Read the excerpt from Juliet’s soliloquy in Act IV, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet . What if this mixture do not work at all? Shall I be married then to-morrow morning? No, no; this shall forbid it: lie thou there. [ Laying down a dagger .] What if it be a poison, which the friar Subtly hath minister’d to have me dead, Lest in this marriage he should be dishonour’d Because he married me before to Romeo? I fear it is: and yet, methinks, it should not, For he hath still been tried a holy man. I will not entertain so bad a thought. The purpose of this soliloquy is to help the audience understand
Read the excerpt from Act IV, scene v of Romeo and Juliet . Paris : Have I thought long to see this morning’s face, And doth it give me such a sight as this? Which best describes Paris’s reaction when he believes that Juliet has died?
Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet . Three civil brawls, bred of an airy word, 75 By thee, old Capulet, and Montague, Have thrice disturb’d the quiet of our streets, And made Verona’s ancient citizens Cast by their grave beseeming ornaments, To wield old partisans, in hands as old, 80 Canker’d with peace, to part your canker’d hate. Which best paraphrases why the prince is angry with Capulet and Montague?
Which sentences must be revised to correct vague pronouns? Choose three correct answers.
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