english shakespere (act 4, scenes 2,3,4)

Question 1

What does Capulet mean when he says: “Well, he may chance do some good on her. A peevish self-will’d harlotry it is”?

Answer 1

When Capulet says: “Well, he may chance do some good on her. A Peevish self-will’d harlotry it is” he is hoping Friar Laurence will knock some sense into Juliet and she will be more complacent/obedient

Question 2

What does Juliet tell her father after her return from seeing Friar Laurence?

Answer 2

Juliet tells her father she is now willing to marry Paris (which is a lie).

Question 3

What does Capulet mean when he says: “My heart is wondrous light, / Since this same wayward girl is so reclaim’d”?

Answer 3

When Capulet says: “My heart is wondrous light,/ Since this same wayward girl is so reclaimed” he is so happy that Juliet is calm and obedient and has come to her senses.

Question 4

What are Juliet’s fears and concerns right before she drinks the potion?

Answer 4

Right before Juliet drinks the potion she expresses concern about:
Having to take potion a day early because the wedding has been moved up
If it is poison and will kill her
If it doesn’t work at all and she will have to marry Paris
She will wake up in tomb surrounded by dead bodies before Romeo gets there.

Question 5

What kind of imagery is being used in the line “To whose foul mouth no healthsome air breathes in”?

Answer 5

Gustatory.

Question 6

What kind of imagery is being used in the line “Where bloody Tybalt, yet but green in earth…”?

Answer 6

Visual.

Question 7

What kind of imagery is being used in the line “So early waking, what with loathsome smells…” ?

Answer 7

Olfactory.

Question 8

What kind of imagery is being used in the line “And shrieks like mandrakes’ torn out of the earth…”?

Answer 8

Auditory imagery.

Question 9

What kind of imagery is being used in the line “And madly play with my forefathers’ joints? And pluck the mangled Tybalt from his shroud?”

Answer 9

Tactile imagery

Question 10

Identify which poetic techniques are being used in the following: “Come, stir, stir, stir! The second cock hath crow’d, / The curfew- bell hath rung, ‘tis three o’clock. / Look at the baked meats, good Angelica; / Spare not for cost.” Explain what makes you think so.

Answer 10

There are examples of alliteration, consonance, and assonance in the following passage: “Come, stir, stir, stir! The second cock hath crow’d,/ The curfew bell hath rung, ‘tis three o’clock./ Look at the baked meats, good Angelica; / Spare not for cost”

Question 11

Explain the mood/atmosphere of this scene.

Answer 11

The mood/atmosphere is filled with happiness, energy and excitement.