Act 1
who brings up the topic of marriage?
Juliet
Why did Romeo go to the party in the first place?
to see rosaline
Why do Mercutio and Tybalt start to fight?
Mercutio draws his sword out of anger and declares with biting wit that if Romeo will not fight Tybalt, he will
Why did Juliet go to Friar Laurence’s cell?
She was upset about the wedding arrangements with Count Paris
What news that Balthasar give romeo?
balthasar tells romeo that Juliet has passed away
what city does this all happen?
verona
Who is with Romeo at the Capulet party?
benvolio
Why does Juliet threaten to kill herself?
Juliet assumes Romeo has killed himself, and she decides to try and kill herself
In short what is the Friars plan?
Have Juliet drink a vile of liquid that would make her appear dead to get her out of marrying paris
who gave romeo the poison?
the apothecary
who is supposed to read the guest list but cant?
peter
After the party where is Juliet when she is talking about Romeo?
her balcony
why does Romeo threaten to kill himself?
Romeo assumes that Juliet thinks of Romeo as a murderer and says that he's going to stab himself
Who is supposed to give Romeo the letter?
Friar John
why does romeo not receive the letter?
because the townsfolk thought friar john had the plague
why is romeo sad?
his love rosaline rejected him
What is Friar Laurence doing before Romeo comes to him to ask for advice?
collecting herbs and flowers
why does Juliet not trust the nurse anymore
the nurse insulted Romeo
Who all knows about the plan at this point?
Juliet, Friar Laurence, and Friar John
why did Paris and romeo start fighting?
because Paris blamed Romeo for Juliet's death because he thought she killed herself because of tybalts death
who raised juliet?
nurse
Who is making fun of the nurse during scene 4?
mercutio
why cant Capulet ask Juliet about her feelings?
because of the terrible recent events
What three reasons does Juliet make that the plan can go wrong?
She wake up too early, she dies from it, it doesn’t work at all
how did Juliet die and why?
juliet killed herself by stabbing herself in the chest with a dagger. and she killer her self because romeo killed him self