The Fight
Romeo is banished
What is the Prince's punishment for killing Tybalt.
This character advises Romeo to control his despair and think rationally after his banishment.
Who is Friar Lawrence?
Juliet urges Phoebus’ “fiery-footed steeds” to hurry night so she can see her husband. What is she feeling?
What is impatience and/or anticipation?
After Romeo is banished, the Nurse suggests Juliet should consider marrying Paris instead, saying he is a fine gentleman and perhaps a better match than Romeo. What is the Nurse’s main point?
What is Romeo isn't coming back?
When Mercutio says "a plague o' both your houses", the word "plague" most nearly means
What is a curse or misfortune?
The theme of "personal honor escalates conflict" is shown by what major event?
The deaths of Mercutio and Tybalt.
After killing Tybalt, Romeo says "I am fortune's fool." What does this reveal about his view of the situation?
What is he feels unlucky and feels fate is controlling his life against his will?
Life lacks meaning or value to Juliet once she learns this.
What is that Romeo is banished?
By the end of Act III, Juliet’s trust in the Nurse changes after the Nurse advises her to marry Paris instead of Romeo. How does Juliet now regard the Nurse?
What is with contempt?
(Betrayal)
Capulet angrily calls Juliet "baggage", using the word to suggest she is what?
What is a burden or a disgrace?
Romeo tries to stop the fight with Tybalt for two main reasons.
What are Romeo wants peace between his and Juliet's family and Romeo feels connected to his wife's family.
In his speech about banishment, Romeo says it is "death mistermed". What can be inferred about his feelings?
What is he shows deep desire for Juliet and is in anguish of his banishment?
Juliet calls Romeo a “beautiful tyrant” and a “damned saint.” Shakespeare creates this conflicted mood by pairing contradictory terms.
What are oxymorons?
Paris notices Juliet weeping and reports it to Friar Lawrence. What is the real reason for Juliet's sorrow?
What is that Juliet loves Romeo and doesn't want to marry Paris.
Juliet worries the potion from Friar Lawrence might actually be poison, or that she could wait too early in the tomb, revealing this:
What is fear and anxiety of the plan going wrong?
This character says curse the Capulets and Montagues; their feud has killed me with these words:(What words does he say?)
What are "A plague o' both your houses!"
Romeo reflects that Juliet's beauty "made me effeminate" and "soften'd valour's steel". What internal conflict is he feeling?
What is that he blames his love for Juliet on weakening his honor?
Juliet calls Romeo a “beautiful tyrant” and a “damned saint” after Tybalt’s death. What mood does this show?
What is sorrowful?
Capulet says Juliet must marry Paris “or I will drag [her]…thither.” This reveals his attitude toward her disobedience.
What is he feels betrayed and reacts with anger?
What is Juliet feeling so desperate that she is considering harming herself?
Despite being mortally wounded, this character uses dark humor—saying his injury is “not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door,” and that you’ll find him “a grave man” tomorrow—creating this mood that mixes wit with impending death.
What is a bitter mood?
In Act 3, scene 3, Friar Lawrence tells Romeo to "Hold thy desperate hand." What criticism is he making of Romeo?
What is that Romeo is acting impulsively and without reason?
Juliet says in an aside, “Villain and he may be many miles asunder.” She means this about Romeo.
What is Romeo is innocent and far from being a villain?
In this metaphor, Capulet calls Death Juliet's "son-in-law" and "heir". What effect does this metaphor have?
What is that expresses how death has taken place of the joyful son-in-law he expected?
When expressing waking alone in the Capulet tomb, Juliet reveals this struggle between two emotions
What is the struggle between bravery and fear?