Romeo And Juliet

Question 1

What are the eight things that happen in chronological order?

Answer 1

1) Montagues + Capulets fight.
2) Romeo falls in love with Juliet.
3) Romeo marries Juliet.
4) Romeo kills Tybalt out of revenge for Mercutio.
5) Romeo gets banished.
6) Juliet is ordered by her father to marry Paris.
7) Juliet fakes her death with help from Friar Lawrence.
8) Romeo and Juliet kill themselves because of Romeo’s mistake.
9) Montagues + Capulets end the feud.

Question 2

What are the key aspects?

Answer 2

1) ancient grudge.
2) Romeo + Juliet fall in love without knowing the other is the enemy of their family.
3) Friar Lawrence only marries them as it is a chance to end the 2 families’ feud.

Question 3

What traits does Romeo have?

Answer 3

Passionate. “Henceforth I will never be Romeo.”
Headstrong. “Either thou or I, or both, must go with him.”
Changeable. “I have forgot that name and that name’s woe.”

Question 4

what does the fact that Paris continues to promote his own qualities as Juliet’s husband to be suggest?

Answer 4

He is unwilling to take into account his flaws.

Question 5

What does the fact that Lady Montague speaks only two lines, then is silent suggest?

Answer 5

Powerlessness of women in Verona.

Question 6

What are the contradictions that Romeo says when he is saying about how much “he loves Rosaline”.

Answer 6

“Loving” v “hate”.
“Heavy” v “lightness”.
“Serious” v “vanity”.
“Misshapen chaos” v “well-seeming forms”.
“Feather” v “lead”.
“Bright” v “smoke”.
“Cold” v “fire”.
“Sick” v “health”.
“Still-waking” v “sleep”.