Act 3
This character fatally wounds Mercutio during the street fight.
Who is Tybalt?
Juliet agrees to Friar Lawrence's plan because it will avoid this unwanted outcome.
What is marrying Paris?
This character tells Romeo that Juliet is dead.
Who is Balthasar?
This character secretly marries Romeo and Juliet.
Who is Friar Lawrence?
Mercutio uses this literary device in "Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man."
What is a pun?
This is the punishment Romeo receives for killing Tybalt.
What is banishment?
This is what Juliet takes to make her appear dead.
What is a sleeping potion?
This is the reason Friar John's letter never reaches Romeo.
What is quarantine?
This character discovers Juliet's apparently lifeless body.
Who is the Nurse?
Juliet uses this literary device when she calls Romeo a "Beautiful tyrant! Fiend angelical!"
What is an oxymoron?
This is the city Romeo must go to after his banishment.
What is Mantua?
This is one major risk Juliet faces when she agrees to take the potion.
What is the possibility the plan will fail or she will wake up before Romeo arrives?
Romeo buys this from an apothecary before returning to Verona.
What is poison?
The deaths of Romeo and Juliet demonstrate this theme about the consequences of hatred.
What is that feuds and hatred can destroy lives?
Mercutio's statement, "A plague o' both your houses!" reveals his anger toward these two families.
Who are the Montagues/Capulets?
This is the character Lady Capulet wants to poison in Act 3
Who is Romeo?
Romeo and Juliet both threaten to use this item to commit suicide.
What is a knife?
Romeo's decision to act immediately after hearing that Juliet's dead reveals this character flaw.
What is impulsiveness?
Juliet's willingness to defy her parents and risk taking Friar Lawrence's potion reveals that she has developed this quality over the course of the play.
What is independence/courage?
When Romeo says, "Then I defy you, stars!" he is expressing his desire to challenge this.
What is fate/destiny?
Romeo's decision to kill Tybalt and Tybalt's killing of Mercutio makes achieving this between the families difficult.
What is a peaceful resolution between the houses?
Lady Capulet says this is why Lord Capulet stays up too late.
This character dies of grief after finding out Romeo had been banished.
Who is Lady Montague?
The Prince blames the families' feud for the tragedy, showing that these people share responsibility for what happened.
Who are the Montagues/Capulets?
Juliet's contradictory descriptions of Romeo reveal that she feels both love and this emotion toward him after Tybalt's death.
What is anger?