14/10 (Romeo)

Question 1

Romeo is talking to Benvolio about love, about the fighting, and about his place in the world.

Answer 1

‘O brawling love, O loving hate’

Question 2

Shows how confused Romeo is about love and how he doesn’t really understand what it is, except that it brings both positive and negative feelings.

Answer 2

‘Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health’

Question 3

(Lord Montague)
Romeo is being eaten up with something inside that’s preventing him from growing and maturing.

Answer 3

‘As is the bud bit with an envious worm’

Question 4

(Lord Montague)
Romeo is keeping himself isolated in his bedroom with the windows closed.

Answer 4

‘Shuts up his windows, locks fair daylight out’

Question 5

Romeo saying that love’s difficult to understand and it makes you blind.

Answer 5

‘Love is a smoke … a madness’

Question 6

Romeo is complaining about how Rosaline won’t sleep with him because they’re not married but he won’t marry her because she is too poor.

Answer 6

‘She will not stay the siege of loving terms…/ Nor ope her lap to saint-seducing gold: O, she’s rich in beauty; only poor’

Question 7

Benvolio telling Romeo to move on from Rosaline

Answer 7

‘Examine other beauties’

Question 8

Romeo is convinced that he loves Rosaline.

Answer 8

’..she’s fair I love.’