Vocabulary
Mercutio's Death
The Friar's Plans
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100
The judge will decide the penalty for my _______________.
Transgression
100
Shakespeare hints at the fight that is about to begin in Act 3 when Benvolio says that "the day is ________, the Capulets are abroad, and if [the Capulets and Montagues] meet, [Benvolio and Mercutio] will not 'scape a brawl." *HINT: The answer relates to the weather!
Hot
100
In Act 3 the friar says, "a pack of blessings light upon [Romeo's] back" though he has been banished from Verona. What are the three reasons that Romeo should be happy despite his banishment, according to the friar?
1. Juliet is alive 2. Romeo is alive; Tybalt is dead who would have killed him 3. Romeo will be banished rather than killed
100
"Not Romeo, Prince; he was Mercutio's friend; his fault concludes but what the law should end, the life of Tybalt."
Lord Montague
100
"Now by Saint Peter's Church, and Peter too, he shall not make me there a joyful bride! I wonder at this haste, that I must wed ere he that should be husband comes to woo."
In the name of Saint Peter's church, and Saint Perter himself, Paris will not make me a joyful bride! I wonder why this marriage is set up so quickly; I will be married to Paris before he has even had time to make me fall in love with him!
200
Flying continues to be the ___________ mode of travel though airfare has increased.
Predominate
200
The reason that Romeo refuses to fight Tybalt even after Tybalt calls him a "villain".
He loves Tybalt now that they are related by marriage.
200
In Act 3, the friar explains to Romeo how they will deal with his banishment. List the four parts of the plan.
1. Go spend your wedding night with Juliet 2. Leave before you get caught by the Capulet guards 3. Leave for Mantua where you will live out your banishment 4. I (the friar) will announce your marriage and will beg pardon of the prince.
200
"O deadly sin! O rude unthankfulness! Thy fault our law calls death; but the kind Prince, taking thy part, hath rushed aside the law, and turned that black word "death" to "banishment."
Friar
200
"O sweet my mother, cast me not away! Delay this marriage for a month, a week; or if you do not, make my bridal bed in that dim monument where Tybalt lies!"
Help me mother! Stop this marriage for a month, a week, or if you will not, set up my wedding bed in the Capulet vault where Tybalt is buried (I will kill myself).
300
We knew that Grandma was ill because of her ________ complexion and her lack of appetite.
Sallow
300
The person that Romeo blames for his lack of bravery in this scene.
Juliet "O sweet Juliet, thy beauty hath made me effeminate and in my temper soft'ned valor's steel!"
300
In Act 4, what do the friar's plan for Juliet and Juliet's situation have in common?
They are both "desperate"
300
"O tell me, friar, tell me, in what part of this anatomy doth my name lodge? Tell me, that I may [cut out] the hateful mansion."
Romeo
300
"Alas! She is cold, her blood is settled, and her joints are stiff. Life and these lips have long been separated. Death lies on her like an untimely frost upon the sweetest flower of all the field."
Oh no! She is cold and dead. Her blood has stopped circulating and her joints are stiff. She has been dead a while. Death has taken her out of season, like a flower that is killed by an early frost.
400
The _____________ consequence of war is, of course, death and destruction.
Lamentable OR Predominate
400
Lady Capulet says that the Prince should not believe Benvolio's retelling of events in Act 3 because...
Benvolio is "kinsman to the Montague[s]; affection makes him false, he speaks not true."
400
In Act 4, the friar explains to Juliet how they will overcome her marriage to Paris. List out the six major parts of this plan.
1. Tell your parents that you will marry Paris 2. Make sure that you sleep alone 3. Drink the potion 4. You will be taken to the Capulet vault 5. Romeo will know of the plan by the friar's letter 6. Romeo will take Juliet to Mantua after she wakes
400
"O God, I have an ill-divining soul! Methinks I see thee, now thou art so low, as one dead at the bottom of a tomb."
Juliet
400
"I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins that almost freezes up the heat of life. I'll call them back to comfort me. Nurse!-- What should she do here? My dismal scene I needs must act alone."
A chill goes through my body because I am scared. I will call the nurse back to comfort me. No, what will she do here? I must perform this act alone.
500
When we reflect on history, it is obvious that we have a tradition of ___________, but that structure has changed greatly in modern times.
Patriarchy
500
The Prince's reasons for sentencing Romeo to banishment. (List two.)
He has an interest in this fight--Mercutio was killed, and Mercutio was a relative of the Prince. Also, Romeo has murdered and cannot
500
The friar warns Juliet that there is only one thing that could prevent his plan (Juliet's fake death) from working. What does the friar say could go wrong?
Her "womanish fear" could stop her from drinking the potion.
500
"Thursday is near; lay hand on heart, advise: and you be mine, I will give you to my friend; and you be not, hang, beg, starve, die in the streets, for, by my soul, I'll ne'er acknowledge thee."
Lord Capulet
500
"Doth she not give us thanks? Is she not pleased? Doth she not count her blest, unworthy as she is, that we have wrought so worthy a gentleman to be her bride?"
Is she not thankful? Is she not pleased? Does she not consider herself blessed that though she is unworthy, we have found such a respectable gentleman to be her husband?
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