Act 5, Scene 3: Plot Holes

Prompt B

Paris-How did you get killed by a 15 year old?
Friar Lawrence-Why couldn't you tell Romeo that his wife is faking suicide yourself? Were you really that busy?
Paris- Why would you go to Juliet's tomb every night when you barely met the girl and she obviously had no feelings for you?
Friar Lawrence- Why didn't you comfort Juliet after her husband just killed himself?

Romeo-Why kill yourself over a girl that you met 4 days ago?

Prince-Why don't you punish the Friar? He was the 'mastermind' behind the entire plan.

Act 3, Scene 5: Angry Dad

Prompt D

This image represents the scene because Lord Capulet is very mad at Juliet for not wanted to marry Paris.  He yells at her for a couple of minutes then finishes by saying how she will marry Paris or she will have to leave the family.  

Act 3 Scene 5

Prompt A:

After Romeo kills Tybalt, Lady Capulet finds Juliet crying in her room. Juliet then leads her mother on to thinking she is crying about Tybalt's death and wishing Romeo dead, but she is stating his love for him. Lady Capulet then urges Juliet to marry Paris because he wishes to make her happy. Juliet rejects the proposal and Lord Capulet threatened to disown her is she refuses to obey him and marry Paris. This reminds me of in Modern Family when Mitchell, his son, tells his father, Jay, that he is homosexual and wanted to marry his boyfriend Cam. When Jay heard this he didn't like or accept his sons sexual preference and felt awkward to talk to him and didn't like the thought of his son being married to Cam. It is much like Lord Capulet not accepting or appreciating Juliet's wishes in not marrying Paris. Instead of being supportive Jay and Lord Capulet like parents should be towards their children they did the exact opposite.

Act 5 Scene 3

Prompt C:

" Go hence to have more talk of these sad things. 
Some shall be pardoned, and some punished,
For never was a story of more woe
Than this of Juliet and her Romeo."

I picked this line because it shows how the romantic story of Romeo and Juliet comes to an end in a tragic fashion. As the Capulets and Montagues witness the deaths of Romeo and Juliet they realize their should be no more death and violence towards one another. This line also reveals the true sadness of the story and how Romeo and Juliet's love for each other resulted in death because of their families blood feud. 

Act 5 Scene 3- Regrets

Prompt C:

Romeo says "Wilt thou provoke me? then have at thee, boy!" In my opinion, this line shows that Romeo has been through so much throughout the past day, and he has no nerves left to deal with Paris. It has gotten to the point where he is so mad and sad, etc. that he fights Paris, and eventually kills him. After he kills him, Romeo quickly regrets what he does, which shows that his emotions overcame him, which is why he did it.

The tragic ending to a beautiful story

This scene shows the death of Romeo after he kills himself because he saw the "death" of his loved one Juliet. Juliet wakes up to see Romeo with poison on him and weeps over his death but then after kills herself so that she can be with Romeo in the afterlife.

Act 5, Scene 3: The Tragic End

PROMPT C

Quote lines from the scene that you enjoyed and comment on them. Again, here is an example post from a student reading Hamlet.

 

 

 

"Oh, here Will I set up my everlasting rest

And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars

From this world-wearied flesh. Eyes, look your last!

Arms, take your last embrace: And lips, Oh you

The doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss

A dateless bargain to engrossing death!"

 

 

This quote is very sad, since Romeo is talking about how there is nothing left for him to live for, and it is time for him to leave the world. But, it shows how much he loves Juliet, and how she means everything to him. Its a tragic ending, but very touching in a way as well. Even though this story ends with the death of the strongest characters, it shows how true love can beat anything even family rivalries. As well as the "last kiss" touched me very much, as it shows compassion and fierce love.

Act 5 Scene 3: End of a War

Prompt A:
In the final scene of Romeo and Juliet, the Montegues and and Capulets end their everlasting hate between each other. Similarly many siblings get into fights and in most cases parents intervene in order for the fighting to stop. In Romeo and Juliet, the prince explains to the Montegues and Capulets that their fighting is harmful and bad which is when the feud is finally over with and they realize the extent of their problems. In both Romeo and Juliet, and common sibling quarrels, without intervention of someone the hatred may have never stopped.

Act 5. Scene 3 Romeo and Juliet's Final Relationship

In the last scene of the play Juliet and Romeo's love faces its final test.  This scene represents how codependent their relationship was.  These two are so in love that they can not see a life without each other.  When Juliet learns that Romeo is dead she sees no point in being alive because she depends on him for her happiness.  This type of dependence in a relationship can be unhealthy and Romeo and Juliet demonstrate that.

Act 5, Scene 3: Ending the Feud

Prompt A
In this scene, the Capulets and the Montagues finally decide to end their everlasting feud. The way that this happened can be compared to a few children who used to be in the dance class I taught. They would get upset at each other, and disrupt the rest of the class. Finally, the other teacher and I had to intervene, and tell them why they were being disruptive to the class, like the Prince told the families that their feud was harmful in this scene. Only then did they decide to stop being angry at each other. If not for the other teacher and I in this situation, and if not for the Prince in the book, the anger would have not gone away.

Act 5 Scene 3: Misfortune in Both Houses

Prompt F

Perspective: Friar Lawrence
I feel bad about all of this. Romeo such a gentleman and Juliet such an exquisite beauty, both dead because of me. Two people's lives could have been saved if only I sent Romeo that letter myself. I could have at least saved Juliet's life by taking her with me, instead of leaving her to herself. I'm the one that caused all of this. I married them, yet I also killed them!

Prompt B, Act 5, Scene 3, The Death of Love

1. Juliet, why didn't you inform Romeo about your plan to fake suicide before doing it so that you could avoid such a tragedy like all of you dying?
2. Paris, didn't you ever notice that Juliet wasn't really in love with you? Did she ever show any signs of loving someone else when she spoke to you?
3. Friar Lawrence, why would you just leave Juliet with the dead bodies when you know she is unstable due to Romeo's death and could possibly be capable of suicide?
4. Capulets and Montagues, why did it take so much death for you to realize the consequences of your fighting?
5. What originally was your conflict about Montagues and Capulets? What was the reason for your hate towards each other for so long?

Act 5, Scene 3: Romeo poisons himself

This picture represents how Romeo feels hearing that Juliet has died. Because of his unbearable sadness, he feels that he has to take his own life, and does so.

Act 5 Scene 3: The Downfall of the Lovers

Messanger - Why did you not try to give the letter to the messenger who gave Romeo the news about the death of Juliet?

Romeo - Why not choose to also kill the page who found Paris and Romeo in Juliet's funeral room?

Friar Lawrence - Why not make Juliet drink less poison so she would wake up sooner?

Romeo - Why did you choose to kill yourself instead of asking Friar Lawrence for an explanation?

Paris - Does Paris know that Juliet does not actually love him?

ACT 5 SCENE 3: Life from death

Prompt C

This image shows how new plants have sprouted from a skeleton.  These plants were able to grow because of death.  This resembles how a new connection formed between the Montagues and Capulets when Romeo and Juliet died together.  Their death created life and hope for the families, as there would be no more fighting.

Act 5, Scene 3; War of Life and Death

Prompt A:

One of the most important parts of this scene is where Romeo gives his soliloquy before his suicide, in which he addresses death and how he is looking forward to it.  He is completely ready to kill himself because his love for Juliet is so great that if she is dead, then he will gladly join death with her. However, Romeo doesn't realize that Juliet isn't actually dead, but he kills himself, which in turn leads to Juliet killing herself when she wakes up and finds Romeo dead. This part of the scene reminds me of Germany starting World War II by invading Poland. Just as how throughout the book Romeo has been talking about how he might commit suicide, Germany, and its leaders, had been thinking about invading Poland for a long time. Right before he commits suicide, Romeo is completely calm, and he is even looking forward to death, although he knows that his suicide will have pretty big impacts on other people, like his family. However, he chooses to go through with the act, just as Germany decides to go through with invading Poland even though she knows that it could have devastating impacts on the world.

Act 3 Scene 5 Prompt D

The two roses represent Romeo and Juliet while the dagger between them represents their family feud. The roses circle the dagger but are unable to get rid of it without being cut.

Act 5, Scene 3: Questions for the dead

Prompt B

Questions for Act 5, Scene 3

Romeo: Why didn't you try to explain what you were doing before you killed Paris?
Friar Lawrence: Did you ever think that your plan would fail?
Friar Lawrence: Why didn't you just send Juliet to Mantua to be with Romeo?
Juliet: Did you think about your family and not just Romeo before you decided to kill yourself?
Lord Capulet: Do you feel that you are at fault for forcing Juliet to be married so soon?

Act 5 Scene 3- Prompt C

"A glooming peace this morning with it brings.
The sun for sorrow will not show his head.
Go hence to have more talk of these sad things.
Some shall be pardoned, and some punished,
For never was a story of more woe
• Than this of Juliet and her Romeo."
These lines are the last lines of the play. These lines say a lot because they are the lines that summarize why both the Montagues and Capulets put there difference between them. They all realize that this rivalry shouldn't lead to death and kill someone. 


''As rich shall Romeo's by his lady's lie,
• Poor victims of our hatred.''
• This quote helps explain what the rivalry between the Montagues and Capulets and after witnessing the deaths of these people feel like they killed them. They feel that shouldn't happen.

Act 5 Scene 3: Prompt D: A broken Heart

    This broken heart represents the pain that Juliet felt when she realized she caused Romeo's death. The emotional pain of the loss of her love broke her heart to a point of despair that few can truly bounce back from. And because of the emotional pain, she went ahead and used a dagger to literally break her heart.