What is the biggest decision that happens in Act II?
Romeo and Juliet deciding to get married.
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After Tybalt's death, the Prince sentences Romeo to what punishment?
banishment
100
Define dramatic irony:
When the audience knows something that the characters do not.
100
In Act V, scene i, what does Balthasar report to Romeo?
Juliet is dead!
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In Act I of Romeo and Juliet, who is Roasline?
the lady for whom Romeo is love-sick.
200
What is one of the main reasons why the Friar decides to marry Romeo and Juliet?
Thinks it could help end feud between Capulets and Montagues.
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What type of speech is it called whenever the character is on the stage alone and the only people who can hear their words is the audience?
soliloquy
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In Act IV, scene ii, when Capulet learns that Juliet apparently agrees to the wedding with Paris, whta decision does he make?
To move the wedding up a day
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In Act V, scene iii, what motivated Paris to go to grave yard?
To grieve over Juliet's death.
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The setting of Act I of Romeo and Juliet is in which city?
Verona.
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What point is Juliet making in the following lines:
What's in a name? That whcih we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet.
She loves Romeo even though he is a Montague.
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What even do Benvolio's lines from the opening Act III scene i foreshadow:
And, if we meet, we shall not 'scape a brawl,
For now, these hot days, is the mad blood stirring.
fight in which Mercution and Tybalt are killed
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The plot events in Act IV mostly center around:
Juliet's plan to avoid marrying Paris
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According to Montague, what was the cause of Lady Montague's death?
grief over Romeo's exile
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In Act I, scene i, what is Prince Escalus's message to Capulet and Montague?
Capulet and Montague will pay with their lives if more disturbances occur.
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In Act II, Benvolio's and Mercution's sociability helps to emphasize Romeo's:
moodiness
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In Act III, scene i, Romeo is motivated to kill Tybalt because:
Tybalt killed Mercutio
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Give a word that describes Friar's role in dealing with Juliet in Act IV.
ally
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What caused Friar's message to go astray?
Plague
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In Act I, scene iii, what does Lady Capulet compare Paris to?
a book
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There was a line in scene ii in a speech by Juliet that mentioned, "summer's ripening breath"; what was summer's ripening breath?
the heat of the sun
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Central issue of Act III was:
romantic love vs. family loyalty
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In this Act, Juliet expresses her anxiety about taking the potion; what are the 3 different things she mentions she has anxiety about?
1. Potion not working and having to marry Paris.
2. Dying
3. Waking up and being suffocated by being around the dead bodies (i.e. Tybalt)