Act 4 Scenes 4-5

Sadness Brought by Oneself

Prompt A
Scenes 4 and 5 start with the Capulets preparing for Juliet's wedding the next day. Nurse, Lady, and Lord Capulet lightheartedly and happily joke and plan. In the morning, Lord Capulet sends Nurse to wake Juliet, who finds her "dead." Lady Capulet is called, and upon seeing her "dead" daughter, she is overwhelmed with sadness, showing a new, softer side of her. Lord Capulet comes and is stunned to silence. Friar Lawrence, who knows of the plan, acts his part with ease, trying to comfort the Capulets and Paris in their grief and mentioning that she is in a better place. The wedding plans turn into funeral plans.

Prompt D
In Act 4 Scene 4, Lord Capulet says "Thou shalt be loggerhead" to a servant in response to the servant's joke. The line shows Lord Capulet's good spirits and humors as he prepares for Juliet's wedding. I particularly like the line because of its modern translation. Nowadays, one would say this line as "you are a blockhead." This is a light-hearted, but nonetheless hilarious, jest. Capulet using the line shows his pleasant engagement with his servant.