Read this excerpt from Act III, scene i of Romeo and Juliet . Benvolio : Here comes the furious Tybalt back again. Romeo : Alive! in triumph! and Mercutio slain! Away to heaven, respective lenity, And fire-ey’d fury be my conduct now! 90 Now, Tybalt, take the villain back again That late thou gav’st me; for Mercutio’s soul Is but a little way above our heads, Staying for thine to keep him company: Either thou, or I, or both, must go with him. 95 Tybalt : Thou wretched boy, that didst consort him here, Shalt with him hence. Romeo : This shall determine that. [They fight: TYBALT falls.] How does this complication contribute to the central conflict of the play?
Read the lines from Act II, scene ii of Romeo and Juliet . Juliet: O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father, and refuse thy name; Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I’ll no longer be a Capulet. Shakespeare uses this soliloquy to portray Juliet’s
Read the dialogue between the two main characters in Act I, scene v of Romeo and Juliet . Romeo: [To JULIET.] If I profane with my unworthiest hand This holy shrine, the gentle sin is this; My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss. Juliet: Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much, Which mannerly devotion shows in this; For saints have hands that pilgrims’ hands do touch, And palm to palm is holy palmers’ kiss. Based upon this dialogue, Romeo is
Read Romeo’s dialogue from Act V, scene i of Romeo and Juliet . How fares my Juliet? That I ask again; For nothing can be ill if she be well. Which of Romeo’s tragic flaws does this dialogue reveal?
Read the excerpt from Act II, scene v of Romeo and Juliet. Juliet : The clock struck nine when I did send the nurse; In half an hour she promis’d to return. Perchance she cannot meet him: that’s not so. 5 O! she is lame: love’s heralds should be thoughts, Based on your knowledge of Juliet, why does she become impatient while waiting for the nurse in this scene?
A paradox is a literary device often used to
Read this dialogue between Nurse and Lady Capulet in Act I, scene iv of Romeo and Juliet . Nurse: A man, young lady! lady, such a man As all the world—why, he’s a man of wax. Lady Capulet: Verona’s summer hath not such a flower. Nurse: Nay, he’s a flower; in faith, a very flower. Lady Capulet: What say you? can you love the gentleman? What is revealed through dialogue about the women’s feelings toward Paris? Choose three correct answers.
Read the excerpt from Act I, scene ii of Romeo and Juliet . One fairer than my love! the all-seeing sun 80 Ne’er saw her match since first the world begun. Which is the best paraphrase of Romeo’s lines?
Read the excerpt from Act I, scene ii of Romeo and Juliet . Tybalt : Romeo: One fairer than my love! the all-seeing sun (8) Ne’er saw her match since first the world begun. Benvolio : Tut! you saw her fair, none else being by, Herself pois'd with herself in either eye; But in that crystal scales let there be weigh'd Your lady's love against some other maid (85) That I will show you shining at this feast, And she shall scant show well that now shows best. How does Benvolio support the archetype of devoted friend in the excerpt?
Read the excerpt from Act I, scene ii of Romeo and Juliet . Benvolio: Tut! man, one fire burns out another’s burning, One pain is lessen’d by another’s anguish; Turn giddy, and be helped by backward turning; One desperate grief cures with another’s languish: 45 Take thou some new infection to thy eye, And the rank poison of the old will die. According to Benvolio, what will cure Romeo’s heartache?
Which element of a Shakespearean tragedy does the character of Paris represent in Act V, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet ?
Read the excerpt from Act IV, scene i of Romeo and Juliet . Friar Laurence : On Thursday, sir? the time is very short. Paris : My father Capulet will have it so; And I am nothing slow to slack his haste. (5) Friar Laurence : You say you do not know the lady’s mind: Uneven is the course, I like it not. Paris : Immoderately she weeps for Tybalt’s death, And therefore have I little talk’d of love; For Venus smiles not in a house of tears. (10) Why does Paris’s request create dramatic irony in this scene?
What complication is introduced in the excerpt?
Read these lines from the prologue of Romeo and Juliet . Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. What is the best way to paraphrase these lines?
Read this line from the prologue of Romeo and Juliet . Is now the two hours’ traffick of our stage; Which best paraphrases "two hours’ traffick”?
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