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Act V continued Scene 3 At this point, it’s a popular idea to assign parts and select students to act the final tragic scene as they read their lines. Switch the tape off, and clear desks from the front of the classroom. Students actors wear minimal costumes such as a long brown tunic for the Friar in addition to cloaks and plastic swords. A complication opens the scene: Count Paris arrives to place flowers on Juliet’s grave, which is usually…..
Scene 1 Act V includes the play’s climax and dénouement. The setting is now Mantua. Romeo does not realize Juliet is in a coma rather than dead as his servant reports. The Friar’s plan has failed. Romeo has not received his message for reasons that Shakespeare will soon reveal. When Balthasar tells Romeo that Juliet is dead, the rash husband immediately decides to commit suicide. Knowing about an apothecary nearby whose poverty will probably compel him to sell poison, Romeo…..
Scene 1 Why does Shakespeare make Act IV exclusively Juliet’s Act? Perhaps he centers on Juliet at this point in order to develop her character as the play’s protagonist. Certainly, Juliet faces her ordeal alone. Turning to Friar Laurence, it is ironic that both Juliet and Count Paris seek him out for opposing reasons—Paris to request that the Friar officiate at his marriage to Juliet and Juliet to seek the Friar’s help in preventing her marriage to the Count. After…..
