romeo and juliet

Question 1

Romeo Montague

Answer 1

intelligent, impulsive yet peaceful. is uninterested in violence. “philosophical” about similarities between love and hate. unquestionable commitment to juliet.

Question 2

Juliet Capulet

Answer 2

(meaning youthful) caring, compassionate and uninterested in love. although her love for romeo is true. she demonstrates courage and great intelligence.

Question 3

Friar Lawrence

Answer 3

(meaning wise) religous figure and impetuous. father figure to romeo. blinded by his love of peice , some of his actions are reckless though his motives are pure.

Question 4

Nurse

Answer 4

confidante/ mother figure to juliet. aids the marriage, though in fear she abandons juliet and advises her to marry paris.

Question 5

Mercutio

Answer 5

(meaning changeable) relative of the prince and romeos closest friend. sparkling wit and vivid imagination, deals puns and wordplay into his speech & sees himself above the ‘vices of love’

Question 6

Benvolio

Answer 6

(meaning benevolent) Romeos cousin, tries to avoid violence but consumed by the veronese culture.

Question 7

Tybalt

Answer 7

(meaning bold) juliets cousin, pugnacious and represents ‘unchecked’ violence.

Question 8

Paris

Answer 8

‘highly regarded’ man who relresents courtly love. follows all veronese rules and is an innocent victim of the family feud. he relresents the damage the feud causes to society of the outside households. relative of thr prince.

Question 9

Prince

Answer 9

represents law and power, although the law is powerless agaist the feud. in thr end, he promotes ‘talking’