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I'm sure the medical community would like to know. After all, a drug which can induce a coma for over two days followed by complete recovery would be very useful as an anaesthetic. Unfortunately, no such drug was available before the late 19th century.
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What potion does Juliet take to make her appear dead?
she takes a sleeping potion that the Friar made.
What act is it that the friar tells Juliet to take the potion?
In Act IV Scene I
Why do you think shakespeare puts Friar Laurence's speech about poisonous plants in the play in romeo and juliet?
It explains how, later on in the play, the Friar is able to produce a potion which will make a person look dead for 42 hours exactly.
What second thought does Juliet have?
Juliet worries that Friar Lawrence's sleeping potion is actually a poison.
What is the potion that juliet drinks?
Friar Laurence gives Juliet a potion at the opening of Act 4. It is the only way she can avoid being bigamously married to Paris. It is not a poison, however, just a Mickey Finn designed to knock her out for a couple of days.
What potion does Juliet take to make her appear dead?
she takes a sleeping potion that the Friar made.
What was the name of the potion Juliet drank to appear dead?
The potion Juliet drank to appear dead was called a sleeping potion, which Friar Laurence gave her to make it seem like she was dead so she could avoid marrying Paris.
Who prepares the potion for juilet?
Friar Lawrence prepares the potion for Juliet in William Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet."
What did Shakespeare's Juliet take to make her appear dead?
A potion cooked up by Friar Lawrence.
Who gives Juliet the death potion?
Friar Laurence
What does friar give Juliet so she wont have to marry Paris on Thursday?
He gives her a potion which will make her appear to be dead.
Who diescovers Juliet after she take friar lawrences potion?
The Nurse
What does Friar Laurence do so that Juliet does not have to marry Paris?
He gives Juliet a potion will make her seem to be dead on the wedding day.
What does friar Lawrence say will happen when Juliet drinks the potion?
Friar Lawrence tells Juliet that the potion will make her appear as if she is dead. Her body will be cold and stiff with no sign of life for 42 hours.
What does the friar advise Juliet to do?
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.
In the play Romeo and Juliet what threat does Juliet make and what does the Friar do?
She threatens to kill herself, so the Friar says that he can give her a knockout potion which will make her seem dead for a couple of days, and then she can come back to life (and get together with Romeo)
How long would the herbs or potion make the juleit appear as though she were dead?
The potion that the priest, Friar Laurence gave Juliet to make her appear to be dead would only work for 42 hours which is a little less then two days.
