Who said it?
Who is the Nurse?
"O, I am fortune's fool!"
What is Romeo claims that destiny has made a fool of him with his bad luck.
What is the weather like during this scene?
What is hot?
At the end of the Act, what is Juliet's plan if the Friar cannot help her avoid marrying Paris?
What is she plans to kill herself?
"O calm, dishonorable, vile submission!"
Who is Mercutio?
What are the TWO possible meanings of "A plague o' both your houses?"
What is
1) Mercutio cursing the Capulets and Montagues.
2) Mercutio asserting that the families' hatred is like a disease.
***DOUBLE JEOPARDY***
After Mercutio's death, what does Romeo blame for his inaction?
What is Juliet's beauty?
What are the two birds that Romeo and Juliet discuss after they consummate their marriage? Why do they discuss them?
What is the lark and the nightingale?
"How? Will she none? Doth she not give us thanks? Is she not proud?"
Who is Lord Capulet?
"They have made worms' meat of me."
What is Mercutio saying that he is dying?
How does the Prince feel when he finds out what happened?
After hearing Juliet is weeping over Tybalt's death and Romeo's banishment, what item does Romeo grab?
What is a dagger?
"I was hurt under your arm."
Who is Mercutio?
***DOUBLE JEOPARDY***
"I do protest I never injured thee, but love thee more than thou canst devise."
What is Romeo says this to Tybalt because he has just married Juliet and now Tybalt is his family.
Describe the motivations of Romeo, Tybalt, Mercutio and Benvolio respectively in this scene.
What is...
1) Romeo tries to keep the peace initially as he has just married Juliet. After Mercutio dies, Romeo is shaken and wishes to avenge Mercutio.
2) Tybalt wants to kill Romeo, not Mercutio.
3) Mercutio is offended by Romeo's lack of action and seeks to defend his honor.
4) Benvolio wants to go home and avoid all of this.
What is Juliet's vision as Romeo descends her balcony?
What is she sees Romeo dead in the bottom of a tomb?
"There is no world without Verona's walls."
Who is Romeo?
"Serpent heart hid with a flow'ring face...beautiful tyrant, fiend angelical."
What is Juliet grappling with her perception of Romeo as perfect while understanding the ugliness of killing Tybalt?
How do Mercutio's thoughts about dreams in the first act connect to the outcome of this scene?
What is Romeo's "dreamer" disposition ultimately causes Mercutio's death.
What is the impact of having the climactic scene of Romeo and Juliet as the first scene in the Act? How does it affect the mood of the rest of the act?
What is it creates a sense of doom and foreboding?