Monday, August 19, 2019

What do the first six lines of Juliet's speech reveal about her conflict? What do you think about Juliet’s questioning of Friar Laurence’s motives in giving her the potion? Does evidence suggest she is serious about her fears?

Juliet makes this speech in act 4, scene 3. Sitting alone, she has the potion in her possession and experiences a conflict over whether or not take it. On the one hand, she wants to take the potion to avoid the marriage to Paris. However, on the other hand, she is worried that it might not succeed in putting her to sleep. In that case, she would have no choice but to go ahead with the marriage to Paris.
In this speech, Juliet questions the Friar's motives in giving her the potion. Specifically, she wonders if the Friar has mixed up a lethal potion to save himself from being dishonored when people find out that he performed her marriage to Romeo. However, Juliet quickly reminds herself that the Friar is a "holy" man. In her mind, this means that he is trustworthy and incapable of committing such a crime.
Juliet also expresses many fears in this speech. She worries that she will suffocate, for example, or go insane and "dash" out her own brains.
Despite these "hideous fears," Juliet proceeds to drink the potion. This suggests that her fears are neither deep-rooted nor serious.

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