Act 4 scene 5

Act 4 scene 5 summary of key points:

• The Nurse is unable to wake Juliet and discovers that the bride-to-be is apparantly dead.

• Lord and Lady Capulet are overcome with grief.

• Friar Lawrence and Paris are the last to arrive at a grim scene.

• The family is engulfed in misery.

• The wedding is transformed into a funeral as Friar Lawrence takes charge of the burial arrangements.

Why is this scene important?

• It sets the final action of the play.

• It shows this interchangeable line between love and misery as the wedding becomes the funeral; the bride becomes the corpse.

• It shows the Friar's solution - so far is going according to plan.