ROMEO AND JULIET - Entire play study notes Well
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In which town is the play set? In what country do you suppose this town exists? ✔Ans✔ Verona
italy
How could knowing the deaths of Romeo and Juliet are co
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ROMEO AND JULIET - Entire play study notes Well
Comprehensive
In which town is the play set? In what country do you suppose this town exists? ✔Ans✔ Verona
italy
How could knowing the deaths of Romeo and Juliet are coming improve the play? ✔Ans✔
Builds up suspense and/or tension. Since the plot line was supposed to be a tragedy, but it is at
first a comedy it throws the audience off because they will have forgotten that it was going to
happen. It re-surprises them
When Sampson says he will not "carry coals," what does he mean?
What literary techniques is being used in this silly exchange between Sampson and Gregory?
✔Ans✔ He will not be insulted by capsules men. Puns are being used
In Shakespearean times biting your thumb was... ✔Ans✔ An insult
Is Benvolio a montague or capulet? ✔Ans✔ Montague
Why doesn't lady capulet want her husband to get involved in the fight? ✔Ans✔ Because he is
too old to fight
How many times have the Capulets and Montagues had street fights recently? ✔Ans✔ Three
times
How has Romeo been spending his days recently? ✔Ans✔ Locked in his room being moody
List three oxymorons Romeo uses to describe the conflict between his family and the Capulets.
Then, explain how the family feud is oxymoronic in its nature. ✔Ans✔ Brawling love, loving
hate, heavy lightness, serious vanity, bright smoke, cold fire, and sick healthIn your own words, we wrote Romeo speech about love in scene 1, lines 176-180, line by line.
✔Ans✔ Love brings me anger and griefs lie in my heat but when you try to help you are just
making it worse
Romeo is heartsick over a girl (it's not Juliet) who is not at all interested in Romeo. Name three
of the ineffective romantic strategies Romeo has used in his attempt to woo this girl. ✔Ans✔ 1.
Gold
2. Notes
3. Gifts
Why doesn't this girl like Romeo? ✔Ans✔ She's a nun
What does Benvolio tell Romeo to do in order to forget the girl who doesn't want him? ✔Ans✔
Benvolio tells Romeo to see other girls and to forget about her. Look at how there are so many
other beautiful women out there
What "suit" does Paris bring to Capulet in scene 2? ✔Ans✔ It's a legal marriage agreement to
marry Juliet.
How old is Juliet? What are her fathers thought about allowing her to marry? ✔Ans✔ Juliet is
13. Capulet, her father, won't be easily persuaded by Paris. Capulet thinks she's too young and
needs to wait 2 more years before she gets married. Also Juliet has to agree to the marriage if it
were to happen.
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