Prompt C:
Paris: Why would you not want to be seen when visiting Juliet's grave?
Friar Lawrence: How did you not know that Romeo could have heard about Juliet's death and thought it was real?
Paris: Why did you insist on arresting Romeo so badly?
Romeo: Why would you agree to place Paris' body next to Juliet when you love her?
Juliet: Why would you kill yourself just because Romeo is dead?
The Prince: Do you think the feud between the Capulets and Monatgues are finally over?
Prompt D:
In scene 5, act 3, the prince says, “a story of more woe / Than this of Juliet and her Romeo” (243). This speaks to the story as a whole, and the prince exclaims at how the relationship between Romeo and Juliet was such a tragedy. The relationship seemed doomed from the start, they were from different, feuding houses that have never gotten along. However, they still got married and secret, and things looked like they could work out. This hope is crushed when Tybalt kills Mercutio and Romeo kills Tybalt. Romeo gets banished, and it seems like his and Juliet's love wasn't going to work after all. However, Friar Lawrence thinks of a plan, albeit somewhat risky, that will finally reunite the couple for good. But, because of fate, the friar, or some other factor, the whole situation turns south, resulting in a lot of death. As the prince said, the story of Romeo and Juliet is the most woeful of all, because there were many times things looked like it could have possibly worked out. But in the end. tragedy occurred and made this story one of ultimate woe.
To answer your third question, I think that Paris craved to kill Romeo so badly because he felt that Juliet's death and everything surrounding it was Romeo's fault. He only knew Romeo as the evil Montague that killed his beloved fiance's cousin. And that was a big deal for him because he felt that Juliet died because of all the anguish she was suffering as she mourned for Tybalt's death.
ReplyDeleteI really like your second question. That confuses me too; I would like to find out the answer. Another question I could add to that would be how did Romeo's page get through to Verona to hear about Juliet, but Friar John could not make it to Mantua? Didn't the plague scare trap Romeo's servant too?
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment Jessica. I think that Romeo's servant could have used a different road that Friar John, and therefore not have been exposed. Also, they may have traveled at different times, and Romeo's servant left before the plague scare.
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