R&J - Act by Act Summary of Key Scenes

Question 1

Act 1 Scene 1

Answer 1

Sampson and Gregory

Tybalt and Benvolio fight

Romeo as Petrachan Lover (Rosaline)

Question 2

Act 1 Scene 2

Answer 2

Capulet and Paris talk about Juliet

Question 3

Act 1 Scene 3

Answer 3

L. Capulet, Nurse and Juliet talk about marriage

Question 4

Act 1 Scene 4

Answer 4

Mercutio’s Queen Mab speech

Question 5

Act 2 Scene 2

Answer 5

Balcony Scene

Question 6

Act 1 Scene 5

Answer 6

Capulet Mansion Ball

Romeo and Juliet meet

Question 7

Act 2 Scene 3

Answer 7

Romeo asks the Friar to marry Juliet

Question 8

Act 2 Scene 6

Answer 8

Romeo and Juliet marry

Question 9

Act 3 Scene 1

Answer 9

Mercutio’s death

Tybalt’s death

Question 10

Act 3 Scene 2

Answer 10

Falling action:
Juliet wants Romeo to come so that they can consumate their marriage… she finds out through the Nurse that Romeo killed Tybalt. Conflicted between her love for her husband and her family honour.

Question 11

Act 3 Scene 3

Answer 11

Romeo is banished

Question 12

Act 3 Scene 5

Answer 12

Romeo and Juliet meet for the final time - make love and say goodbye.

Juliet refuses to marry Paris and Capulet is angered.

Question 13

Act 4 Scene 1

Answer 13

Friar and Juliet come up with plan to fake Juliet’s death.

Question 14

Act 4 Scene 3

Answer 14

Juliet is fearful about the consequences of drinking the poison the night before she wakes ‘dead’. Drinks the poison anyway.

Question 15

Act 4 Scene 5

Answer 15

The Nurse finds Juliet ‘dead’

Question 16

Act 5 Scene 1

Answer 16

Romeo finds out that Juliet has ‘died’

Question 17

Act 5 Scene 3

Answer 17

Romeo and Juliet kill themselves