Which excerpt from Act V, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet best reflects the play’s overall theme?
A. Lady Capulet: O me! this sight of death is as a bell, That warns my old age to a sepulchre.
B. Prince: See what a scourge is laid upon your hate, That heaven finds means to kill your joys with love;
C. Romeo: Hold, take this letter; early in the morning
See thou deliver it to my lord and father.
D. Montague: O thou untaught! what manners is in this,
To press before thy father to a grave,

What is the purpose of the prologue of Romeo and Juliet? Check all that apply.

to introduce the audience to important charactersto inform the audience where the story takes placeto set up the central conflict between the familiesto invoke feelings of sympathy in the audienceto lay out specific details about different plot pointsRead Friar Laurence’s dialogue from Act V, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet.But he which bore my letter, Friar John,
Was stay’d by accident, and yesternight
Return’d my letter back.Based on these lines, what role did Friar John play in the catastrophe?He delivered Friar Laurence’s letter to the wrong person.He continually forgot to deliver Friar Laurence’s letter.He made the choice not to deliver Friar Laurence’s letter.He was prevented from delivering Friar Laurence’s letter.