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Tragedies of William Shakespeare and Sonnets: Romeo And Juliet: Act 4

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Shakespeare, William

Shakespeare, William
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Critic: Jenkin, Leonard
Affiliation: Department Of English, Columbia University

Romeo And Juliet: Act 4

Act IV - Scene 1

The act opens, as we might have expected, in Friar Laurence's cell. But
it is Paris, not Juliet, who is visiting the good Friar. Apparently, Paris has
asked him to perform the coming marriage between himself and Juliet. The Friar
realizes as fully as we do the dangerous implications of such a union. His
first words are full of perplexity and hesitation: "On Thursday, sir? the time
is very short." Paris answers that this speed ...

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