ConflictsIV



ACT     **  Conflicts.... **  **Scene i :**

 - **__Juliet vs. Herself :__** The first conflict in act IV is between Juliet and herself. Lord Capulet, Juliet's father, told Juliet that she is to marry Paris in three days. Unknown to Lord Capulet, Juliet has already married Romeo. When Juliet has no one to talk to, she decides to go see Friar Lawrence for advice. Once she is there and the Friar has no solution, she threatens to kill herself. The Friar gives her posion which will put her into a deep sleep for four-eight hours. This is a conflict between Juliet and herself because she has mixed feelings on whether to kill herself or not.

- **__Juliet vs. Paris :__** Another conflict in scene i is when juliet is in Friar Lawrence's cell and Juliet sees Paris there. Paris tells Friar Lawrence that he thinks he should hurry and marry Juliet so she will stop mourning about the recent death of her cousin, Tybalt. This is a misunderstanding because the real reason Juliet is mourning is because she wants to be with Romeo and she does not want to marry Paris. This is not a common type of conflict, but it is a conflict between misunderstandings of love.

-**__Friar Lawrence vs. Himself :__** The Friar knows what he is doing by helping Romeo and Juliet is wrong. He knows he should not have married them in the first place without having their parents' permission. The Friar does not want to be caught for helping Romeo and Juliet.

 **Scene iii : **

- **__Juliet vs. Herself :__** Before Juliet drinks the posion she worries about all the possible things that could go wrong with drinking the poison. She begins to have second thoughts on whether to drink it or not. Finally, she drinks the potion and falls into a deep sleep.

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-**__Society vs. Society :__** When the nurse comes in to wake up Juliet, she realizes the tragedy before her. The nurse yells out to Lady Capulet and all the others, "Juliet is dead!" Everybody around is shocked and distraught. After a while, Lord Capulet decides to change the wedding plans to funeral plans, to acknowledge Juliet's "death."

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