Soliloquy and Figures of Speech in Romeo and Juliet, Part 4

Question 1

Read the dialogue from Act I, scene v of Romeo and Juliet.Capulet: Why, how now, kinsman! wherefore storm you so?Tybalt: Uncle, this is a Montague, our foe;A villain that is hither come in spite,To scorn at our solemnity this night.Capulet: Young Romeo, is it?Tybalt: ’Tis he, that villain Romeo.Capulet: Content thee, gentle coz, let him alone:He bears him like a portly gentleman

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B: Tybalt is Capulet’s nephew. His short-tempered personality provides a foil to the calmer Lord Capulet.

Question 2

Read this dialogue spoken by Lord Capulet in Act I, scene v of Romeo and Juliet.You are welcome, gentlemen! Come, musicians, play. A hall! a hall! give room, and foot it, girls. [Music plays, and they dance.]More light, ye knaves! and turn the tables up,And quench the fire, the room has grown too hot

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D: He is a considerate and generous host.

Question 3

Read the lines from Act I, scene v of Romeo and Juliet.Romeo: [To JULIET.] If I profane with my unworthiest handThis holy shrine, the gentle sin is this;My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready standTo 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.

Question 4

Which of Juliet’s lines best shows her respect for her mother?

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D: I’ll look to like, if looking liking move;

Question 5

Read the dialogue from Act I, scene v of Romeo and Juliet.Capulet: Why, how now, kinsman! wherefore storm you so?Tybalt: Uncle, this is a Montague, our foe;A villain that is hither come in spite,To scorn at our solemnity this night.Capulet: Young Romeo, is it?Tybalt: ’Tis he, that villain Romeo.Capulet: Content thee, gentle coz, let him alone:

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C: Tybalt is ready to fight, and Lord Capulet is less impulsive.

Question 6

Which pair of characters have a relationship based on caregiving?

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A: Nurse and Juliet

Question 7

Read the lines from Act I, scene v of Romeo and Juliet.Romeo: Have not saints lips, and holy palmers too?Juliet: Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in prayer.Romeo: O! then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do;They pray, grant thou, lest faith turn to despair.

Question 8

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D: sonnet

Question 9

Impulsive, emotional Romeo acts as a character foil for

Question 10

Shakespeare most often used sonnets to express which emotion between characters?

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A: love

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