2.What is Tybalt’s tone with Mercutio?
Hasty, insulting, but calm at first
3.Who is Tybalt looking for?
Romeo
4.Mercutio is trying to protect Romeo from Tybalt.
Explain how he dies.
Tybalt and Mercutio fight and Romeo grabs Mercutio, then Tybalt stabs Mercutio.
5.Mercutio repeats “a plague in both your houses.” What do you think that means?
That both Romeo and Tybalt killed him and they will both pay
6. What happens to Tybalt?
Romeo kills him
7.What does Romeo mean when he says “I am a fortune’s fool?”
He tried to save Mercutio but instead killed him and Tybalt
8.Is Benvolio’s account of what happened accurate? Why or why not?
Yes, he told who killed whom and who started it. But he also made it sound a little better for Romeo.
9.What is the prince’s punishment for Romeo?
Romeo is banished
10. Why do you think that the prince has not imposed the death penalty as he threatened in Act I?
Because he was related to Mercutio and Tybalt would’ve been killed anyway.
Scene ii
1. Describe Juliet’s mood according to her soliloquy in the beginning of the scene.
She is anxious for Romeo to come and the night to fall.
2. When the nurse enters she says, “ he’s gone, he’s killed, he’s dead.” Who does Juliet think is dead?
Romeo
3.How do Juliet’s words reflect her divided feelings?
Her husband killed her cousin; her wedding bed “should become her grave”
4. What is Juliet’s plan at the end of the scene?
She will go to her bed and die.
Scene iii
1.Where does Romeo go after he kills Tybalt?
To Friar Lawrence’s Cell
2. Why does Romeo think that banishment is worth than death?
Banishment is torture; at least there is no torture in death.
3.What description does the nurse give of Juliet?Why does he try to kill himself?
She just weeps and weeps. He tries to kill himself because they are both in so much pain
4.Explain Friar Lawrence’s plan for Romeo and Juliet to be together.
Romeo will go to Mantua, they will announce the marriage, and Romeo will be able to come back
Scene iv
1. Why does Capulet think Juliet weeps?
For her cousin Tybalt
2.Why does he change his mind about Juliet being married? What is marriage supposed to comfort?
She needs to be happy, happiness comforts death.
3. How do you think Juliet will react to the news?
She will be furious
4. Do you believe there is a communication problem with some characters? Why or why not?
Yes, between the parents and the children because the children are scared to tell the parents what they did.
Scene v
1. In the beginning of this scene Romeo has come to visit Juliet’s bedchamber. How do they feel about each other now?
They love each other but they don’t know if they will see each other again
2. Juliet foreshadows her death in this scene. What are her exact words?
“…as one dead in the bottom of a tomb”
3. What news does Juliet’s mother bring Juliet?
That she will marry Paris this Thursday
4. What is Juliet’s reaction?
She is furious
5. What does Juliet’s father think of her refusal of marriage?
He says she will marry Paris or he will disown her.
6. What is the nurse’s advice for Juliet?
To marry Paris, he is much better anyway.
7. Juliet decides that she can no longer confide in the nurse. Where is she going to seek comfort and advice at the end of the scene?
Friar Lawrence
