Act 4 Guided Summary Notes
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Unit 6: Relationships Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
Act 4 Guided Summary Notes
Act 4, Scene 1
On Tuesday morning, Paris tells ______ of his proposed marriage to ______ — a wedding scheduled to take place in _____ days. The Friar expresses concern that the ______ has been arranged too quickly, and he offers various reasons to delay the ceremony. Paris believes that Capulet ______ the nuptials out of concern for Juliet's grief over Tybalt's death.
______ arrives at the Friar's cell and manages to cleverly sidestep Paris' compliments and references to their upcoming ______. Paris then leaves, and Juliet begs the Friar for a ______ to her tragic dilemma because she fears that ______ is her only option. The Friar offers Juliet a remedy — a sleeping ______that she is to take on Wednesday night, the evening before the wedding. The potion will render Juliet ______, and she will appear to be dead for ______hours, during which time her body will rest in the family tomb. In the meantime, the Friar will let Romeo know of this plan. Juliet immediately agrees and leaves with the potion.
Act 4, Scene 2
______returns to the Capulet house to find ______ preparations well underway. She tells her father that she will abide by his wishes and agree to ______ Paris. Lord Capulet is so ______ at the news that he decides to move the wedding from Thursday to ______. Lady Capulet protests, saying that such quick notice doesn't allow enough time to prepare, but the euphoric ______ ignores her. Juliet is now to be married the following ______.
Act 4, Scene 3
Juliet and her nurse make the final preparations for the wedding that is to take place the following morning. Lady Capulet offers her assistance, but Juliet asks to be left to her ______ and sends the Nurse and her mother away. Juliet then reflects on the Friar's plan. She wonders if the Friar has given her ______ to cover his role in marrying a Capulet and a Montague. She decides she must ______ the Friar. However if the potion ______to work, she resolves to ______ rather than marry Paris.
To that end, she places a ______by her bedside. Juliet's imagination runs wild as she imagines the horrors she will face if the ______ does not work and she awakens alone in the ______. Only when she imagines Tybalt's ______ moving toward Romeo to avenge itself does she muster the courage to take the potion and intercept Tybalt:
O look, methinks I see my cousin's ghost
Seeking out Romeo that did spit his body
Upon a rapier's point! Stay, Tybalt, stay!
Act 4, Scene 4
The time is 3 a.m., and ______ has not been to bed. The Capulet household has been ______throughout the night with wedding ______ activities. The day begins to break, and Capulet hears ______ signaling that Paris is approaching the house. He orders the Nurse to ______ Juliet.
Act 4, Scene 5
The scene opens early on Wednesday ______. The Nurse enters Juliet's room and discovers her seemingly ______body on the bed. The Nurse tries to wake her, but believing her to be ______, cries out to the family in desperation. The Capulets, Friar Laurence, and Paris enter the room in response to the Nurse's cries. They dramatically mourn Juliet's ______ while the Friar maintains his ______by offering words of ______ about Divine Will, comforting the family by expressing the belief that Juliet is in ______. He then arranges for Juliet's ______to be taken to the family ______. Capulet orders that the wedding preparations be changed to ______preparations.