1. Act 5 : The End And Motive --TABS: DARTS NOTES VOCABULARY
-Create a cover page for
Act 5. The title is Tragedy
And Motive
--TABS:
DARTS
NOTES
VOCABULARY
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2. DARTS:
I CAN:
Analyze how or if a character fits the characteristics of a tragic hero.
State a character’s tragic flaw.
Analyze a character’s motive for his/her actions and thoughts.

3. INTRO TO ACT V:
Discuss, with your face partner, the following question before beginning Act V. Use all your knowledge about characters and events that have happened. You have 3 minutes to discuss it. Then, INDEPENDENTLY in the NOTE SECTION FOR ACT V, write your answers to the questions. To prevent her marriage to Paris, Juliet has taken the Friar’s potion and, as Act V begins, is in a temporary deathlike sleep. Her unsuspecting family plans her funeral. Meanwhile, the Friar has sent a messenger to Mantua to tell Romeo of the ruse, so that he may return and rescue Juliet from her family tomb. What do you think might go wrong with the Friar’s plan? List at least three possible obstacles that could happen. Then, respond with three possible solutions to correct them. THREE OBSTACLES: POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS:

4. THEMATIC EVENTS:
Complete the following chart based on thematic ideas for Act V. Choose one of them and write a 5-8 sentence response in which you explain why you agreed or disagreed.
Thematic Idea Me
Not Me
1. Teenagers may not be mature enough to experience true love.
2. People should be willing to risk everything for true love.
3. A person can have only one true love in his or her lifetime.
4. It is noble to die for love.

5. THEMATIC VOCABULARY:
In your team, complete the following sentence starter you are assigned using at least one vocabulary word from any of the first four acts in each completion. Your completed sentence should be 2-3 sentences long.
(1, 3) Romeo and Juliet have shown a resistance to conformity to their families’ priorities by…
(2) It is difficult to differentiate the reasons for the character’s deaths in Act V because…
(4, 6)At the end of Act IV, we find out that Juliet’s love for Romeo is……
(5, 7)The events of the play show a relationship between time and fate in that……

6. Act 5 Vocabulary: *Tragedy 1. Remnants *Fate 2. Penury
Write a definition for each of the following using the textbook—side notes or Handbook of literary terms.
*Tragedy 1. Remnants
*Fate 2. Penury
*Tragic flaw 3. Disperse
*Motives 4. Haughty
5. Ambiguities
6. Scourge

7. Act V: Scene 1 Questions
Why is Romeo in a good mood in the beginning of this Act?
Read lines What is the reason for Romeo’s second question to Balthasar?
What motivates Romeo’s questions?
In what way does Romeo’s remark in line 24 reinforce fate’s role in the tragedy?
Read Romeo’s soliloquy beginning at line 34. What kind of reputation did an apothecary have in these times?
What causes Romeo to buy poison from him?
In what way does the Black death contribute to the tragedy in Romeo and Juliet?
What conflicting motivations does the apothecary face?
What is the apothecary’s motive for selling Romeo the poison?

8. Act 5 Scene 1 Summary
Balthasar brings news to Romeo in Mantua that Juliet is dead.
In desperation, Romeo vows to be with Juliet that night.
He buys poison from an Apothecary and leaves for Verona.

9. VOCABULARY PRACTICE 1:
1. Would someone living in penury be likely to purchase an expensive new home? Why or Why not? 2. Would the sight of a scourge inspire happiness or fear? 3. Draw a picture to illustrate the definition of one of these words?

10. Dear Friar…. Letter writing
Write a letter that Romeo wrote to Fr. Lawrence after hearing of Juliet’s death and deciding to end his own life to be with her.
Try capture Romeo’s feelings and emotions in this letter.
IDEAS:
Thank the Friar?
Explain his decision?
A message to his family?
A message to Juliet’s family?
Lets recap letter writing rules!

11. Points to Consider
What is importance of the fact that the Apothecary is poor?
If he refused to give Romeo the vial perhaps Romeo and Juliet may not have died….
Discuss:
What other small details and decisions contribute to the inevitable ending?

12. ACT V: Scene 2 Questions:
Briefly state the causes and effects of Friar John’s failure to deliver Friar Lawrence’s letter.
What does Romeo plan to do with the apothecary’s help?
How did the letter fit into Friar’s plan for uniting Romeo and Juliet?
Why did Friar Lawrence ask Friar John to get him a crow in lines 21-22?

13. This scene reveals a fatal weakness in Friar Lawrence’s plan.
What is this?

14. Act 5 Scene 2 Summary
Friar Lawrence is shocked to hear that Friar John has been unable to deliver his letter to Romeo.
He rushes off to collect Juliet from the tomb, knowing that she will soon be awake.

15. unfortunate coincidence
Is the use of
unfortunate coincidence
as a plot device a strength or weakness of the play?

16. SCENE 3 QUESTIONS:
What different motives do Paris and Romeo have for visiting Juliet’s tomb?
How does Paris react to seeing Romeo at Juliet’s tomb?
Summarize the causes you think will produce a tragic effect in the confrontation between Romeo and Paris.
Read lines How does Romeo feel about killing Paris?
What tragic mistake does Romeo make regarding Juliet’s appearance?
In what way is Friar Lawrence’s late arrival another example of chance contributing to this tragedy?
Why do you think Friar Lawrence wants to “dispose of Juliet” in a sisterhood of nuns?
How does Juliet react when she wakes up?
How might the tragic ending have been averted if Paris, Romeo, and the Friar had come to Juliet’s tomb in a different order?
Summarize the losses that the families have experienced that were caused by Romeo and Juliet’s relationship?
What effect did Romeo’s exile have on his mother?
Interpret the Friar’s words in lines
What examples of fate or character flaws do you find in the tragic events that the Friar recounts?

17. Vocabulary Practice 2: remnants, future, past Penury, poverty, wealthy
Refer back to your definitions of each word from Act V. Identify the word in each group that does not belong with the others. Write a one sentence explanation that tells why the word you pick doesn’t belong.
remnants, future, past
Penury, poverty, wealthy
Haughty, proud, insecure
Scourge, pleasure, happiness
Dispurse, scatter, collect

18. Act 5 Scene 3 Summary
Romeo kills Paris when he tries to stop him entering the tomb.
To be with Juliet again, Romeo drinks the potion and dies.
When the Friar arrives, Juliet wakes up. He tries to hustle her away, but she is determined to stay by Romeo and the Friar flees. Taking Romeo’s dagger, Juliet kills herself.
The Prince, the Capulets and the Montagues find their children and Paris dead.
The Friar explains what has happened and the two fathers make peace.

19. Four people die in this scene!

20. Alternative ending… Not happy with Shakespeare's ending?
Bullet point ideas for an alternative ending and give reasons for your choices.
Who lives? Who dies?
You decide!

21. ‘Some shall be pardoned, and some punished’
Who, in your opinion, deserve to be pardoned, and who should be punished?
Give 3 reasons for your choices.

22. Who is most to blame for the sequence of tragic events?
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Who is most to blame for the sequence of tragic events?
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23. Quote Finder: Find five key quotes from Act 5 Scene 3.
O my love, my wife!
Death, that hath sucked the honey of thy breath,
Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty.
Thou art not conquered. Beauty's ensign yet
Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks,
And death's pale flag is not advanced there.
Quote Finder: Find five key quotes from Act 5 Scene 3.
Try find what, you believe, are the five most significant quotes.

24. Deafening silence in Verona’s streets as tragedy strikes
Task: Write a formal newspaper report about the events of Act 5, Scene 3
25 August 1528
Since 1412
Deafening silence in Verona’s streets as tragedy strikes
Residents living in Verona were shocked and deeply saddened following four deaths on Thursday evening. It is believed the deaths are all linked to the on-going Capulet and Montague feud. Authorities say that they are following a number of definite lines of inquiry.
It is believed that Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet were secretly married earlier this week, unknown to
their families, and both committed suicide in the Capulet vault according to reliable sources.
Juliet Capulet was believed to have died tragically earlier this week. However, this was apparently part of a plan to allow the young lovers be together away from their feuding families.
Prince Escalus has asked for calm while this bizarre series of events is fully investigated.
Read more on page 2,3,4,5.

25. Plot Structure
How has Shakespeare utilized the plot structure in Act 3: Scene 5 to create tension and excitement for the Elizabethan audience?