Death (R+J)

Question 1

Romeo complaining about his banishment (Act 3, Scene 3)

Answer 1

“Ha, banishment! Be merciful, say “death,”

For exile hath more terror in his look”

Question 2

Romeo just before he dies (Act 5, Scene 1)

Answer 2

“Well, Juliet, I will lie with thee tonight”

Question 3

Juliet when foreshadowing her death when she sees Romeo (Act 1, Scene 5)

Answer 3

“My grave is like to be my wedding bed”

Question 4

Nurse when she sees Juliet to be “dead” (Act 4, Scene 5)

Answer 4

“She’s dead, deceased, she’s dead; alac the day!”

Question 5

Tybalt taunting Benvolio, foreshadowing his own ironic death (Act 3, Scene 1)

Answer 5

“Turn thee Benvolio, look upon thy death”

Question 6

Capulet commenting on how sad the couple’s death were (Act 5, Scene 3)

Answer 6

“As rich shall Romeo’s by his lady’s lie,

Poor sacrifices of our enmity”

Question 7

Prologue foreshadowing their death

Answer 7

“The fearful passage of their death marked love”

Question 8

Mercutio reassuring that he will die (Act 3, Scene 1)

Answer 8

“Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man”

Question 9

Romeo foreshadowing his own death (Act 5, Scene 1)

Answer 9

“I dreamt my lady came and found me dead”

Question 10

Juliet foreshadowing her death when arguing with her parents (Act 3, Scene 5)

Answer 10

“Delay this marriage for a month, a week / Or, if you do not, make the bridal bed / In that dim
monument where Tybalt lies”

Question 11

Juliet foreshadowing her death after consummating her marriage with Romeo (Act 3, Scene 5)

Answer 11

“Methinks I see thee, now thou art below, As one dead in the bottom of a tomb. “