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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 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…..
Act III continued Scene 2 The first twenty-five lines of Juliet’s speech that open this scene is another option for the girls’ memorization project. Shakespeare uses the Nurse’s obtuseness to create dramatic irony as Juliet struggles to deal with the meaning of her ambiguous wailing. Juliet’s brief happiness is shattered; her speech with all its oxymorons conveys her anguish and despair. When Juliet desperately decides to hang herself, the Nurse replies that she will tell Romeo to join his bride…..
