ACT 3.1
Who kills Tybalt in a duel?
Romeo kills Tybalt.
How does Juliet react when she first hears that Romeo killed Tybalt?
Juliet is shocked and confused—she is torn between loyalty to her husband, Romeo, and grief for her cousin, Tybal
What punishment does the Prince give Romeo for killing Tybalt?
Romeo is banished from Verona.
What does Lord Capulet decide about Juliet’s future in this scene?
He decides that Juliet will marry Paris on Thursday.
Why does Juliet refuse to marry Paris?
Because she is already secretly married to Romeo.
This character tries to keep the peace but ends up getting fatally wounded.
Who is Mercutio?
Juliet sends her nurse to bring this person a ring as a sign of her love and forgiveness.
Who is Romeo?
This holy man scolds Romeo for acting foolishly after hearing about his banishment.
Who is Friar Laurence?
Lord Capulet arranges this event to cheer Juliet up after Tybalt’s death.
What is Juliet’s marriage to Paris?
This person threatens to disown Juliet when she refuses to marry Paris.
Who is Lord Capulet?
Romeo calls himself “fortune’s fool” after committing this tragic act.
What is killing Tybalt?
Juliet initially uses a series of oxymorons like "beautiful tyrant" and "fiend angelical" to describe this person.
Who is Romeo?
Friar Laurence offers Romeo this plan to help him reunite with Juliet after his banishment.
What is to go to Mantua and wait until things are safe to return?
Capulet sets the date for Juliet's wedding to Paris without knowing this key fact about her.
What is that she is already married to Romeo?
This person advises Juliet to marry Paris, betraying her previous loyalty.
Who is the Nurse?
This character curses both the Montagues and Capulets with the phrase "A plague on both your houses!" after being mortally wounded.
Who is Mercutio?
Juliet compares Romeo's banishment to this kind of punishment, saying it's worse than death.
What is damnation or hell?
Romeo threatens to do this in Friar Laurence’s cell after hearing of his banishment.
What is kill himself?
Paris responds in this way when Lord Capulet tells him Juliet will marry him in just a few days.
What is he agrees and is pleased?
This natural event is used by Romeo and Juliet to argue about whether it’s day or still night.
What is the sound of the lark (vs. the nightingale)?
Mercutio blames this specific concept for his death when he says, “Why the devil came you between us? I was hurt under your arm.”
What is Romeo’s interference or peacemaking attempt?
In her soliloquy, Juliet uses this poetic device when imagining Romeo’s arrival, saying, “Give me my Romeo; and, when he shall die, take him and cut him out in little stars…”
What is a metaphor?
Friar Laurence compares Romeo’s tears to this, suggesting his behavior is unmanly and shameful.
What is a woman’s tears or a beastly act?
Capulet believes Juliet is too sad to be spoken to directly, attributing her grief to this cause, which is ironic.
What is Tybalt’s death?
Juliet cleverly uses this literary device to double the meaning of her speech when talking to her mother about “Romeo,” saying she wishes to “avenge her cousin’s death.”
What is verbal irony (or double entendre)?