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Act 1
Acts 1 & 2
Act 3
Act 4
Act 5
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What is the setting of Act 1 in Romeo & Juliet?
Verona
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What does "Wherefore art thou Romeo" Mean?
Where are you Romeo?
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What is a lark and what does it signify?
a Lark is a bird who sings in the day. It signifies daytime and the sun.
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Why does Juliet tell her mother and the nurse that she wants to be alone the night before her wedding with Paris?
She wants to be alone so she can take the drug.
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Who first found Juliet "dead?"
The nurse
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Romeo and Julie are described as ______________.
Star-crossed lovers
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Romeo and Juliet agree to marry after knowing eachother for...
a few hours
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What is a nightingale and what does it signify?
A nightingale is a bird who sings at night and signifies the darkness and the moon.
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Before Friar's proposal, what did Juliet want to do to avoid the marriage with Paris?
She wanted to kill herself
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What happens to the Capulet and Montague's feud when Romeo and Juliet die?
The feud has ended.
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What does it mean to "bite your thumb" at someone?
It means to disgrace someone
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What is a foil?
Characters that contradict eachother.
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When the plan for the wedding of Paris and Juliet is made for Thursday, how does Paris feel?
Paris is so excited. He wants it to be right now. He can't wait for it.
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What is a peevish self-willed harlotry?
A stubborn little brat
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What does Paris think Romeo is doing at the Capulet family tomb? What is he really doing there?
Paris thinks that Romeo is there to mess with the tomb. He is really there to see Juliet, his wife.
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What are the character traits of the nurse in Romeo & Juliet?
She is more of a mother to Juliet than her real mother is. She's nice to Juliet, makes her laugh, and helps her with her problems. She is funny and over the top.
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In the beginning of the play, why does Friar Lawrence support Romeo and Juliet's marriage?
He is for it so that it may bring happiness and forgiveness between the Capulet and Montague house holds by stopping the feud.
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What is Romeo's punishment for the final brawl between him and Tybalt in act 3 scene 1?
He killed Tybalt and was excommunicated from Verona.
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What does Juliet do to avoid the marriage with Paris?
She takes a drug from Friar Lawrence. The drug makes her go out cold for 42 hours. It seems as though she's dead, her breath will stop, her skin will be cold, and she won't be able to move. In 42 hours, she will wake up as though she were in a deep sleep.
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Why did Romeo not get the message that Juliet was not really dead?
The messenger who had the note got sick and no one else could deliver the message for they would get sick too.
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In act 1 scene 2, Paris asks Capulet for Juliet's hand in marriage. What is Capulet's reply?
He says that Paris should wait about two years until Juliet is older.
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In act 1 scene 4, why is Romeo uneasy about going to the Capulet party? And what dream-like premonition has he had?
He was sad and depressed over Rosaline. He doesn't want to find a new girl to love. His premonition was that he felt that something was going tohappen at the party that was going to lead to his death.
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How do the adults react to Romeo's banishment v.s. the children?
The adults realize that it's not that bad. He is only banished from Verona, a small town. There is a huge world out there for the two of them. The children think that it is the end of the world and that death would have been better.
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What was Friar Lawrence's plan to help Juliet escape the marriage with Paris?
He wants to give her a drug that makes her lose her breath, have cold skin, and seem as though she is dead for 42 hours. After the 42 hours she will wake up and Friar and Romeo will meet her in the tomb.
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What does Romeo plan to do when he hears that Juliet is dead?
He wants to kill himself.