Mrs. Luciano - English 1B Romeo and Juliet questions:
Act Two, Scenes 1 - 5 Act 3, Scene 1 (p. 1044 – 1051)
1) Tybalt approaches Benvolio and Mercutio as he is looking for Romeo. Describe his initial interaction with Mercutio in lines 47 – 51.
2) In lines 52 – 55, Benvolio to says, “We talk here in the public haunt of men. Either withdraw unto some private place and reason coldly of your grievances, or else depart. Here all eyes gaze upon us.” What prompts Benvolio’s nervous attitude?
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3) Tybalt wants to fight Romeo and calls him a “villain” because he crashed the Capulet party and talked with Juliet. Romeo responds by saying, “Tybalt, the reason that I have to love thee / Doth much excuse the appertaining rage / To such a greeting. Villain am I none, / Therefore farewell. I see thou know'st me not” (lines 65-68). He also says, “I do protest I never injured thee” (line 71). What does Romeo mean?
4) Mercutio then says to Romeo: “O calm, dishonorable, vile submission!” (line 76).
A) Why is Mercutio so angry with Romeo?
Mrs. Luciano - English 1B B) Why does Mercutio fight with Tybalt?
5) What mistake did Romeo make as Tybalt and Mercutio were fighting?
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6) Romeo thinks that Mercutio is joking around and says, “Courage, man. The hurt cannot be much” (lines 101).
A) Mercutio responds by saying the following lines: “No, 'tis not so deep as a well nor so wide as a church door, but 'tis enough, 'twill serve. Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man” (lines 102-104). What does he mean?
B) Why does Mercutio keep saying “a plague o’ both your houses”? (lines 95, 105 – 106, & 113).
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7) What does Romeo mean when he says that Juliet’s love has made him “effeminate”? (line 121)
8) Why does Romeo finally fight Tybalt?
Mrs. Luciano - English 1B 9) After the fight with Tybalt ends, Romeo says, “I am fortune’s fool!” What does this mean?
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10) Benvolio explained the fights between Mercutio, Tybalt, and Romeo to the Prince.
A) What are some of the things that Benvolio says to explain the fight?
B) What does Lady Capulet say to in response? (line 190 – 193).
11) What is the Prince’s response? (lines 202 – 213)
12) Why do you think he punishes Romeo in this way?
Act 3, Scene 2 (p.1051 – 1055)
1) Juliet is talking to herself at the beginning of this scene. What are some of the things she is reflecting on? (lines 1 – 32).
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2) The Nurse brings Juliet news of the fight between Romeo, Mercutio, and Tybalt.
Mrs. Luciano - English 1B A) What is Juliet’s reaction when she thinks that Romeo has been killed? (lines 44, 48 – 56, & 62 – 66)
B) What is Juliet’s reaction when the Nurse finally tells her in lines 75 – 76 that Romeo killed Tybalt?
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3) The Nurse then gives her thoughts on Romeo and the situation, saying, “Shame come to Romeo!” (line 97)
A) How does Juliet respond?
B) Juliet then says, “Shall I speak ill of him that is my husband? / Ah, poor my lord, what tongue shall smooth thy name / When I, thy three- hours wife, have mangled it? (linnes 106 – 109). What does she mean here?
C) What does she realize about Tybalt? (lines 110 – 117)
4) What is Juliet’s reaction to the news of Romeo’s banishment? (lines 123 – 137).
5) What do the Nurse and Juliet decide to do at the end of this scene? (lines 150 – 155).
Mrs. Luciano - English 1B Act 3, Scene 3 (p. 1055 – 1060)
1) Romeo asks Friar Laurence “What is the Prince’s doom? (line 5).
A) How does Romeo react when he finds out the news?
B) The Friar responds by saying to Romeo: “O deadly sin! O rude unthankfulness!” (line 27). Why is he annoyed with Romeo?
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2) Romeo explains his feelings of banishment in lines 32 – 54. What are some of the things he says?
3) Friar Laurence is frustrated and tells Romeo: O, then I see that madmen have no ears” (lines 66 – 67). Why does Romeo feel that Friar Laurence cannot understand his situation? (lines 71 – 79).
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4) The Nurse arrives to bring news of Juliet.
A) According to the Nurse, how is Juliet? (lines 99 – 105 & 114 – 117)
B) Romeo reacts by saying, “O tell me, Friar, tell me, / In what vile part of this anatomy / Doth my name lodge? Tell me, that I may sack / The hateful mansion” (lines 121-124) What does Romeo mean by those lines?
______Mrs. Luciano - English 1B 5) In response to Romeo, the Friar says, “Hold thy desperate hand. / Art thou a man? They form cries out thou art. / Thy tears are womanish, they wild acts denote / The unreasonable fury of a beast” (lines 125-128). What does the Friar mean by those lines?
6) What three reasons does Friar Laurence tell Romeo that be happy or grateful for? (lines 152 – 159)
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7) How does the Nurse comfort Romeo at the end of the scene? (lines 180 – 182).
8) What is Friar Laurence’s plan for Romeo? (lines 165 – 175 & 183 – 190)
Act 3, Scene 4 (p.1061 – 1062)
1) Paris arrives at the Capulet house to again ask for Juliet’s hand in marriage.
A) Has Paris spent time “wooing” Juliet as Capulet asked in Act 1?
B) What motivates Capulet to consent to Paris’s proposal of Juliet’s hand in marriage? Provide one reason.
C) What does Capulet say about the wedding plans? (lines 22 – 24)
Mrs. Luciano - English 1B Act 3, Scene 5 (p. 1062 – 1070)
1) Why do Juliet and Romeo talk about larks and nightingales during this scene? (lines 1 – 16)
2) As Romeo and Juliet are saying goodbye to one another, Juliet says, “Methinks I see thee, now though art below, / As one dead in the bottom of a tomb” (lines 56 – 57). How is this foreshadowing?
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3) Describe the conversation between Juliet and her mother in lines 66 – 97.
A) Who is Lady Capulet speaking about?
B) Who is Juliet speaking about?
4) What does her mother threaten to do to Romeo to get revenge in lines 98 – 104?
5) Lord Capulet thinks that he will make Juliet happy by arranging for her to marry Paris. Lady Capulet informs Juliet of her wedding in lines 126 – 130.
A) How does Lord Capulet react to Juliet not wanting to marry Paris? (lines 167 – 176 & 180 - 181).
B) What does he threaten to do if she doesn’t marry Paris? (lines 182 – 189)
Mrs. Luciano - English 1B 6) The Nurse gives Juliet advice at the end of Act 3: “Faith, here it is. / Romeo is banished, and all the world to nothing / That he dares ne'er come back to challenge you; / Or if he do, it needs must be by stealth. / Then, since the case so stands as now it doth, / I think it best you married with the County. / Oh, he's a lovely gentleman! / Romeo's a dishclout to him. An eagle, madam, / Hath not so green, so quick, so fair an eye / As Paris hath. Beshrew my very heart, / I think you are happy in this second match, / For it excels your first. Or if it did not, / Your first is dead, or 'twere as good he were / As living here and you no use of him” (lines 242-255).
A) Why does the Nurse advise Juliet to marry Count Paris?
B) What is Juliet’s reaction to the Nurse’s change of heart?