What does the Act 2 Prologue say happened to Romeo’s love for Rosaline?
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What does Romeo mean by “dull earth” in Scene 1, line 2?
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Who does Mercutio think that Romeo is in love with in his speech in Scene 1, lines 6-21?
Juliet is on the balcony outside her bedroom but cannot hear the words that Romeo says to himself as he looks at her from the hiding place below.
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Romeo repeats the light and dark images he introduced when he saw Juliet for the first time. Why does Romeo compare Juliet to the sun?
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Why does he want the sun to kill the envious moon?
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Why is the moon envious?
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Why does he compare Juliet’s eyes to the stars?
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Why is this comparison to stars another example of foreshadowing?
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What is Juliet’s attitude toward the feud that has separated the two families?
The next questions are mulitple choice. I still want you to think about CER.
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Irony is very important in this play. You should understand that irony is a device used to create certain feelings in the audience. You need to understand all types of irony. (See Lesson on Schoology)
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In the balcony scene, Juliet says, “What’s Montague? It is nor hand, nor foot, / Nor arm, nor face. O, be some other name / Belonging to a man. / What’s in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other word would smell as sweet.”
She means that —
Montague is an unimportant name in Verona
Romeo should take her last name when they marry
Romeo’s name is an accident of birth, not an essential part of him
it is wrong to fall in love with a Montague
Juliet quickly admits her love to Romeo because —
she wants to marry him
she is sure his love is true
she is not a flirt
he has overheard her thinking aloud about her love for him
What do Juliet and Romeo decide to do about their love?
They plan to have Friar Laurence marry them.
The Nurse will lead them out of Verona, away from the Montague and Capulet clans.
They plan to marry, with their parent’s permission, when Juliet turns sixteen.
The Montagues will hide Juliet in their home after the couple has married.
Tybalt sends a letter to Lord Montague and tells him —
he is angry because of jokes Mercutio makes about him b.
Juliet will marry him with the permission of Lord Capulet
he has a feud to settle with Lord Montague’s son, Romeo
he will spy for the Montague family if he can marry Rosaline
Mercutio engages Romeo in conversation about fashion in order to —
let Romeo speak about Juliet’s beauty
convince Romeo to send a letter to the house of Capulet
have Romeo match wits with him
prove to Benvolio that Romeo is intelligent
The purpose of the humor rising from the nurse’s comic character is to —
provide relief from the tradegy
display Shakespeare's wit
suggest that love has its funny side
indicate that Juliet's servants are foolish
Friar Laurence scolds Romeo because —
Romeo is causing trouble by wooing Juliet
Romeo is so changeable in love
Juliet is too young to marry
Romeo has been unfaithful to Rosaline
In Act II, the action focuses on the plans of Romeo and Juliet. When the Nurse brings Juliet the message from Romeo, the Nurse intensifies the moment by —
going on and on about her pains, thus leaving Juliet in suspense
refusing to pass on the message until she has been properly tipped
betraying Romeo and encouraging Juliet to marry Paris
giving the message to Juliet’s mother instead of Juliet herself
Dramatic irony occurs —
whenever Shakespeare stages a fight
when the audience knows something that the characters in the play do not
when the friar believes he can unite the feuding families
when Juliet is insecure about Romeo’s true feelings