Group+B+Act+Four

Group B Act Four

=What Juliet Did for Love = ===Multiple times in the play Romeo and Juliet threaten to kill themselves. In Act four, scene 1, page 709, Juliet threatens to kill herself yet again. This time Juliet attempts suicide, and she means it. Juliet plans to take the potion that will make her appear dead for 42 hours so she could be with Romeo. After faking an apology to her father, Juliet suffers the tragedy of having her wedding moved up a day. (Act 4, scene 2, page 714) Juliet finally chooses to take the potion early, so she would not have to wed Pairs (Act 4, scene 3, page 714). Just in case the potion doesn’t work Juliet places a knife by her bed to kill herself with. Unlike any suicidal thoughts Juliet had in the play before, Juliet chooses to follow through on her plan. Later in Act 5 we learn why Juliet’s choice is so significant….. ===

**~Kelly Antonacc**i
 * Conflicts **
 * In Act 4 of Romeo and Juliet, many internal and external conflicts start to occur. I believe that Juliet creates many of the conflicts herself and the outcome is solely her fault. First, in 4:1 on page 709, Juliet confronts her father about marrying Paris. In the play, this is the first time that she has expressed her true feelings about marriage to anyone but herself and the nurse. Consequently, this produces a major external conflict between her and her father. Her father is upset that she has disobeyed him. The outcome of the quarrel is Juliet's fault because she should have acted like a "typical" Shakespearean woman. Additionally, in 4:3 on page 715, before Juliet drinks the vile, a internal conflict occurs. She thinks about all the possible things that could go wrong before taking the vile. This is also her fault because if she didn't think through these things, she wouldn't have been paranoid and "gone mad." Therefore, i believe that the conflicts that occur that involve Juliet are solely her fault. **

__ Juliet's Worries __
=== In act 4 of Romeo and Juliet, Friar lawrence and Juliet make a plan that will get her out of marrying Paris. the Friar gives Juliet a vial of liquid and says if she drinks it that it will stop her breath, heart, and will make her seem dead for 42 hours. The plan is to drink it, make people think she's dead, she would be put into the family tomb until Romeo comes and rescues her. She does drink the liquid on page 716 of Act 4, Scene 3, but not before worrying about all the things that could go wrong with her plan. On page 715 in Act 4, Scene 3, Juliet is scared that the vial might not work and she'll have to marry Paris anyways. She's also worried about the possibility of Romeo not rescuing her from the tomb in time and she'll suffocate. She also says if she gets locked in she's afraid she'll lose her mind, start playing with dead people, and then kill herself by bashing in her head with a limb.; Finally, on page 716 in Act 4, Scene 3, she is afraid of the possibility that the Friar might have put poison in the vial to actually kill her since he has motive to keep his reputation intact and not get in trouble for marrying her and Romeo. I think that she is right to worry about all the things that can go wrong with this plan because it was already messed up since the date of the wedding was moved up a day, she is relying heavily on Friar Lawrence to make sure everything goes right, and so many things can go wrong. ~Nick Avallone ===

__Juliet's actions affect her appearence__
**Juliet has a lot of faith in Friar Lawrence. This faith is demonstrated in Act 4 Scene 1, page 708, when the Friar could have told Paris about her and Romeo's marriage. He cold have also told any of Capulet's or Montegue's but he chose not to. Juliet's faith in Friar Lawrence is also apparent in Act 4 Scene 1 when Friar gives her a vial liquid. This liquid is supposed to make her heart stop and look dead but she will come back fully recovered and this seems very extreme. The Friar also developes a plan for her to take this the night before her wedding and Romeo will be informed and will come and rescue her. There are a lot a variables that could go horribly wrong such as Father Capulet pushing the wedding up a day, Romeo not getting the letter, and Juliet actually dieing.** **Besides that, Juliet didn't even think about if the Friar actually wanted to kill her becuase he could ge in a lot of trouble if anyone finds out he married her and Romeo so she really trusts him.** **Although there are many what if's, Juliet still very willingly follows the plan.** **In Act 4 Scene 3, page 715, Juliet starts to realize all of the posiblities of the plan going wrong. She freaks herself out and she even goes a little mental. Even after thinking of all of the respoding variables, on page 716, Juliet takes the vial poison just as the Friar had told her to do. -Jess Coner :)**
 * In Act four, Juliet shows a different side to everybody. In 4:1 on page 708, Juliet goes to Friar Lawrence for advice. If the Friar cannot help her, Juliet repeatedly threatens suicide. We would not have expected these actions from Juliet earlier in the play. She begins to go "crazy" because of her conflict with Paris and her father. She says things and does things that are extremely unexpected from her. For another example, in 4:3 on page 715, Juliet decides to drink the potion that will make her seem like she is dead. She does this just to be with Romeo. This is a very crucial moment for Juliet and she seems to rush through it. Taking the potion could mean life or death. Juliet drinks it like it is no big deal. I would never have expected this from Juliet in the beginning of the play because she used to seem very strong-headed and independent. She now seems deperate. Also, in 4:5 on page 715, Juliet claims that if she were to wake up in the tom**b because **Romeo didn't save her, she would play with the dead corpses and mash up her brains with their bones. This seems quite extreme to me.** **In my opinion, this act was a vital part in the play regarding Juliet because of the ways she has differed from the beginning of the play to now. -Lindsey Taormina**
 * __ ﻿Faith In The Friar __**


 * Conflicts May Go Wrong (Toni Yuko)**
 * Throughout act 4 of Romeo and Juliet, Juliet makes many key choices that could easily end up going wrong. First, in 4:1 (page 711), Friar gives Juliet the poison to make her fall asleep. She accepts the idea of the poison, and in the scene it seems like she doesn't think anything will go wrong. But, easily things could go wrong including her being cremated, Romeo not getting there on time and Juliet going crazy underground in the tomb, and the potion may not even work! Another key choice the could go wrong, and end up going wrong was in 4:2 (page 713) when Juliet came home from the Friar and lied to Father Capulet. She said she was being forgiven of her sins, and then she apologized to her father for her "foul behavior". Through this apology, Father Capulet ended up moving the wedding to Wednesday instead of Thursday which further threw off the timing of the potion. These are only two of the many none thoroughly thought out choices that Juliet made.**

Tristan Kieffer
 * Juliet's goes to extreme lengths**
 * At this point in the play at act. juliet has had some major conflicts arise as a result of being married and in love with romeo. Despite Romeo being banished from verona, and having killed her cousin Tybalt, juliet goes to extreme lengths for him. One such extreme is on page 710 when juliet states she wants to kill herself. This is at least the third time she has contemplated suicide. Is romeo really worth the extreme measures and thoughts she has? But the major example of her partial insanity is on page 712 of scene two, when juliet drinks a potion that will supposedly knock her out and stop her heart beat until romeo can come save her. Juliet then thought on page 715 about the immense dangers that face her, but decides romeo is worth it and drinks the vial anyway. This could have very serious repercussions to her and her family. **