Romeo And Juliet Sparknotes Act 4

Or if romeo is late for some reason she might awaken in the tomb and go mad with fear.

Romeo and juliet sparknotes act 4. In his cell friar lawrence speaks with paris about the latter s impending marriage to juliet. In act 4 juliet summons all of her internal strength which is manifest in her willingness to engage in the friar s rash and precarious plan. Paris says that juliet s grief about tybalt s death has made her unbalanced and that capulet in his wisdom has determined they should marry soon so that juliet can stop crying and put an end to her period of mourning. Act 4 scene 1.

Juliet arrives and is friendly but cool to her would be husband. The friar expresses his disapproval of the wedding plans telling paris that he does not know juliet well enough to marry her. Romeo does not appear in this act. If the friar is untrustworthy and seeks merely to hide his role in her marriage to romeo she might die.

Alone clutching the vial given to her by friar lawrence she wonders what will happen when she drinks it. In her bedchamber juliet asks the nurse to let her spend the night by herself and repeats the request to lady capulet when she arrives. He is careful not to be any more specific in his criticism. Which makes it feel like shakespeare wanted to draw attention to juliet s unwavering devotion towards solving their problem.