Act 1:1 The Fight

Question 1

Benvolio acting as a pacemaker

And he uses religious imagery ….

Answer 1

Part fools
Put up they swords you know not what you do
- from bible Luke says father forgive them as they know not what they do
PEACEKEEPER

Question 2

What does benvolio mean

Answer 2

Good in Latin

Question 3

Tybalt

Answer 3

Sly argumentative cat

Question 4

What does tybalt say to benvolio which challenges their masculinity

Answer 4

What are thou drawn among these heartless hinds - maleless hart female Deer = NON masculine

Turn thee benvolio and look upon they death

Question 5

A quote to show benvolio wants to stop the fight

Answer 5

I do but keep the peace

Question 6

A quote to show tybalt is passionate about his anger

Answer 6

I hate hell , all montages and the PASSIONATE

Ironic as he ends up their

Question 7

Show loyalty Sampson and Gregory

Answer 7

Quarrel is between our masters and us their mean

Question 8

Sexual imagery used by Sampson about maids

Answer 8

Heads of the maids or their maiden heads
Repetition - very clear and adamant that their going to target women
= gender imagery
Suggesting going to tape the maids and take their virginity

Question 9

Sexual imagery about thumb

Answer 9

I bite my thumb
Fico which means fig is an Italian insult
fig means small and valueless
Fico used to symbolise women’s genitalia’s