Romeo and Juliet help?

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• i know its a lot of questions but even if you just want to answer one thats fine with me. ANYTHING THAT HELPS!!! please don't put down fake answers. 8. What does Lady Capulet say about Lord Capulet’s age and condition? 9. What do you suppose prompts Lady Montague to hold her husband back from the fight? 10. The Prince appears, and he is angry. Why is he angry, and what is the promise and threat he makes? 11. Lady Montague, glad that Romeo has missed the fight, asks Benvolio if he has seen Romeo. What is Benvolio’s response? 12. Montague, when speaking of Romeo’s recent depression , states: “But all so soon as the all-cheering sun Should in the farthest east begin to draw The shady curtains from Aurora’s bed, Away from light steals home my heavy son, And private in his chambers pens himself,…” Interpret these lines. What is Montague saying about his son, Romeo? Who is Aurora? Why do you think Shakespeare includes her in these lines? What literary term is employed by the use of Aurora? 13. Romeo enters and tells Benvolio the problem. What is his problem? 14. Romeo’s lines can be seen as presenting the paradox of love or simply as romantic nonsense. What indication is there that Romeo recognizes his sentiments could be viewed as romantic nonsense? 15. What is Benvolio’s response? 16. What literary term is illustrated here? “Love is a smoke raised with the fumes of sighs; Being purged, a fire sparkling in lover’s eyes; Being vex’d, a sea nourish’d with lovers’ tears:…” 17. Although Benvolio and Romeo are saddened by unrequited love, what joke are they able to make? 18. What is the nature of Romeo’s desire toward Rosaline? According to the tradition of courtly love, how is Romeo expected to respond to her rejection? 19. What practical advice does Benvolio give Romeo? 20. What are these two lines an example of? “O, she is rich in beauty, only poor That, when she dies, with beauty dies her store.” Act I, Scene II, - A street. 1. After speaking briefly, Paris gets to the point of his visit to the Capulets. What does he ask of Lord Capulet? 2. What is Capulet’s response? 3. Paris responds that girls younger than she have been married. What is Capulet’s response to this? 4. What suggestion and invitation does Capulet make to Paris? 5. Compare Capulet’s speech at the beginning of this scene to Sampson and Gregory’s conversation at the beginning of Act I, Scene I. How are these speeches different? Why do you think Shakespeare chose to write the speeches so differently? 6. In his conversation with Romeo, Benvolio says: “Take thou some new infection to the eye, And the rank poison of the old will die.” Interpret these lines. 7. What does the poison Benvolio mentions symbolize? 8. Romeo, lamenting his unrequited love, is approached by an illiterate servingman. In reading his list he finds that Rosaline, his love, is going to attend the Capulet party. What suggestion does Benvolio make? 9. When Romeo responds that Rosaline is the most beautiful woman since time began, what is Benvolio’s response? Act I, Scene III – A room in Capulet’s house. 1. Juliet will turn 14 on Lammas-eve. What is Lammas-tide the women speak of? 2. The Nurse quotes the vulgar remark that her husband made to young Juliet and then, she likes it so much that she repeats it. What do the Nurse’s indecent remarks in front of the family indicate about their relationship? 3. What does Lady Capulet tell Juliet? What is Juliet’s response? Act I, Scene IV – A street. 1. Why does Romeo say he is unable to dance? 2. How do the Montagues expect to tbe able to enter a Capulet house? 3. Romeo is apprehensive about going to the masquerade because of the dream he had the night before. Romeo seems to believe (as did many in Shakespeare’s day) that dreams have something to do with life. Perhaps Romeo believes dreams act as omens. What is Mercutio’s opinion of dreams? 4. What does Mercutio’s speech reveal about his character? 5. Choose 4-8 lines of Mercutio’s dream and write a brief summary. 6. How does Benvolio end the conversation? 7. What is Romeo’s misgiving, and what does the line “some consequence, yet hanging in the stars” have to do with his feeling of dread? Discuss the theme this quote illustrates. Act I, Scene V – A hall in Capulet’s house. 1. Lord Capulet and a relative stand, unmasked, on one side of the room. Romeo, masked, standing on the other side, asks a servingman who Juliet is. How does Romeo describe the girl, and what does he conclude? 2. What is Tybalt’s reaction when he hears Romeo’s voice? 3. What does Lord Capulet say to Tybalt in reference to Romeo’s attendance at the party? 4. Tybalt obeys his uncle, but what does he foresee? 5. Romeo, approaching Juliet, begins a conversation, and ends up kissing her twice before the Nurse comes to tell Juliet that her mother requests

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