Consider the following questions:
Part. 1
1) What part does the nurse play in Romeo and Juliet's schemes?
2) Whom is Romeo talking to in his aside in scene 2, line 37! Why is this aside effective?
3) This play in general and the balcony scene in particular are greatly admired for the beauty of the poetry. Pick one passage in Act II that especially appeals to you, and explain the poetic and literary devices involved. Is there rhyme, rhythm, or alliteration? What do the figures of speech mean? What senses do the images appeal to?
4) The nurse is one of Shakespeare's great comic characters. Do you think the nurse is a principled character, a person with a strong sense of right and wrong? Or does she seem to be easily corrupted, someone who will do whatever people want her to do? Find passages to support your answer.
5) Though Act II is a happy act, Shakespeare at times reminds us that this is a tragedy (a play that ends unhappily). Point out lines that foreshadow, or give clues to, possible trouble ahead.
6) The friar agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet because he wants them to be happy, but he also has another motive. What is the motive? What does it reveal about his character?
7) Dramatic Irony occurs when the audience knows something that a character does not know. Since the prologue told us how the play will end, we sense this irony when we hear the friar's motive. What other moments of dramatic irony occur in this act?
Part. 2
1) What causes the fatal sword fight between Mercutio and Tybalt in Scene I? How is Mercutio killed?
2) Why does Romeo kill Tybalt?
3) Now the young lovers are in serious trouble. What does Juliet threaten in Scene 2, after hearing of Romeo's banishment?
4) What is the friar's plan to help them in Scene 3?
5) A new complication has arisen by the end of Scene 4. What plans have Juliet's parents made for her?
6) Romeo's killing of Tybalt is the turning point of the play - the point when something happens that turns the action toward either a happy ending (a comedy) or an unhappy ending (a tragedy). What actions does the killing set in motion with what possible tragic consequences?
7) We already know (from the Prologue, page 787) that the play ends in the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Their willingness to die comes as no surprise to us, because we have been warned. Point out the instances in this act where each of them mentions this willingness to die if they are separated.
8) How does the nurse offend Juliet in this act and cease to be her ally? How does this development add to the tragedy of the events that follow?
9) Romeo and Juliet are dynamic characters, characters who change during the course of the play. Describe how the lovers have changed in this act. What hard lessons have they learned about love?
10) By the end of Act III, we have reached the highest point of suspense. In drama, suspense causes us to wonder anxiously. "What will happen next?" Write down the questions you have at the end of Act III.
Part. 3
1) In Scene I, what does Juliet threaten to do if the friar cannot help her?
2) What is the friar's plant for getting Romeo and Juliet together?
3) In scene 2, another complication comes up. What change does Capulet make in the wedding plans?
4) What is the situation in the Capulet house at the end of Act IV?
5) Why is Juliet so willing to trust the friar? Do you think she is wise to follow his advice?
6) One of the pleasures of watching a play is knowing something that a character onstage does not know. Oddly enough, this experience of dramatic irony adds suspense. We wait anxiously to find out what will happen when the characters discover what we already know. Where do you sense dramatic irony in Scenes 2, 3, and 4?
7) What terrible trials does Juliet face in this act of the tragedy? How does she respond to these challenges?
8) Juliet's parents have plant for their daughter that makes it seem impossible for the young couple to stay together. Does Shakespeare present the Capulets as villains? Does he help us see them as complex human beings? Explain your evaluation of the characters using details from the play.
1) What news does Romeo's servant bring him in Scene I?
2) Why does Romeo buy the poison?
3) Why doesn't Romeo receive the friar's letter explaining the latest plant?
4) What does Romeo find when he enters the tomb?
5) What finally happens to Romeo and then to Juliet?
6) What do you think caused the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet? Was it fate or human errors? Draw a web showing all the people or forces that might have been responsible.
7) This act includes examples of soliloquy (a long speech in which a character alone onstage expresses thoughts aloud), monologue (a long speech that a character delivers to other characters onstage), and dialogue (a conversation between two or more characters). Find an example of each, and comment on what it adds to the play.
8) In which scene of this act do you think the dramatic irony peaked? Explain why you picked that scene.
9) The climax of a play is its most intense moment, when we know how the conflict will end. In a tragedy it is a moment when we are overcome by sadness, fear, or regret. The climax of Shakespeare's tragedies comes in the final act. When in this act do you think the climax occurs? What were your feelings at that moment?
10) In scene 3, look back at the prince's speech about love killing the families' joys. It seems ironic that love could kill, so how in this play did love kill joy? In what way is the whole play about the way heaven scourges, or punishes people for hating? Support your response with details from the text.
11) Use a dictionary to research the word bank, show their derivations, or origins. (Which words are very old English words, rooted in Anglo-Saxon, or Old English?) Make a diagram showing their origins, what each word meant in Shakespeare's day, and what it means today.
Marry
Owes
Shrift
Withal
Wot
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