In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet , how do Romeo and Juliet fit the literary archetype of star-crossed lovers? Choose three correct answers.
In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet , Tybalt is an antagonist because he is a
Which best describes dramatic irony?
In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet , Capulet is an antagonist because he
Read the excerpt from Act III, scene i of Romeo and Juliet . Tybalt: Boy, this shall not excuse the injuries (40) That thou hast done me; therefore turn and draw Romeo : I do protest I never injur'd thee, But love thee better than thou canst devise, Till thou shalt know the reason of my love: And so, good Capulet, which name I tender (45) As dearly as my own, be satisfied. Why is this an example of dramatic irony?
Read the excerpt from Act II, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet . Romeo : We met we woo'd and made exchange of vow, I'll tell thee as we pass; but this I pray, That thou consent to marry us to-day. Friar Laurence: Holy Saint Francis! what a change is here; Is Rosaline, whom thou didst love so dear, (70) So soon forsaken? Young men's love then lies Not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes. Jesu Maria! what a deal of brine Hath wash'd thy sallow cheeks for Rosaline; How much salt water thrown away in waste, (75) To season love, that of it doth not taste! How does Friar Laurence support the archetype of mentor in the excerpt?
Read the excerpt from Act I, scene iv of Romeo and Juliet . Benvolio : Tybalt, the kinsman of old Capulet, Hath sent a letter to his father’s house. Mercutio : A challenge, on my life. (10) Benvolio : Romeo will answer it. Mercutio : Any man that can write may answer a letter. Benvolio : Nay, he will answer the letter’s master, how he dares, being dared. Mercutio : Alas! poor Romeo, he is already dead; stabbed with a white wench’s black eye; shot through the ear with a love-song; the very pin of his heart cleft with the blind bow-boy’s butt-shaft; and is he a man to encounter Tybalt? Why does Shakespeare include Mercutio’s teasing words?
Read the excerpt from Act II, scene iv of Romeo and Juliet . Benvolio : Here comes Romeo, here comes Romeo. (20) Mercutio : Without his roe, like a dried herring. O flesh, flesh, how art thou fishified! Now is he for the numbers that Petrarch flowed in: Laura to his lady was but a kitchen-wench; marry, she had a better love to be-rime her; Dido a dowdy; Cleopatra a gipsy; Helen and Hero hildings and harlots; Thisbe, a grey eye or so, but not to the purpose. Signior Romeo, bon jour! there’s a French salutation to your French slop. You gave us the counterfeit fairly last night. Romeo : Good morrow to you both. What counterfeit did I give you? Mercutio : The slip, sir, the slip; can you not conceive? How does Mercutio offer comic relief in this excerpt?
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