Knoll's Honors

Scene 4 What do Benvolio and Mercutio think Romeo has been doing? What is the letter that Tybalt sent to Romeo's father? How does Benvolio mean that Romeo will answer the letter?   What does Mercutio mean when he says, "Alas, poor Romeo, he is already dead!"   List the traits which Mercutio attributes to Tybalt in his description to Benvolio.   According to Romeo, what sort of youth is Mercutio? Quote the lines which support your answer.   Who is rude to the Nurse, and why?  Explain:  " ...to lead into a fool's paradise. "   Which message does Romeo give the nurse in the following lines: "Bid her devise Some means to come to shrift this afternoon, And there she shall at Friar Laurence' cell Be shrived and married."    (Lines 183-186) Scene 5 What time of day is it?   How long has the Nurse been gone on her errand to Romeo...

ACT 2 SCENE 2   1.  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.  Answer the following questions about lines 2-26: a.        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? b.       Why does he want the sun to kill the envious moon? c.        Why is the moon envious? d.       Why does he compare Juliet’s eyes to the stars? e.       Why is this comparison to stars another example of foreshadowing? 2. Highlight lines 36-39.  Juliet is still unaware that Romeo is nearby.  Paraphrase these lines. 3.  Highlight lines 41-42.  Paraphrase lines 41-52.  What is Juliet’s attitude toward the feud that has separated the...

ACT 1 SCENE 5 We learn from Romeo’s soliloquy (a speech delivered while the speaker is alone, calculated to inform the audience of what is passing in the character’s mind) that he is struck by love at first sight when he sees Juliet at the party.  Paraphrase Rome’s speech (lines 51-60).  To what does he compare Juliet? How does this speech about his love for Juliet compare to his speeches about being in love with Rosaline? Tybalt recognizes Romeo’s voice and tries to start a fight.  What reasons does Lord Capulet give for stopping him (lines 74-83)? Highlight lines 100-103.  What threat does Tybalt make as he agrees to withdraw? In lines 104-117 Romeo and Juliet speak to each other.  What do you notice about the structure?  Paraphrase the lines. Dramatic Irony is when the audience knows something the characters do not.  What is ironic about Juliet’s line 148-149?

ACT 1 SCENE 3 In this scene Lady Capulet is informing Juliet and her nurse of Paris’ proposal of marriage. What is the nurse’s relationship with Juliet?   What is she talking about in her first long speech? How would you describe the nurse’s personality? Highlight lines 66-67.   What is the nurse’s one wish for Juliet and why? When Lady Capulet asks Juliet how she feels about being married, what is Juliet’s answer (line 71), and what does it reveal about her character ? The nurse and Lady Capulet are both excited and pleased by Paris’ proposal but for different reasons.   The nurse says Paris is “a man of wax” and at the end of the scene encourages Juliet to “Go, girl, seek happy nights to happy days.”   What does she mean?   What does the nurse see in Paris, and what does it reveal about her attitude toward love and marriage? Lady Capulet’s lines 85-100 compose an extended metaph...