Characters and Conflict in Romeo and Juliet, Part 3

Which of Juliet’s lines best shows that she understands Romeo’s identity? IT IS NOT But no more deep will I endart mine eye
Read the dialogue between Romeo and Mercutio found in Act I, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet.Romeo: Give me a torch: I am not for this ambling;Being but heavy, I will bear the light.Mercutio: Nay, gentle Romeo, we must have you dance.Romeo: Not I, believe me: you have dancing shoesWith nimble soles; I have a soul of leadSo stakes me to the ground I cannot move.Based on these lines, which statement is true? IT IS NOT Romeo is nervous, and Mercutio is brave.
Read these lines spoken by Nurse and Lady Capulet in Act I, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet.Nurse: Faith, I can tell her age unto an hour.Lady Capulet: She’s not fourteen.Nurse: I’ll lay fourteen of my teeth—And yet to my teen be it spoken I have but four—She is not fourteen.These lines allow the reader to see Nurse’s sense of humor
Impulsive, emotional Romeo acts as a character foil for IT IS NOT Capulet, who is stern and protective.
Which pair of characters have a relationship based on caregiving? IT IS NOT Nurse and Capulet
Compare Romeo and Mercutio in these lines from Act I, scene iv of Romeo and Juliet.Romeo: Give me a torch: I am not for this ambling;Being but heavy, I will bear the light.Mercutio: Nay, gentle Romeo, we must have you dance.Romeo: Not I, believe me: you have dancing shoesWith nimble soles; I have a soul of leadWhich statements about this dialogue are true? Check all that apply. IT IS NOT A., B., and E.
When Romeo and Juliet first meet in Act I, scene v, a sonnet structure is used because IT IS NOT sonnets convey the shyness of a first encounter.
Read the lines from Act I, scene v of Romeo and Juliet.Romeo: [To JULIET.] If I profane with my unworthiest handThis holy shrine, the gentle sin is this;My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready standTo smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.Juliet: Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much,Which mannerly devotion shows in this;For saints have hands that pilgrims’ hands do touch,And palm to palm is holy palmers’ kiss.Which statement about the structure of these lines is true? Romeo’s lines make up one quatrain, which uses an “abab” rhyme scheme.
Shakespearean sonnets are organized in three quatrains and a couplet.
Read the lines from Act I, scene v of Romeo and Juliet.Romeo: Have not saints lips, and holy palmers too?Juliet: Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in prayer.Romeo: O! then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do;They pray, grant thou, lest faith turn to despair.Shakespeare uses the structure of these lines to develop Romeo’s character as he persuades Juliet to kiss him.