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ROMEO AND JULIET
ACT V
ACT V, SCENE III
• Paris: “Give me thy torch; boy: hence, and stand
aloof: / Yet put it out, for I would not be seen.”
• Why would Paris not want to be seen in the graveyard?
• “…with digging up of graves.”
• What is being referenced in this line?
2 points possible
ACT V, SCENE III
• “I am almost afraid to stand alone / Here in the
churchyard; yet I will adventure.”
• Is this line an aside, soliloquy, or monologue?
• What promise does Paris make to Juliet in her
grave?
• Use context clues: what is an obsequy?
3 points possible
ACT V, SCENE III
• What items do Romeo and Balthasar bring with
them to the graveyard?
• Infer: What are these two men up to? How do you
know that?
• When Romeo says, “Hold, take this letter. Early in the
morning / See thou deliver it to my lord and father”
to whom is he referring? What is the content of the
letter?
5 points possible
ACT V, SCENE III
• What is Romeo’s chief purpose for going to Juliet’s
tomb?
• Infer: What is he going to do with the item he aims
to retrieve?
• What does Romeo threaten to do to Balthasar if he
does not leave?
3 points possible
ACT V, SCENE III
• What does Balthasar plan to do?
• What does it mean when he says, “…his intents I
doubt.”
2 points possible
ACT V, SCENE III
• What literary device/feature is shown in the
following lines?
• “Thou detestable maw, thou womb of death, / Gorged with
the dearest morsel of the earth, / Thus I enforce thy rotten
jaws to open, / And, in despite, I’ll cram thee with more
food!”
• Who is the “dearest morsel of the earth?”
2 points possible
ACT V, SCENE III
• Who witnesses Romeo about to enter the tomb?
• What does Paris think Romeo is going to do?
• What does Paris plan to do to Romeo?
3 points possible
ACT V, SCENE III
• Translate these lines that Romeo speaks:
• “Put not another sin upon my head, / By urging me to fury:
O, be gone!”
• What is Romeo’s state of mind at this point? Quote
lines from the text to prove your stance.
• Who wins the fight?
• What request of Romeo does Paris make? Why
would he request this?
4 points possible
ACT V, SCENE III
• How is Paris related to Mercutio?
• Who does Romeo refer to when saying, “What said
my man, where by betossed soul / Did not attend
him as we rode?”
• What did Balthasar tell Romeo that he cannot quite
remember?
3 point possible
ACT V, SCENE III
• What does Romeo call Juliet’s grave? Why does he call
it this?
• What is significant about Romeo’s following lines:
• “Death, lie thou there, by a dead man interr’d.”
• True or False: Romeo says that Juliet is ugly in death.
Quote lines to support your answer.
• Whose forgiveness does Romeo beg? What is the mood
that is established in this monologue?
• Why might Romeo lamenting all of his past actions?
5 points possible
ACT V, SCENE III
• What does Romeo do at the end of his last
monologue?
• To whom does Romeo dedicate his last action?
• True or False: Romeo experiences a long, agonizing
death. Quote lines to prove your stance.
3 points possible
ACT V, SCENE III
• Who else comes to the graveyard following
Romeo’s death?
• What is this interloper’s purpose for being in the
graveyard?
• Does Balthasar know that Romeo is dead? How do
you know?
• What does Friar Laurence sense when he says
“…Fear comes upon me: / O, much I fear some ill
unlucky thing.”
4 points possible
ACT V, SCENE III
• What two prophecies have been established and
realized in this act?
• (Hint: one by Romeo, one by Balthasar)
• What unhappy news does the Friar deliver to Juliet?
• What problem does Romeo’s death pose for the
Friar, being that Juliet is still alive?
• What is his immediate solution to this problem?
4 points possible
ACT V, SCENE III
• What does Juliet do upon realizing Romeo is dead
and being asked to leave the scene of the
apparent crime?
• What is ironic about Lady Capulet’s lines?
• “The people in the street cry Romeo, / Some Juliet, and
some Paris; and all run, / With open outcry toward our
monument.”
• Who are the first suspects of the “murder?”
3 points possible
ACT V, SCENE III
• What does Montague reveal has happened to his
wife?
• What happens when the Friar is interrogated?
• Who does the Friar reveal as an accomplice in the
hidden marriage?
• What does the Prince say to Lord Montague and
Lord Capulet?
4 points possible
ACT V, SCENE III
• Which lord initiates the reconciliation? What is
significant about this lord being the one to initiate?
• What do the two men say to each other?
• What seems odd about the reconciliation?
• What is the weather on this morning? How do you
know that?
4 points possible
WRAP-UP!
Individually, write a response to the following prompt:
What was Shakespeare’s purpose in writing this play?
What commentary does he include on the topics of
love? On feuds and fights? Write a 4-6 sentence
response addressing all parts of this prompt. Refer to
specific events in the scene and/or the rest of play to
support your response.