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1
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Where is Romeo and Juliet set?

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Verona , Italy

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In the silly exchange between Sampson and Gregory what does “carry coals” mean and what is the literary technique being used?

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To be insulted and puns

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Which family is benvolio apart of

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Montague

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How many street fights have there been between the montagues and capulets?

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3

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How has Romeo been spending his days and nights?

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Depressed

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What is wrong with Romeo? Why doesn’t the girl like him?

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Romeo is heartsick. The girl is a nun and has sworn not to love

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What does benvolio tell Romeo to do at the party?

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To look for other women in order to forget the other girl that doesn’t love him

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How old is Juliet? What does Juliet’s dad tell Paris to do in order to marry Juliet?

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13 yrs old. He says to woo her and if she wants to get married to him she can

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Why is peter, the capulets servant, upset about sending out the invitations to the party?

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He’s illiterate and can’t read

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Why does benvolio want to crash the capulets party? Why does Romeo agree?

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So Romeo can see other women and forget about Rosaline. Romeo agrees so he can woo rosaline.

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What did Romeo say he he wanted to happen to his eyes if he finds someone other than rosaline at the party? What does this show us about Romeo?

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He wants his tears to turn to fire. This shows how dramatic and lovesick Romeo can be

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Why does lady capulet, Juliet’s mom, want her to love Paris?

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She says Paris is “a gorgeous book, and Juliet will be the cover” meaning he’s perfect for her

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What does Juliet tell her mother when she tells juliet about Paris? What does this tell us about her?

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Juliet tells her mother that she’ll try and see and work it out if she can. This shows us how independent and rationale she is

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According to mercutio’s dream, Who is queen mab and what does she do?

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She’s a fairy that delivers dreams to humans

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What is the value of dreams to Romeo?

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That dreams are fated to happen in the future

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What is the value of dreams to Mercutio?

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That dreams are born nothing but fantasy

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What vivid dream does Romeo have at the end of scene 4? What does this show us about Romeo

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He said he dreamt of what would happen in the future. That they crashed the party and the dream ended with his death. This shows that Romeo believes that everything happens for a reason

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18
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When Romeo first sees Juliet what terms does he use to describe her?

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A rich jewel

19
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How does Romeo find out Juliet’s name?

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From the nurse

20
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How does Juliet find our romeos name?

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The nurse

21
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Who does mercutio think that Romeo is in love with? What is funny about this?

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He still thinks Romeo is in love with rosaline. It’s funny because mercutio doesn’t know about Juliet The Whole play

22
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According to the Friar, how are humans like plants?

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Earth is both a burning place and place that gives life to them

23
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Who does the friar assume Romeo has spent the night with?

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Rosaline

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When the friar says “o she knew well/ thy love did read by rote and could not spell”, what does he mean by this?

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He means that rosaline knew that Romeo was going through the motions and that he wasn’t in love with her per say but he was in love with the idea of love.

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Why does the friar agree to marry Romeo and Juliet?

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He thinks that it might stop the hate between their two families

26
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What does the prince say he’s going to do after the fourth fight between capulets and montagues?

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Exile Romeo and fine both families. He does this so no one else dies

27
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What does Juliet describe Romeo when she finds out Romeo killed tybalt?

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Beautiful tyrant

Angelical fiend

28
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Where is romeo Hiding?

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At Lawrence’s cell

29
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What does the friar think of the prince and Romeos punishment?

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He think that the prince is merciful because he went aside the law to give Romeo a softer punishment.

30
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What are carrion flies? Why does he envy them?

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They are maggots. Unlike Romeo they are free and can be around Juliet and he can’t because he’s banished

31
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What reasons does the friar give Romeo to be happy?

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Tybalt is dead when trying to kill him
Juliet is alive
He was supposed to be exiled but is only banished

32
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What does the nurse give Romeo from Juliet?

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A ring

33
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What does lord capulet think that would cheer Juliet up from tybalt death?

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Having her wedding

34
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When lord capulet makes his announcement about the wedding how does paris reply

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He says he wishes it was Thursday already which is the day of the wedding. He’s ready to get married

35
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Why does Juliet want to songbird outside to be a nightingale?

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The nightingale is a bird that sings at night and Romeo can only see her at night and she doesn’t want him to leave

36
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When Juliet says ill-divining soul, what does she mean?

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She feels something bad is going to happen

37
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Why do Juliet’s parents think she’s upset?what is their plan to cheer her up?

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They think she upset because of her cousin tybalts death. They plan to have a wedding for her.

38
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How does mercutio treat the nurse

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He mocks her, makes fun of her age, and verbally harasses her

39
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What does Romeo tell the nurse?

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He tells her that the friar is going to marry Romeo and Juliet

40
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What does the nurse tell Romeo?

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That there’s another man named Paris who wants to marry Juliet and that Juliet doesn’t like Paris.

41
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How long did it take for the nurse to be on her errand?

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3 long hours

42
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What is the humorous way that the nurse treats Juliet?

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When Juliet would ask a question, the nurse would delay Juliet from knowing what happened.

43
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How does the friar warn Romeo?

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He tells Romeo to not get too caught up this love stuff because it can come back and bite him in the butt

44
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What do these lines tell us about how romeos feeling in s

Act 2 scene 6: “ do thou but close our hands with holy words, then love-devouring death do whale dare.”

A

That he’s not fearful of the future

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