Act III Scene I
1. Line 4 – Why does the weather seem to breed trouble?
2. Lines 38-47 – What clues tell you that Mercutio really does want to fight?
3. Lines 58-59 – What insult does Tybalt use to try to make Romeo draw his sword?
4. Line 90 – Why does Mercutio say that he has a “scratch”?
5. Does Mercuito have a difficult time comprehending the seriousness of any given situation?
6. Lines 110-112 – What does Romeo mean here by saying that Juliet’s beauty has made him effeminate?
7.Line 105 – Why is Mercutio serious for the first time? What does he say?
8. Lines 122-126 – What is Romeo’s new intention? How might this turn tragic for him and Juliet?
9. Line 132 – What details in Benvolio’s speech tell us what Romeo is doing and how he is feeling after this second death?
10. Line 133 – What do you think Romeo means by calling himself “fortune’s fool”?
11. What does he realize will now happen to him and Juliet? In your opinion, when people commit a violent crime are they thinking about their consequences – or are they caught in “the heat of the moment”?
Act III scene II
1. Lines 1-34 – In this famous soliloquy, Juliet yearns for the night, when she and Romeo will be together. What do we in the audience know that Juliet does not yet know? (dramatic irony)
2. Interpret lines 26 and 27 –
3. Look at lines 21-25 – Which line foreshadows Romeo’s death?
4. Line 36 – Why does Juliet’s joy suddenly turn to despair?
5. How many lines do Juliet and the nurse talk before the nurse is able to tell Juliet what happened? Why does Shakespeare do this?
6. Lines 37-39 – When the nurse says, “he’s dead” who might Juliet think the nurse is talking about?
7. Lines 59 – 60 – Juliet thinks that the nurse is saying that Romeo has died. The word “bier” means coffin. What does Juliet want to share with Romeo?
8. How does this foreshadow events to come?
9. Lines 75-79 – What oxymorons, or pairs of opposites does Juliet use to express her momentary feeling that Romeo has betrayed her?
10. Do you think that the nurse is justified in taking Tybalt’s side? Explain!
11. The news that Romeo has killed Tybalt is terrible for Juliet. Try writing stage directions that will help an actor express her horror: What does the nurse think about these events?
12. Where does she think the blame lies?
13. Do you see her being selfish here, or is she wholly concerned for Juliet?
14. Line 97 – Why does Juliet turn against her nurse here?
15. Lines 112-124 – Paraphrase these lines:
16. Lines 136-137 – The same ladder that Romeo was supposed to use to climb into Juliet’s bedroom on their wedding night is now being considered by Juliet as a means of__________.
Act III scene III
1. How does Shakespeare use personification to signal the turning point of the plot from romance to tragedy? Lines – 2,3
2. Paraphrase lines 17 and 18:
3. Romeo and Friar Laurence have just had a dialogue – the talk between or among characters in a play – about the word banished and banishment. What do these words mean to Romeo?
4. What do they mean to the Friar?
5. Why is the Friar angry with Romeo?
6. Line 52 – Write this line as we would say it today:
7. Lines 64-70 – Why are the lovers feeling increasingly isolated?
8. If the lovers feel like no one else can understand what they are going through, and they cannot confide in friends or family. What tragic event seems to be an option?
9. Explain lines 61 and 62:
10. Friar Laurence echoes a still prevalent negative attitude toward effeminate behavior in men. His intent is to shame Romeo out of committing suicide. Romeo blames Juliet’s beauty for making him effeminate and thus responsible for Mercutio’s death. What do you think?
11. Does Romeo have the right to cry for Juliet or is he being effeminate?
12. Lines 135-145 – What is the Friar’s advice?
13. lines 151-158 – What is the Friar hoping to do:
14. Line 155 – Explain what the Friar is asking the nurse to do? In spite of Romeo and Juliet’s anguish, the problem at this point seems to have a simple solution. What plans have been made to resolve the young couple’s difficulties?
Act III scene IV and V
1. As scene IV starts out, Paris is talking to Lord and Lady Capulet. Romeo is actually in the house with Juliet (of course Lord and Lady Capulet do not know that). What intense dramatic irony does the audience feel as this scene unfolds?
2. Why do Lady and Lord Capulet think that Juliet has shut herself in her room?
3. What is the real reason that Juliet has shut herself in her room?
4. Line 19 – Why does Capulet want to marry Juliet to Paris?
5. The death of Tybalt causes Lord Capulet to make the decision to have Juliet married to Paris as soon as possible. Why now is there no time for Friar to carry out his plans?
6. Scene V – Line 1 – Juliet’s first words here alert us to the time: It must be near morning, when Romeo must go to Mantua. We hear the song of a lark, which sings at daybreak. The nightingale, on the other hand, sings at night. Why does Juliet insist she hears the nightingale?
7. Line 26 – What has Romeo said that makes Juliet suddenly practical and aware of danger?
8. Explain lines 35 and 36:
9. Lines 54-57 – What does Juliet see? How is this foreshadowing?
10. Line 41 – What is Juliet doing when she says these lines?
11. Line 43 – Where is Romeo now – when Juliet says these words?
12. Line 78 – All Juliet’s lines in this scene have double meanings. Whom is she really grieving for?
13. Line 86 and 87 – How does Juliet convince her mother that she hates Romeo?
14. Line 120 – Juliet becomes sarcastic as she repeats her mother’s words. Despite this shocking news, how does Juliet manage to make a reasonable protest to her mother?
15. Lines 150-158 – Is Capulet overreacting? Explain!
16. Line 149 – How does Juliet show her father loves her even though she hates what he has done for her?
17. Line 169-170 – Do you think this accusation will have any effect on Capulet? Why or why not?
18. Lines 156-157 – What insulting names does Capulet call Juliet? Does Lady Capulet agree?
19. Line 197 – What does Capulet threaten to do if Juliet does not marry Paris?
20. Lines 232-235 – Is Juliet telling the truth? Explain!
Romeo and Juliet Quiz – Act III
Name__________________
“For now, these hot days, is the mad blood stirring.”
Benvolio foreshadows that a fight is going to start.
Benvolio is saying that the weather is nice and everyone is happy.
These hot days symbolize that “love is in the air”
“Here’s my fiddlestick; here’s that shall make you dance.”
Mercutio says this
Benvolio says this
Tybalt says this
“No better term than this: thou art a villain.”
Romeo says this to Tybalt
Tybalt says this to Romeo
Mercutio says this to Tybalt
“Ay a scratch, a scratch.”
Romeo says this
Tybalt says this
Mercutio says this
“thy beauty hath made me effeminate.”
Romeo says this
Juliet says this
The nurse says this
“A plague a’ both your houses!”
Benvolio says this
Mercutio says this
Romeo says this
“Either thou or I, or both, must go with him.”
Tybalt says this to Mercutio
Mercutio says this to Tybalt
Romeo says this to Tybalt
“O, I am fortune’s fool!”
Romeo says this after killing Tybalt
Romeo says this when he hears about Paris
Juliet says this
Romeo
acted in the “heat of the moment” when killing Tybalt
thought about the consequences
did not feel guilty for Mercutio’s mistakes
“I have bought a mansion of a love, but not possessed it.”
Romeo says this
Juliet says this
Friar says this
“When he shall die, take him and cut out in little stars.”
Juliet says this – foreshadowing tragic events to come
Romeo says this – foreshadowing tragic events to come
This line does not foreshadow tragic events to come
“He’s dead, he’s dead, he’s dead”
Benvolio says this about Mercutio
The nurse says this about Romeo – to Juliet
The nurse says this about Tybalt – to Juliet
The nurse
is distracted by her grief and cannot find the right words to tell Juliet
Tells Juliet right away that Romeo killed Tybalt
Tells Juliet right away that Romeo is banished.
“And thou and Romeo press one heavy bier!”
Juliet wants to share her bed with Romeo
Juliet wants to share her coffin with Romeo
Juliet knows that Romeo is not dead
Juliet
thinks that Romeo is alive and well
was told by Lady Capulet that Romeo is dead
thinks that the nurse has told her that Romeo is dead
“Beautiful Tyrant! Fiend angelical!”
Juliet is certain now that Romeo is a tyrant
Juliet is certain now that Romeo is a beautiful angel
Juliet is not certain how to feel about Romeo at this point
The nurse at first
takes Romeo’s side after the fight
takes Tybalt side after the fight
takes Mercutio’s side after the fight
Juliet
Does not convince the nurse to support her
Does not support her husband
Turns on the nurse for taking Tybalt’s side
“that one word ‘banished’, hath slain ten thousand Tybalts”
Juliet is very sad right now – grieving for Tybalt
Juliet would rather grieve for ten thousand Tybalts than to grieve for her husband being banished.
Juliet does not know yet that Romeo is banished
“Come, cords; come nurse. I’ll try to my wedding bed; and death, not Romeo, take my maidenhead!”
Juliet wants Romeo to climb the ladder.
Juliet wants to hang herself with the ladder.
Juliet wants the nurse to remember to bring the ladder.
“There is no world without Verona walls, but purgatory, torture, hell itself.”
Romeo says this to Juliet
Romeo says this to the Friar
Juliet says this
Romeo
is happy that the Prince has not sentenced him to death
would rather die than be banished
wants to live even if he has to be separated from Juliet
The Friar
is happy with Romeo
is angry with Romeo, because of Romeo’s pessimistic outlook
is proud that Romeo has acted so masculine
“Thou fond mad man, hear me a little speak.”
Romeo says this to the Friar
Friar says this to Romeo
Paris says this to Lord Capulet
The lovers
can seek family for help
can seek each other for help
feel like they can not seek help – suicide seems like an option
Friar says: “O, then I see that madmen have no ears”Romeo says: “How should they, when that wise men have no eyes”
Friar is saying that Romeo listens well
Romeo is saying that Friar is wise and worth listening to
Romeo is saying that the Friar does not understand
The Friar tells Romeo
That he should be happy because the Prince did not kill him
That he should be happy because Tybalt did not kill him
All of the above
The Friar’s plan is
to bring the families together while Romeo is in Mantuato
beg pardon of the prince while Romeo is in Mantua
All of the above
The Friar
tells the nurse to tell Juliet that Romeo is coming to be with Juliet on her wedding night
tells the nurse to tell Juliet that Romeo has to go to Mantua
tells the nurse to tell Juliet that Romeo will never be coming back
Dramatic Irony is
the opposite of what is expected
The most exciting part of the play
When the audience knows what the characters do not
When Paris is over
Juliet is locked in her room crying for Tybalt
Juliet tells Paris that she will not marry him
Juliet is locked in her room with Romeo
Capulet wants to marry Juliet to Paris because
Paris is of high social stature
Paris is in love with Juliet
Juliet is in love with Paris
It is Monday and the wedding will be
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
The Friar
has plenty of time to carry out his plans
does not have much time to work with
is going to let Juliet marry Paris now
Juliet hopes that
the lark is singing
the nightingale is singing
that Justin Timberlake is singing
Romeo
leaves at his own will at daybreak
is not persuaded to leave by Juliet at daybreak
wants to stay with Juliet, even though he will be found
“Farewell! One kiss and I’ll descend.”
Juliet says this
Romeo says this
Friar says this
