Act 3

Question 1

Summarise act 3

Answer 1

Romeo, attempting to restore peace, throws himself between the combatants. Tybalt stabs Mercutio under Romeo’s arm, and as Mercutio falls, Tybalt and his men hurry away. Enraged Romeo declares that his love for Juliet has made him effeminate and that he should have fought Tybalt in Mercutio place

Question 2

Key themes in act 3

Answer 2

Fates effects on human plans
Youth and age

Question 3

A plague on both your houses

Answer 3

Repetition context

Question 4

Come gentle night… give me my Romeo

Answer 4

Juliet addresses night

Question 5

Shame come to Romeo

Answer 5

When the nurse says this Juliet defends Romeo even though she dislikes him in the moment

Question 6

Blubbering and weeping, weeping and blubbering

Answer 6

Repetition

Question 7

Hang thee, young baggage. Disobedient wretch!

Answer 7

Father to daughter, context

Question 8

Banished

Answer 8

Repetition

Question 9

Childhood

Answer 9

Describing their love because it is new

Question 10

Summarise act 3 scene 3

Answer 10

Parallel= Juliet is distraught, Romeo is in a terrible state

Question 11

Summarise act 3 scene 5

Answer 11

Contrast of day and night, nurse sense of urgency, Juliet talks ‘aside’ so only the audience can hear