R & J quiz(Act 4. Scenes 1,2,3) Flashcards
What does Juliet say she would rather do than marry Paris?
6 things
- Jump off of a tower
- Walk amongst thieves
- Be where snakes are
- be chained up with bears
- be locked up in a vault of bones
- be in a grave with a rotting body
What plan does the friar come up with?
- Juliet will drink a potion. It will make her appear dead on the morning she is supposed to marry Paris
- her body will be brought to the family mausoleum in the cemetery
- a message will be sent to Romeo to go get her out of the tomb as she is waking up from the potion
- they will escape to Mantua together and wait there until things blow over and eventually return to Verona
What does Juliet mean when she says:
““Be not so long to speak; I long to die/ If what thou speak’st speak not of remedy”?
Juliet is asking the friar for help and vows to kill herself if he cannot help her and Romeo.
What is dramatic irony?
Dramatic irony is when speech or actions within a drama is fully understood by the audience but not by all of the characters in the play.
Explain how dramatic irony is used in this scene.
This is shown when Juliet is speaking with Paris at Friar Laurence’s cell. Everything she says to Paris is actually a reference to Romeo. Juliet, the Friar and the audience all know she is referring to Romeo , but Paris does not know.
What does Capulet mean when he 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 obedient.
What does Juliet tell her father after her return from seeing Friar Laurence?
Juliet tells her father she is now willing to marry Paris (although it is a lie).
What does Capulet mean when he says: “My heart is wondrous light, / Since this same wayward girl is so reclaim’d”?
He is so happy that Juliet is calm, obedient, and has come to her senses. He feels like he has his daughter back again.
What are Juliet’s fears and concerns right before she drinks the potion?
- 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
What kind of imagery is being used in the line:
“To whose foul mouth no healthsome air breathes in”?
Gustatory(taste)
What kind of imagery is being used in the line: “Where bloody Tybalt, yet but green in earth…”?
Visual
What kind of imagery is being used in the line:
“So early waking, what with loathsome smells…” ?
Olfactory(smell)
What kind of imagery is being used in the line:
“And shrieks like mandrakes’ torn out of the earth…”?
Auditory
