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The Tragedy
Of
Romeo & Juliet
By William Shakespeare
Name _______________________________ Class _____
As you are introduced to a character place them in the chart below under the correct family
relationship/heading. Briefly describe the character and their role in the play.
Capulet
Other Characters
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Montague
Literary Terms to Know
1. Drama –
2. Dialogue (in drama)–
3. Stage Directions –
4. Text aids5. Blank Verse –
6. Soliloquy –
7. Sonnet –
8. Iambic Pentameter 9. Aside –
10. Monologue –
11. Allusion –
12. Paraphrasing –
13. Dramatic Irony –
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14. Comic Relief –
15. Pun –
16. Character’s Motive –
17. Cause and Effect –
18. Prologue –
19. Archetypal Theme –
20. Dramatic Foil -
Act I
Vocabulary - write a definition and then a way that you will remember that definition.
1. Augmenting 2. Grievance –
3. Pernicious 4. Transgression –
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Act I Study Guide pages 731 - 753
Prologue:
1. In what city and in what country does the play take place?
2. Why are Romeo and Juliet called "star-crossed " lovers?
3. How long is the play?
4. What is the purpose of the prologue?
Scene i: Pg. 732 - 739
5. What two families are quarreling?
6. Who is fighting at the beginning of the first scene?
7. Who breaks up the fight?
8. What threat does the Prince make to Lord Montague and Lord Capulet?
9. Why do you think Shakespeare put this scene (Act I, scene i) in the play?
10. Why is Romeo so sad? Explain
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11. What is Benvolio's advice to Romeo?
12. In your opinion, is Romeo in love with Rosaline?
13. In Act I, scene i, what detail about Lord Montague helps to make him a round, complex character
that goes beyond the stereotype of an angry old curmudgeon?
Scene ii: Pg. 739 - 742
14. What does Paris ask of Lord Capulet?
15. What is Capulet's first answer?
16. A bit later Capulet changes his mind. What are his two conditions for allowing Paris to marry
Juliet?
17. What problem does the servant have?
18. What do Romeo and Benvolio decide to do?
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Scene iii: Pgs. 742 - 745
19. How old is Juliet? What quote from the play supports this?
20. When Lady Capulet asks Juliet how she feels about marriage, what is Juliet's response? (Copy the
quote and then paraphrase it.)
21. What do Juliet's mother and the nurse think about Paris? (find a quote to support this)
Scene iv: Pgs. 745 -749
22. Where does this scene take place?
23. According to Mercutio, who or what is Queen Mab, and what does she or it do?
24. What does Mercutio say about dreams? What does this reveal about his character?
25. Paraphrase Romeo's speech at the end of this scene. What is he afraid of? Do you think his fear is
justified? Why or why not?
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Scene v: Pgs. 749 - 753
26. What is the setting for this scene?
27. What does Romeo think of Juliet the first time he sees her? What does he say that indicates that
he was never really in love with Rosaline?
28. How does Tybalt recognize Romeo?
29. When Tybalt is ready to seize Romeo and throw him out of the party, what does Capulet say to
Tybalt?
30. Explain the conversation between Romeo and Juliet.
31. How does Romeo find out Juliet's last name?
32. How does Juliet find out Romeo's last name?
33. Why do you think Romeo and Juliet fall in love with each other? Explain their love.
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Important Quotes from Act I of The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet
Paraphrase each quote and then write who said it; in what scene; and why you think it might be
important.
1. “If ever you disturb our streets again, Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace.”
2. “Younger than you, here in Verona, ladies of esteem, are made already mothers. By my count, I
was your mother much upon these years that you are now a maid.”
3. “But woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart; My will to her consent is but a part. And she agreed,
within her scope of choice Lies my consent and fair according voice.”
4. “Go ask his name - If he is married my grave is like to be my wedding bed.”
5. “Some consequences yet hanging in the stars shall bitterly begin his fearful date with his
night’s revels and expire the term of a despised life closed in my breast by some vile forfeit of
untimely death.”
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Summary of Act I:
Act II Pgs. 757 - 779
Vocabulary: write a definition and then a way that you will remember that definition.
1. Intercession –
2. Predominant –
3. Lamentable –
4. Procure –
5. Sallow –
6. Unwieldy –
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Prologue Pgs. 757 - 758
1. According to the chorus what has caused Romeo to fall in love with both Rosaline and Juliet?
Scene i: Pgs. 758 - 759
2. What does Romeo do after Capulet's party?
3. Where do Mercutio and Benvolio think Romeo is? Why?
Scene ii: Pgs. 759 - 766
4. When Juliet appears on her balcony, what does Romeo compare her to? List Shakespeare's
metaphors. (pg. 759 - 760)
5. What does Juliet say about names?
6. Shakespeare begins to weave together Romeo and Juliet's lines to form the iambic pentameter. What
does this suggest about the speaker's relationship?
7. On page 763 Juliet says, "This bud of love, by summer's ripening breath, may prove a beauteous
flow'r when next we meet." Paraphrase this.
8. What is the most important development in this scene?
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Scene iii: Pgs. 766 - 768
9. What has Friar Lawrence been out gathering in his basket? Why?
10. What time of day is it?
11. Based on their conversation, what is Romeo's relationship with Friar Lawrence?
12. What does Friar Lawrence mean when he says to Romeo, "Young men's love then lies not truly in
their hearts, but in their eyes."?
13. What does Romeo ask Friar Lawrence to do?
14. What is Friar Lawrence's response to Romeo's request? Why?
Scene iv: Pgs. 768 - 775
15. What is the setting?
16. Explain the letter that Mercutio is discussing.
17. What is the purpose of Mercutio and Romeo's banter?
18. What is the nurse saying to Romeo in lines 157 - 163?
19. How will Romeo meet up with Juliet to marry? Then what is the plan?
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Scene v: 775 - 778
20. What did the nurse go to do? How long was she supposed to be gone? How long is she gone?
21. When she returns, what is the nurse doing that is frustrating Juliet?
Scene vi: 778 - 779
22. What does the friar want the "heavens" to "smile upon"? Why?
23. Explain the Friar's closing comment in this scene.
Important Quotes from Act II of The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet
Paraphrase each quote and then write who said it; in what scene; and why you think it might be
important.
1. “My bounty is a boundless sea, my love as deep; the more I give to thee, the more I have, for
both are infinite.” Pg. 763
2. “In one respect I’ll thy assistant be; for this alliance may so happy prove, to turn your
households’ rancor to pure love” pg. 768
3. “These violent delights have violent ends, and in their triumph die.” Pg. 778
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Summary of Act II:
Act III
Act III Pgs. 783 - 809
Vocabulary: write a definition and then a way that you will remember that
definition.
1. Eloquence
2. Exile –
3. Fickle –
4. Fray –
5. Gallant –
6. Martial –
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Scene i: Pgs. 783 - 790
1. What are Mercutio and Benvolio discussing as this scene opens?
2. What does Tybalt call Romeo?
3. Why won't Romeo fight Tybalt?
4. What does Mercutio think is the reason Romeo refuses to fight?
5. How is Mercutio wounded? (Be specific)
6. When Benvolio relates to the Prince what happened, what does he say
Romeo tried to do before Mercutio was killed?
7. What does Romeo then do?
8. What is Romeo's punishment for killing Tybal?
Scene ii: 790 -794
9. This scene begins with Juliet expressing her thoughts in the orchard, this
is known as a ____________________________. Why is Juliet impatiently waiting
for the nurse?
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10. Explain Juliet's emotions in her conversation with the nurse.
11. What does the nurse promise Juliet?
12. What does Juliet send to Romeo as a symbol of her love? Where is he?
Scene iii: Pgs. 794 -799
13. Explain Romeo's reaction to the banishment. What is most upsetting to
him?
14. For what three things does the Friar say Romeo should be happy? This
speech is known as a ___________________.
15. What is the Friar's plan? How else could they have dealt with this?
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Scene iv: 799 - 800
16. Why does Lord Capulet suddenly arrange Juliet's marriage when he had
told Paris earlier that he would have to wait two years?
17. What does Capulet tell his wife to say to Juliet? Do you agree?
Scene v: Pgs. 800 - 808
18. What are Romeo and Juliet discussing as this scene begins?
19. As Romeo climbs down the ladder, what does Juliet say? What does this
foreshadow?
20. Why does Lady Capulet think Juliet is crying?
21. What does Lady Capulet threaten to do to Romeo?
22. What does Lord Capulet say to Juliet when she refuses to marry Paris?
23. If Lady Capulet does not arrange to delay the marriage, what does
Juliet threaten to do? What is her mother's reaction to this threat?
24. What is the nurse's advice to Juliet? Why?
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25. How does Juliet's attitude toward the nurse change?
26. What "scheme" does Juliet devise to get rid of the nurse and to get out of
the house?
Important Quotes from Act III of The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet
Paraphrase each quote and then write who said it; in what scene; and why
you think it might be important.
1. “Why the devil came you between us? I was hurt under your arm." Pg.
787
2. “This day's black fate on moe days doth depend;/ this but begins the woe
others must end." Pg. 787
3. “A plague a both your houses! They have made worms meat of me.” Pg. 787
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4. “There’s no trust, No faith, no honesty in men. All perjured, All
forsworn, all naught, all dissemblers “ ~ Pgs. 792 -793
Summary of Act III
Act IV Pgs. 815 - 829
Vocabulary: write a definition and then a way that you will remember that
definition.
1. Dismal –
2. Enjoined –
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3. Loathsome –
4. Pensive –
5. Wayward–
Scene i: Pgs. 815 - 819
1. When Paris comes to discuss his plans to marry Juliet, why is Friar
Lawrence reluctant to marry Paris and Juliet?
2. When Paris says, " Immoderately she weeps for Tybalt's death, / And
therefore have I little talked of love." Why is this an example of dramatic
irony?
3. In scene i, two days before her scheduled wedding to Paris, Juliet tells Friar
Lawrence all the things she would rather do than marry Paris. List them
below. Identify the one that foreshadows the outcome of the play.
4. Explain the plan that Friar Lawrence devises. What two elements are most
important to this plan?
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5. What information about Friar Lawrence, which we learned earlier in the
play, takes on an important meaning now?
Scene ii: Pgs. 819 - 821
5. When Juliet tells her father that she will marry Paris, what does he do?
6. In this scene when Capulet orders a servant to hire twenty cooks for the
wedding feast, the dialogue is an example of what?
Scene iii: Pgs. 821 - 823
7. In her soliloquy at the beginning of this scene, what is Juliet's concern?
8. Which line in Juliet's soliloquy leads one to predict something will go wrong
with the plan?
9. With everything that Juliet worries about going wrong with the plan, what
is one worry she does not express?
Scene iv: Pgs. 823 - 824
10. Describe the mood in this brief scene.
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11. What is the Author's purpose for this scene?
Scene v: Pgs. 825 - 829
12. Find the simile that Lord Capulet uses to describe Juliet as she lies in her
bed. In addition to being a simile this is also an example of what element of
drama?
13. How does the reaction of the Capulet's to Juliet's apparent death contrast
their reaction to Juliet's earlier disobedience in Act III?
14. Friar Lawrence enters and states, " Come, is the bride ready to go to
church?" Why is this an example of dramatic irony?
15. What does Friar Lawrence say to comfort the Capulet family? Why does
the he want to prepare for the funeral right away?
16. As the Capulet's prepare for Juliet's funeral, the nurse has a discussion with
the musicians. Find the pun she uses on page 828, and explain it.
17. Where is Romeo at this point?
18. Why do you think Friar Lawrence doesn't tell the truth? What might be the
punishment?
Important Quotes from Act IV of The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet
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Paraphrase each quote and then write who said it; in what scene; and why
you think it might be important.
1. “You say you do not know the lady’s mind. Uneven is the course. I like it
not.” Pg. 815
2. “The roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fade to wanny ashes, thy eye’s
window falls like death when he shuts up the day of life.” Pg. 818
3. “In the mean time, against thou shalt awake, shall Romeo by my letters know
our drift, and hither shall he come; and he and I will watch thy waking, and
that very night shall Romeo bear thee hence to Mantua.” Pg. 819
Summary Act IV
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Act V Pgs. 832 - 847
Vocabulary: write a definition and then a way that you will remember that
definition.
1. Ambiguities –
2. Haughty -
3. Penury -
4. Remnants –
5. Scourge –
Scene i: Pgs. 833 - 835
1. What does Romeo say he dreamed about?
2. After hearing Balthasar's news Romeo is motivated to do what? Why?
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3. The apothecary doesn't want to sell poison to Romeo, how does Romeo
convince him?
4. How long does it take for the drug to work?
Scene ii: Pgs. 836 -837
5. What causes Friar Lawrence's important message to Romeo to go astray?
6. Friar Lawrence then decides he must do what? Why?
Scene iii: Pgs. 837 - 847
7. Why is Paris at Juliet's tomb?
8. Why does Paris think that Romeo is there?
9. What reason does Romeo give Paris for being there? What happens then?
10. Paris makes one last request, what is it? Why does Romeo honor this
request?
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11. What is it about Juliet that should have told Romeo she was not dead?
12. Why doesn't Friar Lawrence stay in the tomb with Juliet after she
awakens? What does he plan now?
13. What does Juliet do when she sees Romeo lying dead? List both.
14. Who discovers the bodies? What do they order then?
15. When Montague first arrives on the scene what does he tell those gathered?
16. Who tells the story of the events?
17. What does the Prince do then? Why does the Prince call the fathers by
saying, "Where be these enemies?" instead of referring to them as grieving
fathers?
18. What does Paris' page say?
19. Does Romeo's letter say anything important?
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20. How do Montague and Capulet plan to honor the memories of each other's
child?
21. What is meant by the Prince's comment, "A glooming peace"?
22. Who do you think is to blame for what happened? Why?
23. What one event is the most direct cause of both Romeo's and Juliet's
deaths?
24. What character trait of Romeo's led to his death?
25. The central idea of Act V would be what?
26. What is the message about life and people conveyed by the events in this
play?
27. What is the overall them of this play?
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28. List the names of the characters who died in this play. Then say who was
responsible for each death.
Character
Responsible
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Important Quotes from Act V of The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet
Paraphrase each quote and then write who said it; in what scene; and why
you think it might be important.
1. “Well, Juliet, I will lie with thee tonight.” Pg. 834
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2. “Put this in any liquid thing you will, and drink it off; and, if you had
the strength of twenty men it would dispatch you straight.” Pg. 835
3. “Thus with a kiss I die.” Pg. 841
4. “O happy dagger! This is thy sheath; there rust, and let me die.”
5. “Some shall be pardoned, and some punished; for never was a story of more woe
Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.” Pg. 847
Summary Act V
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