A soliloquy is used in drama to
Read the lines from Act II, scene iv of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo: Thou wast never with me for anything when thou wast not here for the goose. Mercutio: I will bite thee by the ear for that jest. Romeo: Nay, good goose, bite not. How does the wordplay in these lines affect the mood?
Read the exchange between Romeo and Nurse in Act II, scene iv of Romeo and Juliet . Romeo: Bid her devise Some means to come to shrift this afternoon; And there she shall at Friar Laurence’ cell, Be shriv’d and married. Here is for thy pains. Nurse: No, truly, sir; not a penny. Romeo: Go to; I say, you shall. Nurse: This afternoon, sir? well, she shall be there. Which plot detail adds to the mood of anticipation?
Read the lines from Act II, scene iv of Romeo and Juliet. Mercutio: Where the devil should this Romeo be? Came he not home to-night? Benvolio: Not to his father’s; I spoke with his man. Mercutio: Why that same pale hard-hearted wench, that Rosaline, Torments him so, that he will sure run mad. Benvolio: Tybalt, the kinsman of old Capulet, Hath sent a letter to his father’s house. Which plot detail adds to the suspenseful mood?
Review Friar Laurence’s soliloquy in Act II, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet . Which statements about Friar Laurence’s soliloquy are true? Choose two correct answers.
Read the exchange between Romeo and Nurse in Act II, scene iv of Romeo and Juliet . Romeo: Bid her devise Some means to come to shrift this afternoon; And there she shall at Friar Laurence’ cell, Be shriv’d and married. Here is for thy pains. Nurse: No, truly, sir; not a penny. Romeo: Go to; I say, you shall. Nurse: This afternoon, sir? well, she shall be there. Which plot detail adds to the mood of anticipation?
Review Friar Laurence’s soliloquy in Act II, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet . Which statements about Friar Laurence’s soliloquy are true? Choose two correct answers.
Read the dialogue found in Act II, scene iv of Romeo and Juliet . Romeo: Good morrow to you both. What counterfeit did I give you? Mercutio: The slip, sir, the slip; can you not conceive? Romeo: Pardon, good Mercutio, my business was great; and in such a case as mine a man may strain courtesy. Mercutio: That’s as much as to say, such a case as yours constrains a man to bow in the hams. Romeo: Meaning—to curtsy. Mercutio: Thou hast most kindly hit it. Romeo: A most courteous exposition. Mercutio: Nay, I am the very pink of courtesy. How does the wordplay in these lines affect the mood?
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