SCENE SUMMARY
Act 4, Scene 1
CHARACTERS: Friar Lawrence, Paris, Juliet
SETTING: Friar Lawrence’s cell
PLAN:
Juliet is to go home and sleep alone in her room and when she goes to bed she will take the potion that lasts for 42 hours. her heart beat will go quiet so she looks like she is dead, she will go cold and pale and look dead. when Paris comes to wake her up on Thursday morning, the morning of their wedding, he will think Juliet is dead and she will be taken to the Capulet’s family tomb while in the meantime Friar Lawrence will send for Romeo telling him their plan and they will be with her when she wakes up.