Romeo and Juliet Act 2 - Heather Young-Stafford | Biblioteka

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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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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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