1. Common Core Standards:
RL , RL , L
Wednesday, May 15th, 2019
Aim: How does the resolution of the play unfold in Act V, Scene III of Romeo and Juliet?
Objective: Students will analyze major factors which affect the action of the play and evaluate which is the most important.
Do Now: Answer one of the following questions.
1.) Assume that Romeo received the friar’s letter. How would that have changed the story? OR
2.) If you were Friar Laurence and couldn’t deliver your instructions to Romeo, what alternative courses of actions could you take?

2. Common Core Standards:
RL , RL , L
Wednesday, May 15th, 2019
Aim: How does the resolution of the play unfold in Act V, Scene III of Romeo and Juliet?
Objective: Students will analyze major factors which affect the action of the play and evaluate which is the most important.
Agenda
1.) Do Now: Answer one or both questions, turn and talk with your tablemates. Captains will prepare to share with the class.
2.) Reading and Listening: We will be continue to listen to the audiobook edition of Romeo and Juliet. It will occasionally be paused and questions will be asked in order to gauge understanding of the text. Pay attention to how the actors read the play. What emotions can you hear in their voices, what parts do they emphasize?
3.): Reflection:

3. The Friar is too late
The Friar enters the churchyard and runs into Balthasar who was with Romeo. Balthasar lets the friar know that Romeo was here to see Juliet and immediately runs to the tomb. “Fear comes upon me. Oh much I fear some ill unthrifty thing.
As the friar goes through the tomb to get to where Romeo is he notices the aftermath of what just happened. “Alack, alack, what blood is this,”
Friar Lawrence approaches Romeo and what happens?
Juliet has woken up from her deep sleep, but the friar has no time to explain what has happened. Remember Paris’s servant called for the authorities and the friar heard a sound. The friar gives Juliet one offer. What is it?
Before the friar leaves he tells Juliet a quick recap of what just happened and that she can come with her to live the life of a nun, but she ultimately refuses and stays in the tomb.

4. “O happy dagger... There rust and let me die”
After Juliet turns down the offer the friar leaves because he knows that he is in trouble if he decides to stick around.
Juliet turns her attention to Romeo’s dead body that is near her. She notices the cup that he holds in his hand and wishes to be with him. She kisses him in hopes of what?
“I will kiss thy lips. Haply some poison yet doth hang on them, to make me die with a restorative.” Juliet kisses Romeo in hopes that there be enough poison still lingering on his lips to kill her as well.
It doesn’t work and the watchmen are approaching, Juliet doesn’t have much time before they arrive, but she notices that there is something that can help her. What is it and what does she do?
Juliet has a lot to process at this time. She has woken up from a two day sleep to find the bodies of Romeo and Paris beside her, the friar left in a hurry, and she hears people approaching. She stabs herself with Romeo’s dagger and she too dies.

5. “The ground is bloody... Whoe-er you find, attach.”
Juliet has now joined her husband in death. She has taken Romeo’s dagger and stabbed herself. Paris’s page or servant shows up with the watch, but it is too late.
The watchmen are instructed to arrest anyone they seen, but there is no one to arrest. The friar has left the scene, Paris has been murdered by Romeo, Romeo has killed himself believing Juliet to be dead, and now Juliet has killed herself because Romeo is dead. Who is going to pay for the crimes?
With everyone dead and no one to talk to the watchmen only have their observations to go off of. They note the deceased and send for the Prince, as well as the two families because they must be informed of what is happening.
Some of the watchmen quickly comes back with potential witnesses to the crimes. Who are they?
Balthasar and the friar! They’ve been caught and are being held until the Prince arrives. What do the watchmen note about the friar?
The friar has been caught and when he was he ha a pickaxe and shovel with him. He was also trembling, sighing, and weeping. Does the friar look innocent?

6. “What misadventure is so early up that calls for our person from our morning rest?”
The Prince arrives at the scene of the crime and immediately questions why he has been summoned so early in the morning. The Capulets enter the scene confused as they hear all of the crying and screaming as they approached.
The truth is revealed to them and they learn about the murders and deaths that have taken place in front of them. The Prince demands answers and they turn to the two people who have been detained.
As this is happening Lord Montague enters and he too is unsure of why he has been called. He also reveals to us some terrible information. What is it?
“My wife is dead tonight. Grief of my son’s exile hath stopped her breath.” Not only has Lord Capulet lost his wife, but he has also lost his son on the same day. Lady Capulet was so distraught, so sad over the exile of her son that she died.
The Prince still has yet to find out the truth behind what has happened and demands answers. He summons the two that are being held under suspicion and ask for an explanation.

7. The Truth Always Comes Out
The Friar knows that he cannot run away from the matter anymore. He has to tell the Prince what is happening. “I am the greatest, able to do least, yet most suspected” He was the one with the most power in this situation, yet he was able to do nothing.
The friar summarizes all of the events and even includes his involvement in the matter. He tells the parents the truth about everything, the truth that their children could never reveal to them. The friar shows deep remorse for what he has done and is willing to accept any punishment the Prince might hand him. What does the Prince say to this?
The Prince turns his attention to Balthasar who shows the Prince the letter that Romeo had instructed him to deliver to Lord Montague. This letter confirms everything the friar has just said. As he reads the letter he blames someone for the events and it isn’t the friar. Who is it?
“Capulet! Montague! See what a scourge is laid upon your hate,” The hate that these two families have held onto is the cause of everything! They are the ones to blame for the deaths of their children.

8. The Feud is Over
Upon hearing the Prince blame the families for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, how do the two family heads respond?
They agree and ultimately put their differences aside and decide that two statues shall be made in the names of both Romeo and Juliet. They will serve as symbols for all of Verona. The Prince dismisses everyone, but not before he tells us what is to happen.
Everything has happened so suddenly and it is now nighttime. Tomorrow some people shall be pardoned and others shall face punishment for their crimes, but one thing is certain: there shall never be a story more painful and sad than that of “Juliet and her Romeo.”

9. Reflection
Fate or forces that people have little to no control over, is an important theme in the play. Many of the events are blamed on fate, starting with the descriptions of Romeo and Juliet as “star-crossed lovers” in the prologue. At the same time, many of the events can be blamed on the actions of the characters. Do you believe that fate or free will caused this ending. Has your opinion changed from what it was when you wrote your essay?
- Answer in 3-5 sentences.