ROMEO & JULIETACT 4, SCENE 1STUDY GUIDE ANSWERS

1. JULIET TELLS THE FRIAR THAT SHE WOULD DO ANYTHING RATHER THAN MARRY PARIS, INCLUDING KILLING HERSELF BEFORE BEING DISLOYAL TO ROMEO.

2. Juliet would rather:• O’ bid me leap …From off the battlements

of any tower - lines 78-79• Or walk in thievish ways - line 80• Or bid me lurk where serpents are – lines

80-81• Chain me with roaring bears, - line 81• Or hide me nightly in a charnel house – line

82 (bone house)• Or bid me go in a new-made grave And hide me with a dead man in his shroud – lines 85-68

3. The Friar’s new plan is:a) Juliet will pretend to marry Parisb) On Wednesday night she will sleep alone

and take a potion he is giving herc) The potion will make her appear dead A cold and drowsy humour, for no pulse – line 97 No warmth, no breath, shall testify thou livest – line 99d) She’ll be put in the burial crypte) Romeo & the Friar will wait there for her to

awakenf) Romeo & Juliet will go to Mantua and be

together

CREATED BY M. RIDDELL APRIL 2017