Romeo & Juliet is the most famous tragedy in literature. In this essay I hope to analyse Juliet's action and behaviour in Act 4 Scene 3. This scene is set in Juliet's chamber and takes place the night before the tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet. .
The events prior to this scene have been disastrous; Romeo slays Tybalt and gets exiled to Mantua. Upon hearing this Juliet becomes frenzied and after spending one last night with Romeo she calms down. However unbeknown to Juliet, Lord Capulet has been planning the marriage of Juliet and Count Paris. Upon hearing this Juliet becomes distraught and decides to take drastic action to stop this from happening. She confides in Friar Lawrence, "Come weep with me; past hope, past cure, past help!" this is the phrase used by Juliet to the Friar, and her distressed demeanour is shown. She has reached a point where she is ready to take her own life rather than live it without Romeo. The Friar intervenes and gives her an alternative by which she can escape her ill fate. He gives her a concoction which when drunk will put Juliet into a deep sleep. The quote below is the words of Friar Lawrence explaining the effects that the potion will induce.
"When presently through all thy veins shall run.
A cold and drowsy humour, for no pulse.
Shall keep his native progress, but surcease:.
No warmth, no breath, shall testify thou livest".
What the Friar is trying to tell Juliet is that the potion will render Juliet in a deep sleep, a state in which she will have no pulse and she will not breathe, and therefore in a sense stop living.
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The whole point of Juliet taking the potion is so the nurse and Lady Capulet will find the body of Juliet and think that she has died. Then she will be taken to the tomb of the Capulet family where she will awake with Romeo by her side. Therefore she does not have to marry Count Paris.
This leads up to Act 4 Scene 3, Juliet is in her chamber with the nurse and Lady Capulet.
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Paris seems to keep everything Romeo and Juliet does very hasty as he wishes to marry Juliet in two days. ... He never allows Juliet to marry Romeo, because Romeo is a Montague. ... Mercutio contributes slightly to Romeo and Juliet's untimely end. ... Romeo and Juliet also contribute to their own death. Romeo is a lot more to blame than Juliet. ...
Romeo and Juliet speak briefly together and immediately fall in love. ... Juliet's nurse finds Romeo and he tells her that he and Juliet are going to get married that afternoon at Friar Laurence's. ... Scene 2---- The nurse tells Juliet that Romeo has killed Tybalt. ... Friar Laurence hoping that Romeo will be allowed back to Verona some day, sends Romeo to Juliet. ... Scene 5--- Romeo and Juliet separate at daybreak. ...
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William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet are victims of bad luck and fate. Romeo and Juliet is about two families that have been in a long and bitter feud for many years. ... Tybalt, Juliet's cousin, recognizes Romeo's voice and is ready to fight. ... Juliet, too, falls for Romeo, but falls into despair when her Nurse informs her Romeo is a Montague, as does Romeo when he learns Juliet is a Capulet. ... Juliet's nurse and servant Peter appear and Romeo tells her to tell Juliet to go to the Friar's cell that afternoon to be married. ...
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ESSAY: Romeo and Juliet Romeo is too sensitive and reacts too quickly to the events in the play. ... Romeo meets Juliet the night of the Lord Capulet's Party. ... Romeo heart is an open book as he exudes his feelings for Juliet. ... And Romeo and Juliet's love is just that, fast, passionate love. ... Romeo wishes to join Juliet, "Well, Juliet, I will lie with thee tonight." ...
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