In Act IV Scene I
she takes a sleeping potion that the Friar made.
A dagger. If the friar's potion doesn't work, she will stab herself.
Juliet and Friar Laurence planned to get Romeo and Juliet together, but Capulet wanted to marry Paris to Juliet on Thursday. The Friar gave her a potion that would make her seem dead for 42 hours, which she was to take Wednesday night. Friar Lawrence sent a message to Romeo for him to come and get Juliet when she awoke on Friday. But Capulet changed the wedding to Wednesday which meant that Juliet would have to take the potion late on Tuesday night which she did. That meant she awoke Thursday evening. Even if Romeo had received the message to come on Friday it would have been too late.
Friar Lawrence had a schedule set up whereby Juliet would take the potion Wednesday night and wake up 42 hours later for Romeo to come and get her, sometime Friday night. Presumably he sent Friar John with that message. But when Capulet set the wedding for Wednesday morning, Juliet had to take the potion on Tuesday night, a day earlier. So it didn't matter that Friar John's message did not get through because Romeo would have come a day too late anyway. However, for some reason, the friar does not seem to be worried that Romeo is not going to be warned to come Thursday to get Juliet.
Juliet tells her nurse that she is going to confession at Friar Lawerence's. She was actually going to go Friar Lawrence's cell like she said, but it was not for confession. She needed to ask him for advice about her upcoming forced marriage to Paris.
The Nurse
she takes a sleeping potion that the Friar made.
She actually doesn't call for anyone before she takes the potion, she does it in private. The only one who knows that Juliet takes the potion and doesn't actually die is Friar Laurence. She tells the nurse to go and help Mrs. Capulet with organizing the wedding.
A potion cooked up by Friar Lawrence.
Yes, Friar Laurence believes that Juliet is brave enough to take the sleeping potion because she is willing to risk her life for her love for Romeo. He trusts her commitment to the plan and her love for Romeo.
A dagger. If the friar's potion doesn't work, she will stab herself.
Juliet and Friar Laurence planned to get Romeo and Juliet together, but Capulet wanted to marry Paris to Juliet on Thursday. The Friar gave her a potion that would make her seem dead for 42 hours, which she was to take Wednesday night. Friar Lawrence sent a message to Romeo for him to come and get Juliet when she awoke on Friday. But Capulet changed the wedding to Wednesday which meant that Juliet would have to take the potion late on Tuesday night which she did. That meant she awoke Thursday evening. Even if Romeo had received the message to come on Friday it would have been too late.
Friar Lawrence got the potion for Juliet from his knowledge of herbs and natural remedies. He is known as an expert in plants and their medicinal properties, which he often uses to help others in need.
He advises her to take a potion which will make her seem to be dead. Then when she wakes up in her tomb, Romeo will come to rescue her.
Friar Lawrence devises a plan for Juliet to fake her own death by taking a potion that will make her appear dead. Juliet is worried whether the potion will actually work, if she will wake up in the tomb alone, or if the potion might actually kill her.
Juliet drinks Friar Lawrence's potion, which she fears may actually be poison, rather than enter into a bigamous marriage with Paris.
Friar Lawrence had a schedule set up whereby Juliet would take the potion Wednesday night and wake up 42 hours later for Romeo to come and get her, sometime Friday night. Presumably he sent Friar John with that message. But when Capulet set the wedding for Wednesday morning, Juliet had to take the potion on Tuesday night, a day earlier. So it didn't matter that Friar John's message did not get through because Romeo would have come a day too late anyway. However, for some reason, the friar does not seem to be worried that Romeo is not going to be warned to come Thursday to get Juliet.