Suspense in Romeo and Juliet, Part 7 — Quiz Answers

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 III, scene i of Romeo and Juliet . Prince : Romeo slew him, he slew Mercutio; Who now the price of his dear blood doth owe? Montague : Not Romeo, prince, he was Mercutio’s friend, (155) His fault concludes but what the law should end, The life of Tybalt. Prince : And for that offence Immediately we do exile him hence: I have an interest in your hate’s proceeding, (160) My blood for your rude brawls doth lie a-bleeding; But I’ll amerce you with so strong a fine That you shall all repent the loss of mine.

In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet , Tybalt is an antagonist because he is a

In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet , how do Romeo and Juliet fit the literary archetype of star-crossed lovers? Choose three correct answers.

Which best describes dramatic irony?

In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet , Capulet is an antagonist because he

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?

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 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?