Literary Devices in Romeo and Juliet, Part 5

Question 1

What does this excerpt foreshadow?

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D: Benvolio and Mercutio will fight the Capulets.

Question 2

What does the dialogue in this passage foreshadow?

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C: Mercutio’s death will lead to other tragic events.

Question 3

Consider these lines from earlier in the play. Which lines foreshadow Tybalt’s death in Act III, scene i? Check all that apply.Tybalt: Uncle, this is a Montague, our foe; / A villain that is hither come in spite, / To scorn at our solemnity this night.Capulet: [to Tybalt] You are a saucy boy – is 't so indeed? – / This trick may chance to scathe you.Tybalt: I will withdraw; but this intrusion shall / Now seeming sweet convert to bitter gall.Benvolio: Tybalt, the kinsman of old Capulet, / Hath sent a letter to his father’s house. . . . [Romeo] will answer the letter’s master, how he dares, being dared.Mercutio: More than prince of cats, I can tell you. O! [Tybalt] is the courageous captain of compliments.

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B: Capulet: [to Tybalt] You are a saucy boy – is 't so indeed? – / This trick may chance to scathe you.; C: Tybalt: I will withdraw; but this intrusion shall / Now seeming sweet convert to bitter gall.; D: Benvolio: Tybalt, the kinsman of old Capulet, / Hath sent a letter to his father’s house. . . . [Romeo] will answer the letter’s master, how he dares, being dared.

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