Romeo and Juliet Plot

Question 1

Act 1 Scene 1: Sunday Morning

Answer 1

The street fight. Rosaline has rejected Romeo’s advances.

Question 2

Act 1 Scene 2: Sunday Evening

Answer 2

Sunday Evening:

• Paris asks Capulet if he can marry Juliet, Capulet’s daughter.
• Romeo and Benvolio (Montague family) decide to go to the Capulets’ masked ball.

Question 3

Act 1 Scene 3: Sunday Evening:

Answer 3

Lady Capulet talks to Juliet about marriage and suggests Paris would make a good match for her.
Juliet agrees to consider Paris, but only if her parents approve.

Question 4

Act 1 Scene 4: Sunday Evening:

Answer 4

On their way to the feast, Mercutio tries to cheer up Romeo and encourage him to join in and dance.
Romeo speaks of dream he has had, prompting Mercutio to talk of Queen Mab the fairy queen

Question 5

Act 1 Scene 5: Sunday Evening

Answer 5

Romeo and Juliet meet for the first time and fall in love instantly. Juliet discovers that Romeo is a Montague and therefore her enemy.

Question 6

Act 2 Prologue

Answer 6

Reminds the audience that Romeo has found real love with Juliet and that she returns his love.

Question 7

Act 2 Scene 1: Sunday Night

Answer 7

Benvolio and Mercutio are looking for Romeo after the ball. They are still convinced he’s in love with Rosaline.

Question 8

Act 2 Scene 2: Sunday Night:

Answer 8

The balcony scene. Romeo climbs into the garden of Juliet’s house and they talk about their love for one another.

Question 9

Act 2 Scene 3: Monday daybreak:

Answer 9

Romeo asks Friar Laurence to marry him and Juliet.

Question 10

Act 2 Scene 4: Monday Morning:

Answer 10

Romeo hears that Tybalt wants a fight. He sends a message to Juliet asking her to come to the Friar’s cell that afternoon.

Question 11

Act 2 Scene 5 and 6: Monday Noon:

Answer 11

Juliet hurries to meet Romeo at Friar Laurence’s cell. The lovers leave with the Friar for a secret wedding.

Question 12

Act 3 Scene 1: Monday Afternoon:

Answer 12

Tybalt fights with and kills Mercutio and Romeo kills Tybalt in revenge. The Prince banishes Romeo from Verona with the threat of death if he remains.

Question 13

Act 3 Scene 2: Monday afternoon:

Answer 13

While waiting for Romeo, Juliet learns of Tybalt’s death. She is desperate to see Romeo and the Nurse promises to find him.

Question 14

Act 3 Scene 3: Monday Evening:

Answer 14

Romeo tries to kill himself, but is prevented by the Friar. The Friar advises Romeo to spend the night with Juliet before leaving for exile in Mantua.

Question 15

Act 3 Scene 4: Monday Evening:

Answer 15

Without consulting her, Capulet tells Paris he can marry Juliet.

Question 16

Act 3 Scene 5: Tuesday Before Dawn:

Answer 16

After spending the night with Juliet, Romeo leaves for Mantua.
Morning:
Juliet refuses to marry Paris. The Nurse advises she do so.

Question 17

Act 4 Scene 1: Tuesday Morning

Answer 17

The Friar gives Juliet a potion that will make her appear dead for forty-two hours and thus prevent the marriage. They plot her eventual escape to Mantua.

Question 18

Act 4 Scene 2: Tuesday Evening

Answer 18

The wedding of Juliet and Paris is brought forward to Wednesday.

Question 19

Act 4 Scene 3: Tuesday Night

Answer 19

Juliet takes the potion after describing her fears of waking in the tomb before Romeo arrives.

Question 20

Act 4 Scene 4: Wednesday Morning

Answer 20

The Nurse discovers Juliet ‘dead’. Friar Laurence tells the Capulets to bring her corpse for burial.

Question 21

Act 5 Scene 1: Wednesday Morning

Answer 21

Balthasar, Romeo’s servant, reaches Mantua - before Friar Laurence’s messenger - and tells Romeo that Juliet is dead. Romeo prepares to leave for Verona.

Question 22

Act 5 Scene 2: Thursday Morning

Answer 22

Friar Laurence learns that Romeo thinks Juliet is dead, and rushes to the tomb.

Question 23

Act 5 Scene 3: Thursday Morning

Answer 23

Beside Juliet’s tomb, Paris and Romeo fight, and Romeo kills Paris.
Romeo kisses Juliet for the last time and takes poison, just before Juliet wakes up from her drugged sleep.
Juliet tries to kill herself by kissing Romeo’s lips then stabs herself and dies.
As a consequence of the tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets make peace with each other.