Act I - Romeo and Juliet

Question 1

What event does the Prologue to Act I of Romeo and Juliet foreshadow?

Answer 1

The death of Romeo and Juliet

Question 2

Are the characters Abram and Balthasar, who appear in Act I, scene i examples of flat characters or round characters?

Answer 2

Flat

Question 3

Why does Romeo agree with Benvolio’s plan in Act I to go to Capulet’s party?

Answer 3

He wants to see Rosaline

Question 4

In Act I, scene v at the Capulet feast, how is Capulet a dramatic foil to Tybalt?

Answer 4

Lord Capulet is accepting and calm. Tybalt is intensely vengeful, aggressive, outrageous, and pugnacious (ready to fight).

Question 5

What obstacles to Romeo and Juliet’s relationship are already apparent in Act I?

Answer 5

The family rivalry and Lord Capulet’s plan for Juliet to marry Paris

Question 6

What details about Montague help to make him a round character?

Answer 6

As a father, Lord Montague is caring and tender. He is concerned about his son’s happiness; however, as the leader of a feuding family, Lord Montague is aggressive.

Question 7

What makes Benvolio a round character? (What makes any character round or flat?)

Answer 7

He has many traits.
1) Round characters have many character traits.
2) Flat characters have just one or two traits.

Question 8

What is the purpose of text aids?

Answer 8

They provide information about unfamiliar languages.

Question 9

Act I of Romeo and Juliet is mainly the Capulet-Montague family feud and what else?

Answer 9

Romeo and Juliet’s first meeting.