Numbered sticky notes - students stuck these small sticky notes into their book at the appropriate spot. Helped them annotate the play. Read the each scene aloud and then went back highlighting and annotating

1. Act V

2. Scene I
157. Romeo is in Mantua
158. Foreshadowing: A5,S1,L6
159. Balthasar brings the news of Juliet’s
death to Romeo.
160. Romeo wants to leave immediately
for Verona.
161. Balthasar tries to get him to wait
for more news.

3. 162. Romeo HAS NOT gotten any letters
from Fr. Laurence.
163. Soliloquy: A5, S1, L36-60
164. Romeo plans to go to Verona, kill
himself and lie forever in the Capulet’s
tomb with Juliet.
165. Definition: Apothecary; a person who
deals in herbs & potions; druggist,
pharmacist. A5, S1, L 39

4. 166. The poison that Romeo wants to get
is illegal in Mantua. Anyone who sells it
can be executed.
167. Romeo describes this apothecary as
being very poor and desperate. So he will
probably sell this illegal poison to Romeo.
168. Romeo tries to buy the poison but
the apothecary doesn’t want to break the
law.
169. Romeo points out that the
apothecary is already starving to death,
so what is there to be afraid of.

5. 170. Apothecary still doesn’t want to sell
him the poison, but he needs the money so
he does.
171. Romeo pays the man telling him that
“gold” is a poison that kills men’s souls. So
“gold” is worse than the poison he bought.
Romeo says that he, not the apothecary,
is the one breaking the law by selling a
deadly “poison.”
172. Definition: cordial – a sweet tasting
liquor that is drunk in times of joy. A5,
S1, L88

6. 173. Romeo equates the poison to a
cordial. He sees his death as something
joyous not evil.
Scene 2
174. Meanwhile, back in Verona, Fr.
Laurence meets Fr. John who was suppose
to deliver a letter to Romeo.
175. Fr, John says that he did not go to
Mantua because he was quarantined in a
house, and he couldn’t even give Fr.
Laurence’s letter to anyone to deliver to
Romeo.

7. 176. Theme: A5, S2, L17
177. Fr. Laurence realizes that Juliet will
wake in 3 hours, so he must go and free
Juliet.
178. Fr. Laurence plans to send a another
letter to Romeo, telling him that Juliet is
alive, hiding in Fr. Laurence’s room, and
Romeo must come an get her.

8. Scene 3
179. Paris and his servant come to the
graveyard. He wants to put flowers at
Juliet’s tomb. He tells his servant to hide
and watch for anyone who might be
coming.
180. As Paris lays the flowers, his servant
signals that someone is coming. Paris hides
and waits to see who comes.
181. Romeo and Balthasar arrive next. He
tells Balthasar to forget everything he
sees and to not interrupt him.

9. 182. Romeo tells Balthasar that he is
going to open the tomb to retrieve a
very important ring. He also tells
Balthasar to leave or he will kill him.
183. Balthasar doesn’t believe Romeo’s
excuse for opening the tomb, so he hides
and watches.
184. Metaphor: tomb is compared to a
mouth and stomach. A5, S3, L45-48
185. Personification: tomb is given a jaw.
A5, S3, L47

10. 186. Paris sees Romeo and thinks that he
is there to desecrate the tomb. So Paris
tries to stop him.
187. Romeo says he is there only to kill
himself, so Paris should leave him alone in
the graveyard and live.
188. Paris refuses and fights Romeo.
Paris’s servant sees them fighting and goes
to get the guards.
189. Romeo kills Paris.

11. 190. Theme: A5, S3, L82-83
191. Imagery: light; the tomb is a
lantern. A5, S3, L84-86
192. Soliloquy: A5, S3, L88-120
193. Romeo drinks the poison and dies.
194. Fr. Laurence arrives. Balthasar tells
him that Paris and Romeo fought.
195. Fr. Laurence enters the tomb and
finds Romeo and Paris dead.

12. 196. Juliet wakes up.
197. Fr. Laurence tries to get Juliet to
leave the tomb because the guards are
coming.
198. Theme: A5, S3, L158-159
199. Fr. Laurence explains what happened
to Juliet. He plans to hide Juliet in a
convent. She refuses. He leaves and
hides.

13. 200. Juliet finds the vial that poisoned
Romeo. She tries to drink it too but the
vial is empty. Then she kisses Romeo
hoping that some poison remains on his
lips. None of this works.
201. Juliet hears the guards. She grabs
his dagger and stabs herself. She dies.
(CLIMAX)
202. Guards arrive and find three dead
bodies. The Chief Guard sends another
guard to find the Prince and the families.

14. 203. The other guards find Balthasar and
Fr. Laurence hiding in the graveyard. They
are to be held until the Prince arrives.
204. Juliet’s parents and the Prince
arrive. The Prince wants to know what
happened.
205. Lord Montague arrives and tells them
that his wife died of grief because Romeo
was exiled.
206. Theme: A5, S3, L217

15. 207. Fr. Laurence says he knows what
happened. He also says he is both guilty
and innocent for the deaths.
208. Fr. Laurence tells the entire story of
Romeo and Juliet. Balthasar fills in the
holes.
209. Balthasar gives Romeo’s letter to the
Prince to read. The letter confirms
everything that Fr. Laurence says.

16. 210. The Prince tells both families that
they are the ones responsible for the
deaths. Their hate caused this. The Prince
also blames himself because he didn’t
strictly enforce the law and stop the
feuding.
211. Lord Capulet and Lord Montague end
their feud. Lord Montague will build a
statue of Juliet out of pure gold so that
all may know of her love and loyalty.