Group+A+Act+Four

Group A Act Four Character actions  Paris seems to be commanding of the way he wants to be married to Juliet. He talks his way into it with her father, and than makes Juliet feel like a piece of property, all in the span of a few hours. But then it also seems as if he really is excited to be married to her, he said "happily met, my lady and my wife!" (pg 708) He seems to be excited to be married to her, but than he also seems to want her to think hes not, as if he wants her to think hes not a nice man, or not going to be good to her. But than towards the end of the act when Juliet is pretend 'dead', he seems to be genuinely upset and sad that she has 'died'.

Key Choices: In Act Four, scene one, we hear Paris talking to Friar Lawrence as he explains his wedding to Juliet the next day. Paris says "My father Capulet will have it so, and I am nothing slow to slack his haste."(pg 708) This is referring to the fact that Juliet's father has scheduled the wedding for two days from when this meeting takes place. In my opinion, it seems like Paris could be implying that he would be able to push back the wedding date as far as he would like. In Romeo and Juliet, the timing of hte wedding becomes very important, and the fact that Paris would have the power to decline Father Capulet's idea of moving the wedding up yet another day is key to the story. If Paris would have kept to the original date of the wedding, there is a chance that the letter explaining the Friar's plan would have made it to Romeo in time to save both Romeo and Juliet from their impending deaths. ~Abby Cotter

In Act Four of Shakepeare's //Romeo and Juliet,// Lady Capulet, Juliet's mother, does some repeated actions during the scene. Earlier in the play, Lady Capulet lets herself be silenced by her husband, trying to stand up to him but refusing to fight back when he shuts her down (3:5). On page 714, (4:2) Lady Capulet again refuses to further disagree with her husband when he changes the day of Juliet's wedding. She says: "No, not til Thursday. There is time enough." But like before, Capulet does not listen to his wife and refuses to hear her opinion, telling the Nurse that he will have the wedding tomorrow anyway. Lady Capulet knows he opinion does not matter to her husband. ~Rebecca Lopez
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Character Changes:
In 4:1 when Paris was talking to Juliet about the wedding on Thursday, he talks to her as if he already owns her. He does not talk to her as if he really cares about her, but he talks quite snobbish around her. I quote from act four scene one: **Paris** //Thy face is mine, and thou hast slandered it.// Since he was her "soon to be husband", i feel that he should have been much nicer to her and talked like he really cared about her. But in 4:5 when Juliet is "dead", and Paris walks into the scene, he was so sad and was much more sympathetic. From act four scene five, Paris says: **Paris** //Beguiled, divorced, wronged, spited, slain,// // Most detestable Death, by thee beguiled, // // By cruel, cruel, thee, quite overthrown. // // O love, O life, not life, but love in death. // ~Aryana Nakhai //﻿ // //**Lady Capulet- Character Changes** // //Earlier on in the play, when Juliet got into a fight with her father, Lady Capulet said,"Talk not to me, for I'll not speak a word. Do as thou wilt, for I have done with thee." On page 704. But when Juliet dies, (4:5) Lady Capulet is grief stricken. She pleads that Juliet not be dead. She says, "O me, O me! My child, my only life! Revive, look up, or I will die with thee! Help, Help! Call help!" This is a character change from being mad and "done" with Juliet to wanting her not to be dead. // //~Nicole //

Character Changes: Towards the end of Act Three, and during scene 5 of the play, Juliet is greatly dissapointed by her father. After her parents proudly announce to her that she is going to marry the County Paris on Thursday. When she refused, her father goes on a rampage. He calls her names and tells her that if she does not marry Paris, he will leave her on the streets to starve. He also says: "Hang thee, young baggage! disobedient wretch!  I tell thee what, get thee to church o' Thursday,  Or never after look me in the face:  Speak not, reply not, do not answer me;  My fingers itch. Wife, we scarce thought us bles'd <span style="color: #1cce3a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> That God had lent us but this only child; <span style="color: #1cce3a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> But now I see this one is one too much, <span style="color: #1cce3a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> And that we have a curse in having her." <span style="color: #1cce3a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">By reading this, you can easily capture Father Capulet's anger. After all this happens Juliet has only the Friar to turn to. After Juliet visits the Friar's cell, she goes back home to apologize to her father for misbehaving. She does this because her parents will think she's dead in the morning anyways from the sleeping potion, so by saying sorry, she relieves tension. This is a character change because Juliet before is rentless towards her fathers commands, but as the story progresses, she eases up and begs for his forgiveness. <span style="color: #1cce3a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">~Kiersten DePanfilis