Act 4 Scene V

Time: Wednesday Morning

Location: Juliet’s Bedroom

Characters: Nurse, Lady Capulet, Capulet, Friar Lawernce, Paris, Peter, First Musician, Second Musician

Events: The Nurse comes up to Juliet rooms to awake her but finds her unresponsive and presumes she’s dead.  Lady Capulet and Capulet enter shocked and begin to greave but lady capulet does not seem that effect by this death. Friar Lawernce comes to collect Juliet and finds that she has drunk the vile and is in an unresponsive state. Friar Lawerence speaks out and says “you could not keep her from death, but heaven keeps his part in eternal life.” meaning that you could not have kept Juliet from death and that heaven will give her Eternal life. everyone leaves to prepare for a funeral instead of a wedding the musicians go into Juliet’s room and cast Rosemary onto Juliet. Peter enters, The Musicians and Peter start to insult each other for a while Peter then leaves and The second musician tells the first musician to forget about Peter and that they will wait for the mourners and that they will stay for dinner.

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