Act 4
1. Friar Lawrence and Paris discuss the upcoming wedding,
2. Juliet arrives.
3. Paris and Juliet have an exchange. Paris is sure that Juliet does or will love him. Juliet hints that she doesn't love Paris.
4. After Paris leaves, Juliet tells Friar Lawrence that she will kill herself if she is forced to marry Paris.
5. Friar Lawrence gives Juliet the vial of sleeping potion.
6. Juliet goes to her father and "apologizes" to her father. She tells him that she'll marry Paris.
7. Her father is excited by this change.
8. Juliet dismisses the nurse and drinks the potion.
9. The nurse discovers Juliet "dead."
Act 5
1. Romeo wakes up happy and excited to see Juliet.
2. Balthazar arrives and tells Romeo that Juliet is dead.
3. Romeo decides to go to Juliet and kill himself so that he can be with her.
4. Romeo buys some poison from the apothecary.
5. Friar Lawrence finds out that Friar John was unable to deliver the important note to Romeo.
6. Romeo finds Paris at Juliet's grave and fights him.
7. Romeo kills Paris and then kills himself with the poison.
8. Too late, Friar Lawrence arrives at Juliet's grave.
9. Juliet wakes up and sees Romeo dead.
10. Juliet kills herself with the dagger.
11. The Prince and both families arrive and mourn their children's death. We find out that Romeo's mother died of a broken heart when Romeo was in exile.
12. They end the feud.
Who is responsible for Romeo and Juliet's death?
possible criteria:
who/what has the most power?
who/what has the most influence over the characters?
whoever started the chain of events
whoever could have ended the chain of events first
