is Paris's request?
Lay him next to Juliet
Why does Lord Capulet speed up the marriage plans?
Lord Capulet thinks Juliet is happy and she wants to marry Paris
What literary device is "Thou detestable maw, thou womb of death,/Gorged with the dearest morsel of the earth,/Thus I enforce thy rotten jaws to open,/And in despite I'll cram thee with more food." ?
Metaphor
What does Romeo believe is "worse poison to men's souls?"
Money (Gold)
What does Romeo compare the Capulet vault to?
Mouth
What literary device is "Unhappy fortune!" ?
Oxymoron
When Juliet arrives at Friar Laurence's cell, who is there with him?
Paris
Who tries to keep Romeo from entering Juliet's tomb?
Paris
What literary device is "Death, that hath sucked the honey of thy breath,/Hath no power yet upon thy beauty." ?
Personification
What does Romeo buy from the apothecary?
Poison
Who says "For never was a story of more woe/Than this of Juliet and her Romeo." ?
Prince
Who says "Shall I believe/That unsubstantial death is amorous,/And that the lean abhorred monster keeps/Thee here in dark to be his paramour?" ?
Romeo
Who says "Then I defy you, stars!" ?
Romeo
What happens in the fight between Paris and Romeo?
Romeo kills Paris
What does Juliet do after learning of Romeo's death?
She cries and then kills herself
How does Juliet change during the course of the play?
She is more rebellious and fights with his parents
What literary device is "Death lies on her like an untimely frost/Upon the sweetest flower of all the field." ?
Simile
What literary device is "O me, this sight of death is as a bell/That warns my old age to a sepulcher." ?
Simile
Who first discovers that Juliet is "dead"?
The Nurse
Who informs the night watchman when Romeo and Paris fight?
The Page
How does heaven or fate punish the Capulets and Montagues for their feud?
The children end up committing suicide
Which event leads most directly to Romeo and Juliet's death?
The failure to deliver the letter
Why is Friar John unable to deliver the letter?
The plague
What 3 things does Juliet fear before she drinks the potion?
The potion will not work, Friar Laurence is actually poisoning her, Romeo will not be there when she wakes up
Why is the news of Juliet's death dramatic irony? (Scene IV)
The readers know that Juliet is not really dead and is just pretending
What do the families do to remember their children?
They make statues of each children made out of gold and lay them next to each other
Why does Paris think that Juliet is crying?
Tybalt's death
Why is the apothecary's shop closed when Romeo gets there?
It's a holiday
Why does Juliet pretend to be obedient to her father?
It's part of Friar Laurence's plan
What is the Friar's plan to solve Juliet's marriage problems?
Juliet will agree to marry Paris, but the night before she will drink the poison which will make it seem like she is dead and the family will put her in the tomb and he will send a letter to Romeo telling him everything and he will come and meet her
What literary device is "Shall I believe/That unsubstantial Death is amorous,/And that the lean abhorred monster keeps/Thee here in dark to be his paramour?" ?
Personification
What literary device is "There she lies/Flower as she was, deflowered by him./Death is my son-in-law, Death is my heir." ?
Personification
What happens between the two families in the closing scene?
Reconcile and make up
Who is the final speaker in the play?
The Prince
How are Romeo and Juliet responsible for the outcome?
They marry too quickly without considering consequences
