4.5 Blessed with Death

Prompt B
Treat your loved ones with respect, or you will regret it when they are gone.

 Prompt D
 "Friar Lawrence: Come, is the bride ready to go to church?
Capulet: Ready to go, but never to return./Oh son, the night before thy wedding day/Hath death lain with thy wife./There she lies,Flower as she was, ravaged by him./ Death is my son-in-law, death is my heir./My daughter he hath wedded. I will die/And leave him all; life living, all is death's." (4.1) I really enjoyed this section in the scene because of the clever analogies that Lord Capulet is using for Juliet's death. This passage really captures the grief that he must be feeling over her death. It also illustrates his regrets over not having Juliet be wed before her demise, for now he has no heir.  Parts of Lord Capulet's metaphor is truly quite selfish, he stresses how awful it is that she has died the day before her wedding and focuses on the negative effects that her death will have on himself, rather than focus on the tragedy at hand. I particularly liked Capulet's response to Friar Lawrence asking if Juliet was ready for church, it is a really well put way of explaining to the reader that this day that was supposed to be full of glee and cheer (Juliet's wedding) , has turned into a day of mourning (Juliet's funeral).

Prompt E

I feel like this image really symbolizes this scene because Juliet's death is all a deception. Her parents and ones around her are all unaware of this though, and are mourning over her fake death.