Read the excerpt from Act III, scene ii of Romeo and Juliet.Juliet: Come, gentle night; come, loving, black-brow’d night, Give me my Romeo: and, when he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars,And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night, And pay no worship to the garish sun. In this excerpt, Shakespeare presents the motif of night as avillain with dark brows. | IT IS NOT holy place to worship. |
Read the paragraph.Lara hesitated at the door. She confirmed the room number, comparing it to the schedule in her sweaty hands. With downcast eyes, she shuffled toward the teacher’s desk. Greeting the teacher, she timidly asked, “Spanish Two, Señora Garcia?”The underlined words reveal Lara’s | nervousness. |
Read the excerpt from Act III, scene v of Romeo and Juliet.Romeo: It was the lark, the herald of the morn, No nightingale: look, love, what envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east: 10Night’s candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops: I must be gone and live, or stay and die. How does Shakespeare use the motif of morning? | to show the certainty of fate |
Read this excerpt from Act III, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.Tybalt: Romeo, the hate I bear thee can afford No better term than this,—thou art a villain. Romeo: Tybalt, the reason that I have to love thee Doth much excuse the appertaining rage To such a greeting; villain am I none, Therefore farewell; I see thou know’st me not. Tybalt: Boy, this shall not excuse the injuries That thou hast done me; therefore turn and draw. What complication is introduced in the excerpt? | Tybalt is trying to start a sword fight with Romeo. |
Read this excerpt from Act III, scene iv of Romeo and Juliet.Paris: These times of woe afford no time to woo. Madam, good-night: commend me to your daughter. Lady Capulet: I will, and know her mind early to-morrow; To-night she’s mew’d up to her heaviness. Therefore farewell; I see thou know’st me not. Capulet: Sir Paris, I will make a desperate tender Of my child’s love: I think she will be rul’d In all respects by me; nay, more, I doubt it not. How does this complication contribute to the central conflict of the play? | When the Capulets fail to consult Juliet, tension begins to build in her family. |
Most complications unfold during a plot’s | Rising Action |
Read this excerpt from Act III, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet.Friar Laurence: Too familiar Is my dear son with such sour company: I bring thee tidings of the prince’s doom. Romeo: What less than doomsday is the prince’s doom? Friar Laurence: A gentler judgment vanish’d from his lips, Not body’s death, but body’s banishment. How does this complication contribute to the central conflict of the play? | When Romeo is forced to leave the city, his marriage to Juliet is strained. |
Which statements about literary motifs are true? Check all that apply. | A., C., D., E., |
Read the excerpt from Act III, scene v of Romeo and Juliet.Juliet: Then, window, let day in, and let life out. Romeo: Farewell, farewell! one kiss, and I’ll descend. [Descends.] Juliet: Art thou gone so? my lord, my love, my friend! I must hear from thee every day in the hour, For in a minute there are many days: O! by this count I shall be much in years Ere I again behold my Romeo. What conclusion can be drawn about Juliet based on her reaction to Romeo’s departure? | She depends on Romeo and dreads life without him. |
Which lines spoken by Romeo in Act III, scene i of Romeo and Juliet best support the inference that Romeo desires future peace between the Montagues and Capulets? Check all that apply. | Romeo: Draw, Benvolio; beat down their weapons.Gentlemen, for shame, forbear this outrage! |
Read the excerpt from Act I, scene ii of Romeo and Juliet.Benvolio: Tut! man, one fire burns out another’s burning,One pain is lessen’d by another’s anguish;Turn giddy, and be helped by backward turning;One desperate grief cures with another’s languish: Take thou some new infection to thy eye,And the rank poison of the old will die.According to Benvolio, what will cure Romeo’s heartache? | Romeo’s heartache will go away if he meets another girl. |
Read the excerpt from Act I, scene ii of Romeo and Juliet.Capulet: And too soon marr’d are those so early made. Earth hath swallow’d all my hopes but she,She is the hopeful lady of my earth:But woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart,My will to her consent is but a part;An she agree, within her scope of choice Lies my consent and fair according voice.This night I hold an old accustom’d feast,Whereto I have invited many a guestSuch as I love; and you, among the store,One more, most welcome, makes my number more. Which lines from the excerpt support the inference that Capulet loves his daughter? Check all that apply. | She is the hopeful lady of my earth: and Earth hath swallow’d all my hopes but she, |
Read the excerpt from Act V, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet.Romeo, there dead, was husband to that Juliet;And she, there dead, that Romeo’s faithful wife:I married them; and their stolen marriage-dayThis excerpt is an example of how ______ contributes to the catastrophe in Romeo and Juliet. | secrecy |
Read the excerpt from Act I, scene ii of Romeo and Juliet.Tybalt: Romeo: One fairer than my love! the all-seeing sun Ne’er saw her match since first the world begun. Benvolio: Tut! you saw her fair, none else being by, Herself pois’d with herself in either eye; But in that crystal scales let there be weigh’d Your lady’s love against some other maid That I will show you shining at this feast, And she shall scant show well that now shows best. How does Benvolio support the archetype of devoted friend in the excerpt? | by encouraging Romeo to think logically and consider his options |
In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Romeo is a protagonist because he is a | sympathetic main character facing a challenge. |
A soliloquy is a long speech in which a character speaks one’s thoughts to the ________. | audience |
Read the paragraph.As the names were announced, Omar’s posture straightened. He nodded and stifled a smile as his legs bounced a subtle beat beneath his desk. He closed his eyes briefly, silently willing himself to save his reaction for later.The underlined words reveal Omar’s | pride. |
Read the excerpt from Act I, scene ii of Romeo and Juliet.One fairer than my love! the all-seeing sun Ne’er saw her match since first the world begun.Which is the best paraphrase of Romeo’s lines? | There has never been a girl more beautiful than Rosaline. |
Read this excerpt from a short story.The set committee had labored for weeks constructing a background to recreate a 1950s New York City neighborhood. The students in charge of costumes had scoured thrift shops for well-worn denim and leather. The cast had rehearsed lines and performed their songs until each member could recite their part forwards and backwards. But nobody wanted to perform for an empty house. The only remaining hurdle was the promotion of the play. As Pine Valley High’s first spring production, the student body would need to be convinced that West Side Story should not be missed.What complication is introduced in the excerpt? | The students must work to promote the play. |
Rereading and ________ a text can help readers understand difficult passages. | paraphrasing |
Which are purposes of comic relief? Check all that apply. | easing the tension an audience may be feeling, emphasizing the seriousness of the previous moment, AND balancing the mood of a serious drama through contrast |
A ____ provides contrast with the main character. | foil |
_________ is the literary device that provides clues or hints to suggest what will occur later in a story. | Foreshadowing |
Read Romeo’s dialogue from Act V, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.How fares my Juliet? That I ask again;For nothing can be ill if she be well.Which of Romeo’s tragic flaws does this dialogue reveal? | He has juvenile ideas about love. |
Read the excerpt from Act V, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet.Capulet: O brother Montague! give me thy hand:This is my daughter’s jointure, for no moreCan I demand.Montague: But I can give thee more; For I will raise her statue in pure gold;This dialogue represents which element of a Shakespearean tragedy? | IT IS NOT a catastrophe |
Which excerpt from Act V, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet best reflects the idea that everyone who played a part in Romeo and Juliet’s secret union contributed to their downfall? | IT IS NOT Prince: A glooming peace this morning with it brings;The sun, for sorrow, will not show his head: |
Read the excerpt from Act V, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.Romeo: Is it even so? then I defy you, stars!Thou know’st my lodging: get me ink and paper,And hire post-horses; I will hence to-night.Balthasar: I do beseech you, sir, have patience:Your looks are pale and wild, and do importSome misadventure.Which of Romeo’s tragic flaws is best reflected in this dialogue? | His reckless nature |
How do the Montague and Capulet families contribute to the catastrophe in Romeo and Juliet? | by carrying on a violent feud |
In Act V, scene ii of Romeo and Juliet, what role does Friar John play in the catastrophe? | He fails to deliver an important letter to Romeo. |
Which elements cause the catastrophe in Act V, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet? Check all that apply. | A., C., and D. |
In Act V, scene i of Romeo and Juliet, what role does the Apothecary play in the catastrophe? | He sells romeo to the fatal poison. |
Read the excerpt from Act V, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.See what a scourge is laid upon your hate,That heaven finds means to kill your joys with love;Which theme from Romeo and Juliet is reflected in this excerpt? | Fate plays a role in determining the outcome of events. |
Read the excerpt from Act V, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet.Montague: Alas! my liege, my wife is dead to-night;Grief of my son’s exile hath stopp’d her breath.Which theme of Romeo and Juliet is reflected in this excerpt? | Rash behavior can have severe consequences. |
In Act V, scene i of Romeo and Juliet, what role does Balthasar play in the catastrophe? | He tells Romeo that Juliet is dead. |
Read the excerpt from Act III, scene v of Romeo and Juliet.Lady Capulet: Marry, my child, early next Thursday morn 120The gallant, young, and noble gentleman, The County Paris, at Saint Peter’s church, Shall happily make thee there a joyful bride. Juliet: Now, by Saint Peter’s church, and Peter too, He shall not make me there a joyful bride. 125I wonder at this haste; that I must wed Ere he that should be husband comes to woo. I pray you, tell my lord and father, madam, I will not marry yet; and, when I do, I swear, It shall be Romeo, whom you know I hate, 130Rather than Paris.What conclusion can be drawn about Juliet based on her reaction to her pending wedding? | She is stubborn and willful |
Read the excerpt from Act III, scene v of Romeo and Juliet.Romeo: It was the lark, the herald of the morn, No nightingale: look, love, what envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east: 10Night’s candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops: I must be gone and live, or stay and die. How does Shakespeare use the motif of morning? | to show the certainty of fate |
Read the excerpt from Act III, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet.Friar Laurence: Go hence; good-night; and here stands all your state: Either be gone before the watch be set, 175Or by the break of day disguis’d from hence: Sojourn in Mantua; I’ll find out your man, And he shall signify from time to time Every good hap to you that chances here. Give me thy hand; ’tis late: farewell; goodnight. 180The dark of night motif used in this excerpt creates a sense of | urgency. |
Read the excerpt from Act III, scene v of Romeo and Juliet.Juliet: Then, window, let day in, and let life out. Romeo: Farewell, farewell! one kiss, and I’ll descend. [Descends.] 45Juliet: Art thou gone so? my lord, my love, my friend! I must hear from thee every day in the hour, For in a minute there are many days: O! by this count I shall be much in years Ere I again behold my Romeo. 50What conclusion can be drawn about Juliet based on her reaction to Romeo’s departure ? | She depends on Romeo and dreads life without him. |
Read this excerpt from Act III, scene iv of Romeo and Juliet.Paris: These times of woe afford no time to woo. 10Madam, good-night: commend me to your daughter. Lady Capulet: I will, and know her mind early to-morrow; To-night she’s mew’d up to her heaviness. Therefore farewell; I see thou know’st me not. Capulet: Sir Paris, I will make a desperate tender Of my child’s love: I think she will be rul’d 15In all respects by me; nay, more, I doubt it not. How does this complication contribute to the central conflict of the play? | When the Capulets fail to consult Juliet, tension begins to build in her family |
Read the excerpt from Act III, scene v of Romeo and Juliet.Juliet: O! now be gone; more light and light it grows.Romeo: More light and light; more dark and dark our woes.How does Shakespeare use the motif of darkness? | as a cause for fear |
Read the excerpt from Act III, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet.Friar Laurence: Hence from Verona art thou banished. Be patient, for the world is broad and wide. 20Romeo: There is no world without Verona walls, But purgatory, torture, hell itself. Hence banished is banish’d from the world, And world’s exile is death; then ‘banished,’ Is death mis-term’d. Calling death ‘banished,’ 25Thou cutt’st my head off with a golden axe, 40And smil’st upon the stroke that murders me. Which statement best describes Romeo’s reaction to the news that he will be banished from Verona? | He confesses his regret for his crime. |
Read the paragraph.As Gregor stood and joined the line of kids, he exhaled deeply. While the rest of the team was selected, his posture relaxed. Gradually, his heartbeat steadied, and he high-fived each new member that joined the team.The underlined words reveal Gregor’s | relief |
Which statements about literary motifs are true? Check all that apply. | They appear repeatedly in texts.They help develop themes.They influence the mood of the work. |
Read the excerpt from Act III, scene ii of Romeo and Juliet.Juliet: And bring in cloudy night immediately.Spread thy close curtain, love-performing night!That runaway’s eyes may wink, and RomeoLeap to these arms, untalk’d of and unseen!Which words and phrases from the passage support the motif of darkness? Check all that apply. | cloudy nightunseen |
Read this excerpt from Act III, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet.Friar Laurence: Too familiar 10Is my dear son with such sour company: I bring thee tidings of the prince’s doom. Romeo: What less than doomsday is the prince’s doom? Friar Laurence: A gentler judgment vanish’d from his lips, Not body’s death, but body’s banishment. How does this complication contribute to the central conflict of the play? | When Romeo is forced to leave the city, his marriage to Juliet is strained. |
Read this excerpt from a short story.Liam navigated the busy park, scanning the crowd for his friends. They had agreed to meet at the water slide, and soon the towering steps came into view. He spotted Rachel and Marco by the inner tubes, and soon the three were racing to the top of the slide. There were over a hundred wooden stairs to climb, but the friends usually climbed them without pause. This time, however, their progress was slowed by a surprising mid-day crowd. Spiraling up the stairs were dozens of eager park patrons, each gripping a slippery tube. Liam shook his head and told his friends they would need a little more patience than usual waiting for their favorite view from the top.What complication is introduced in the excerpt? | Marco and his friends have to wait in a long line. |
Read the excerpt from Act III, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet.Friar Laurence: The law that threaten’d death becomes thy friend, And turns it to exile; there art thou happy: A pack of blessings light upon thy back; Happiness courts thee in her best array; 150But, like a misbehav’d and sullen wench, Thou pout’st upon thy fortune and thy love. Take heed, take heed, for such die miserable. Go, get thee to thy love, as was decreed, Ascend her chamber, hence and comfort her; 155But look thou stay not till the watch be set, For then thou canst not pass to Mantua; Where thou shalt live, till we can find a time To blaze your marriage, reconcile your friends, Beg pardon of the prince, and call thee back 160With twenty hundred thousand times more joy Than thou went’st forth in lamentation. Which statement best describes Friar Laurence’s reaction to Romeo’s banishment? | He urges Romeo to make the best of the situation. |
Read the excerpt from Act III, scene v of Romeo and Juliet.Juliet: O! now be gone; more light and light it grows.Romeo: More light and light; more dark and dark our woes.How does Shakespeare use the motif of darkness? | as a source of comfort |
Most complications unfold during a plot’s | rising action. |
Read this excerpt from Act III, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.Tybalt: Romeo, the hate I bear thee can afford No better term than this,—thou art a villain. 35Romeo: Tybalt, the reason that I have to love thee Doth much excuse the appertaining rage To such a greeting; villain am I none, Therefore farewell; I see thou know’st me not. Tybalt: Boy, this shall not excuse the injuries 40That thou hast done me; therefore turn and draw. What complication is introduced in the excerpt? | Tybalt is trying to start a sword fight with Romeo. |
Read the excerpt from Act III, scene ii of Romeo and Juliet.Juliet: Come, gentle night; come, loving, black-brow’d night, Give me my Romeo: and, when he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars,And he will make the face of heaven so fine 25That all the world will be in love with night, And pay no worship to the garish sun. In this excerpt, Shakespeare presents the motif of night as a | caring, romantic figure. |
How many lines are in a sonnet? | 14 |
What structure is a sonnet written in? | iambic pentameter |
iambic pentameter | -group of stressed and un streesed syllables-iamb= feet |
How many syllables are used in iambic pantameter? | 10 syllables5 stressed 5 unstressed |
What themes are sonnets centered around? | – love-unreturned love-praise of beauty-old age-conformity-gaining immortality through a poem |
Rhyme Scheme | Shakespearan Sonnet follows the following rhyme scheme in which the last words rhyme in lines where the letters match.ababcdcdefefgg |
quatrain | A four line stanza |
how many quatrains in a sonnet | 3 |
couplet | A pair of lines that end in rhyme |
Where does the couplet come in the sonnet | the end |
Volta | The transition in a sonnet – comes in the 3 quatrain or couplet |
What is the function of the First Quatrain? | To establish the theme |
What is the function of the second quatrain? | it is an extension of the theme |
What is the function of the third quartrain? | extension of the theme |
What is the function of the couplet? | summary of the sonnet |
Sonnet 29 | – Contrasted moods: sadness and joy-insecurity- pain and rejection-warning to his friend-outcast to society – wishes he had what other men had-the things that make him happy don’t anymore-SHIFT: when he thinks of his love his sadness is lifted -love makes him rich and happy and wouldn’t trade his life because of this |
Sonnet 116 | Theme: Ideal LoveAdvice sonnet to a friendAdvice: people should fall in love when/wherever Love doesn’t change if its trueQ1: Love is constant and strongQ2: love will survive any crisis (even infidelity)Q3: love is eternalSHIFT: Couplet: if you prove me wrong then i take back all that i said and no man has ever loved (PARADOX) |
Sonnet 130 | Theme: Reality of LoveDark Lady PoemMockery PoemOffensive at firstQ1: reality of love (painful truth)Q2:extension of Q1 (reality of beauty)Q3: My love is REAL and attainable – NOT a figment of the imaginationCouplet: no matter her flaws he will love her ****Purpose of sonnet: saying to peers beauty lies within the poet and beauty comes in all shapes and sizes. REAL LOVE |
Sonnet 71 | Sonnet to a friend – advice to a friend Theme: mortality – forget me after death-hopeless, insecure -deals with mortality (inevitable death)-was to be read AFTER Shakespeare’s death-He wants his friend to :forget him completely- he has no faith in humanity; concerned with own meloncholy-forget me completely if my death will make you sad, don’t cry for me if I dieAdvice: if you do think about me after my death then let your love for me die with my lifeCouplet: people will mock you if you are sad about my death.Purpose:2 reasons to forget him: 1. doens’t want his friend to be sad2. doesn’t want his friends to be mocked. |
Sonnet 18 | Compares his love to a summer day – says his love is better than a summers day because summer can have negatives and it endshis love will live on in eternity because he wrote about his love and as long as people can read his love will survive |
Sonnet 73 | Theme: getting old – death of youthThe poet is preparing his young friend, not for the approaching literal death of his body, but the metaphorical death of his youth and passion.The first two quatrains establish how the young man now sees as he looks at the poet: those yellow leaves and bare boughs, and the faint afterglow of the fading sun. The third quatrain reveals that the poet is speaking not of his impending physical death, but the death of his youth and subsequently his youthful desires — those very things which sustained his relationship with the young man. Personification: flame of youth has turned into glowing embers represent that the life is fading. |
Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.Romeo: Alas! that love, whose view is muffled still,Should, without eyes, see pathways to his will. 160Where shall we dine? O me! What fray was here?Yet tell me not, for I have heard it all.Here’s much to do with hate, but more with love:Why then, O brawling love! O loving hate!O any thing! of nothing first create. 165O heavy lightness! serious vanity!Mis-shapen chaos of well-seeming forms!Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health!Still-waking sleep, that is not what it is!This love feel I, that feel no love in this. Dost thou not laugh?Which lines from the excerpt support the inference that Romeo is emotionally conflicted? Check all that apply. | Yet tell me not, for I have heard it all.Mis-shapen chaos of well-seeming forms! |
Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.Benvolio: I do but keep the peace: put up thy sword, 50Or manage it to part these men with me.Which is the best paraphrase of Benvolio’s lines? | I want to keep the peace, so put your sword away or use it to help me break up this brawl. |
Read the excerpt from Act I, scene ii of Romeo and Juliet.Servant: God gi’ good den. I pray, sir, can you read? 55Romeo: Ay, mine own fortune in my misery.Servant: Perhaps you have learn’d it without book: but, I pray, can you read any thing you see?Romeo: Ay, if I know the letters and the language.Servant: Ye say honestly; rest you merry! [Offering to go.]Romeo: Stay, fellow; I can read.What causes the servant to ask for Romeo’s help? | The servant cannot read. |
Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.Tybalt: What! art thou drawn among these heartless hinds?Turn thee, Benvolio, look upon thy death.Benvolio: I do but keep the peace: put up thy sword, 50Or manage it to part these men with me.Tybalt: What! drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word,As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee.Have at thee, coward! [They fight.]What inference can be made about Benvolio and Tybalt from this dialogue? | Benvolio is more concerned with keeping the peace than Tybalt is. |
Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.Prince: Rebellious subjects, enemies to peace,Profaners of this neighbour-stained steel,—Will they not hear? What ho! you men, you beasts,That quench the fire of your pernicious rage 70With purple fountains issuing from your veins,On pain of torture, from those bloody handsThrow your mis-temper’d weapons to the ground,And hear the sentence of your moved prince.What inference can be made about the prince from this dialogue? | He is angry with both families for fighting in the streets again. |
Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.So early walking did I see your son:Towards him I made; but he was ware of me, 110And stole into the covert of the wood:I, measuring his affections by my own,That most are busied when they’re most alone,Pursu’d my humour not pursuing his,And gladly shunn’d who gladly fled from me.What stops Benvolio from approaching Romeo? | Benvolio noticed that Romeo purposely hid from him. |
Read the excerpt from Act I, scene ii of Romeo and Juliet.Benvolio: At this same ancient feast of Capulet’s, 70Sups the fair Rosaline, whom thou so lov’st,With all the admired beauties of Verona:Go thither; and, with unattainted eyeCompare her face with some that I shall show,And I will make thee think thy swan a crow.Which is the best paraphrase of Benvolio’s lines? | Once you see other beautiful girls at the party, you will see that Rosaline is not so special. |
Read the excerpt from Act I, scene ii of Romeo and Juliet.Three civil brawls, bred of an airy word, 75By thee, old Capulet, and Montague,Have thrice disturb’d the quiet of our streets,And made Verona’s ancient citizensCast by their grave beseeming ornaments,To wield old partisans, in hands as old, 80Canker’d with peace, to part your canker’d hate.Which best paraphrases why the prince is angry with Capulet and Montague? | Their families have recently started three street fights. |
An inference is a conclusion that adds what you know to the_________ in the text. | information |
Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.And hear the sentence of your moved prince.Three civil brawls, bred of an airy word, 75By thee, old Capulet, and Montague,Have thrice disturb’d the quiet of our streets,And made Verona’s ancient citizensCast by their grave beseeming ornaments,To wield old partisans, in hands as old, 80Canker’d with peace, to part your canker’d hate.If ever you disturb our streets againYour lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace.What will happen if the Capulets and Montagues disturb the peace again? | They will be punished by death. |
Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.Montague: Many a morning hath he there been seen,With tears augmenting the fresh morning’s dew,Adding to clouds more clouds with his deep sighs:But all so soon as the all-cheering sunShould in the furthest east begin to draw 120The shady curtains from Aurora’s bed,Away from light steals home my heavy son,And private in his chamber pens himself,Shuts up his windows, locks fair daylight out,And makes himself an artificial night.According to this excerpt, what is causing Montague’s concerns about Romeo? | Romeo has been crying and shutting himself away in his darkened room. |
Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.Benvolio: Groan! why, no;But sadly tell me who.Romeo: Bid a sick man in sadness make his will;Ah! word ill urg’d to one that is so ill. 195In sadness, cousin, I do love a woman.What is the cause of Romeo’s despair? | Romeo is in love with a woman. |
Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.Benvolio: Here were the servants of your adversaryAnd yours close fighting ere I did approach:I drew to part them; in the instant cameThe fiery Tybalt, with his sword prepar’d, 95Which, as he breath’d defiance to my ears,He swung about his head, and cut the winds,Who, nothing hurt withal hiss’d him in scorn.According to Benvolio, who caused the fight | the Montagues and Benvolio |
Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.Capulet: What noise is this? Give me my long sword, ho!Lady Capulet: A crutch, a crutch! Why call you for a sword?60Capulet: My sword, I say! Old Montague is come,And flourishes his blade in spite of me.Enter MONTAGUE and LADY MONTAGUE.Montague: Thou villain Capulet! Hold me not; let me go.Lady Montague: Thou shalt not stir one foot to seek a foe.65What inference can be made about Lady Capulet and Lady Montague from this dialogue? | They are more concerned with keeping the peace than their husbands are. |
Read the excerpt from Act I, scene ii of Romeo and Juliet.Benvolio: Tut! you saw her fair, none else being by,Herself pois’d with herself in either eye;But in that crystal scales let there be weigh’dYour lady’s love against some other maid 85That I will show you shining at this feast,And she shall scant show well that now shows best.Romeo: I’ll go along, no such sight to be shown,But to rejoice in splendour of mine own.Romeo decides to attend the Capulets’ party because he wants to______________ . | see his love, the fair Rosaline. |
Read Romeo’s comment after killing Tybalt in Act III, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.Romeo: O! I am Fortune’s fool.Romeo’s statement foreshadows the fact that | the lovers have no control over their destinies. |
Read the nurse’s words to Juliet from Act II, scene v of Romeo and Juliet.Nurse: Your love says, like an honest gentleman, and a courteous, and a kind, and a handsome, and, I warrant, a virtuous,—Where is your mother?Juliet: Where is my mother! why, she is within;Where should she be? How oddly thou repliest:’Your love says, like an honest gentleman,Where is your mother?’Based on your knowledge of the characters, what does the nurse’s question most likely foreshadow? | that what the nurse is about to share may have very serious consequences |
In Act III, scene i of Romeo and Juliet, Tybalt returns to the scene after he has killed Mercutio and fled. What motivates his return? | his hatred for the entire Montague family |
Read the excerpt from Act III, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.Benvolio: I pray thee, good Mercutio, let’s retire:The day is hot, the Capulets abroad,And, if we meet, we shall not ‘scape a brawl;For now, these hot days, is the mad blood stirring.What motivates Benvolio to utter this warning? | his desire to avoid a fight |
Read the excerpt from Act III, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.Mercutio: No, ’tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door; but ’tis enough, ’twill serve: ask for me to-morrow, and you shall find me a grave man. I am peppered, I warrant, for this world. A plague o’ both your houses! ‘Zounds, a dog, a rat, a mouse, a cat, to scratch a man to death! a braggart, a rogue, a villain, that fights by the book of arithmetic! Why the devil came you between us? I was hurt under your arm.What is foreshadowed by Mercutio’s statement that tomorrow “you shall find me a grave man”? | Mercutio’s death |
In Act III, scene i of Romeo and Juliet,________ motivates Mercutio to draw his sword on Tybalt when Romeo will not. | anger |
Read the excerpt from Act II, scene v of Romeo and Juliet.Friar Laurence: These violent delights have violent ends,And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,Which, as they kiss consume: the sweetest honeyIs loathsome in his own deliciousnessAnd in the taste confounds the appetite: 15Therefore love moderately; long love doth so;Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.Friar Laurence is motivated to offer this warning because he | wants to caution Romeo about the consequences of his actions. |
Read the excerpt from Act II, scene v of Romeo and Juliet.Friar Laurence: These violent delights have violent ends,And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,Which, as they kiss consume: the sweetest honeyIs loathsome in his own deliciousnessAnd in the taste confounds the appetite:Therefore love moderately; long love doth so;Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.The purpose of the oxymoron and paradox used in this excerpt is to | emphasize a point about love. |
Read the excerpt from Act III, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.Mercutio: Help me into some house, Benvolio,Or I shall faint. A plague o’ both your houses!They have made worms’ meat of me: I have it,And soundly too:—your houses! [Exeunt MERCUTIO and BENVOLIO.]Which emotion most motivates Mercutio to speak these words? | his desire for revenge on both families |
Read the excerpt from Act II, scene v of Romeo and Juliet.Friar Laurence: These violent delights have violent ends,And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,Which, as they kiss consume: the sweetest honeyIs loathsome in his own deliciousnessAnd in the taste confounds the appetite:Therefore love moderately; long love doth so;Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.What do the oxymoron and paradox in this excerpt illustrate about love? | True love causes one to lose the ability to reason. |
Read the excerpt from Act II, scene v of Romeo and Juliet.Friar Laurence: These violent delights have violent ends,And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,Which, as they kiss consume: the sweetest honeyIs loathsome in his own deliciousnessAnd in the taste confounds the appetite:Therefore love moderately; long love doth so;Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.What mood is created by the oxymoron and paradox in this excerpt? | seriousness |
Read the excerpt from Act II, scene v of Romeo and Juliet.Friar Laurence: These violent delights have violent ends,And in their triumph die, like fire and powderWhich, as they kiss consume: the sweetest honeyIs loathsome in his own deliciousnessAnd in the taste confounds the appetite:Therefore love moderately; long love doth so;Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.What effects does the foreshadowing in Friar Laurence’s warning to Romeo have? Check all that apply. | A., C., E. |
Read Romeo’s comment after killing Tybalt in Act III, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.Romeo: O! I am Fortune’s fool.Romeo’s statement foreshadows the fact that | the lovers have no control over their destinies. |
Read the excerpt from Act III, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.Mercutio: Help me into some house, Benvolio,Or I shall faint. A plague o’ both your houses!They have made worms’ meat of me: I have it,And soundly too:—your houses! [Exeunt MERCUTIO and BENVOLIO.]Which emotion most motivates Mercutio to speak these words? | his desire for revenge on both families |
In Act III, scene i of Romeo and Juliet, Tybalt returns to the scene after he has killed Mercutio and fled. What motivates his return? | his hatred for the entire Montague family |
Read the excerpt from Act II, scene v of Romeo and Juliet.Friar Laurence: These violent delights have violent ends,And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,Which, as they kiss consume: the sweetest honeyIs loathsome in his own deliciousnessAnd in the taste confounds the appetite:Therefore love moderately; long love doth so;Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.The purpose of the oxymoron and paradox used in this excerpt is to | emphasize a point about love. |
Read the excerpt from Act II, scene v of Romeo and Juliet.Friar Laurence: These violent delights have violent ends,And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,Which, as they kiss consume: the sweetest honeyIs loathsome in his own deliciousnessAnd in the taste confounds the appetite:Therefore love moderately; long love doth so;Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.Which is an example of a paradox within the excerpt? | the sweetest honey / Is loathsome in his own deliciousness |
In Act III, scene i of Romeo and Juliet, _____ motivates Mercutio to draw his sword on Tybalt when Romeo will not. | anger |
What literary device consists of a pair of contradictory words or ideas? | oxymoron |
Read the excerpt from Act III, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.Mercutio: No, ’tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door; but ’tis enough, ’twill serve: ask for me to-morrow, and you shall find me a grave man. I am peppered, I warrant, for this world. A plague o’ both your houses! ‘Zounds, a dog, a rat, a mouse, a cat, to scratch a man to death! a braggart, a rogue, a villain, that fights by the book of arithmetic! Why the devil came you between us? I was hurt under your arm.What is foreshadowed by Mercutio’s statement that tomorrow “you shall find me a grave man”? | Mercutio’s death |
Read the excerpt from Act II, scene v of Romeo and Juliet.Friar Laurence: These violent delights have violent ends,And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,Which, as they kiss consume: the sweetest honeyIs loathsome in his own deliciousnessAnd in the taste confounds the appetite: 15Therefore love moderately; long love doth so;Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.Friar Laurence is motivated to offer this warning because he | wants to caution Romeo about the consequences of his actions. |
Read the excerpt from Act II, scene v of Romeo and Juliet.Friar Laurence: These violent delights have violent ends,And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,Which, as they kiss consume: the sweetest honeyIs loathsome in his own deliciousnessAnd in the taste confounds the appetite:Therefore love moderately; long love doth so;Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.What do the oxymoron and paradox in this excerpt illustrate about love? | IT IS NOT Nothing good ever comes from truly loving another. |
In Act II, scene v of Romeo and Juliet, the nurse returns to Juliet with news from Romeo. Which emotion motivated the nurse to go on this quest for Juliet in the first place? | IT IS NOT hope or guilt |
Read the excerpt from Act III, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.Benvolio: I pray thee, good Mercutio, let’s retire:The day is hot, the Capulets abroad,And, if we meet, we shall not ‘scape a brawl;For now, these hot days, is the mad blood stirring.Mercutio: Thou art like one of those fellows that when he enters the confines of a tavern claps me his sword upon the table and says, ‘God send me no need of thee!’ and by the operation of the second cup draws him on the drawer, when, indeed, there is no need.Benvolio: Am I like such a fellow?Mercutio: Come, come, thou art as hot a Jack in thy mood as any in Italy; and as soon moved to be moody, and as soon moody to be moved.Which detail from the excerpt most foreshadows that Benvolio and Mercutio will fight the Capulets? | IT IS NOT Mercutio’s comment that Benvolio is moody or Benvolio’s observation that it is hot outside |
Read the excerpt from Act III, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.Benvolio: I pray thee, good Mercutio, let’s retire:The day is hot, the Capulets abroad,And, if we meet, we shall not ‘scape a brawl;For now, these hot days, is the mad blood stirring.What motivates Benvolio to utter this warning? | his desire to avoid a fight |
Read the nurse’s words to Juliet from Act II, scene v of Romeo and Juliet.Nurse: Your love says, like an honest gentleman, and a courteous, and a kind, and a handsome, and, I warrant, a virtuous,—Where is your mother?Juliet: Where is my mother! why, she is within;Where should she be? How oddly thou repliest:’Your love says, like an honest gentleman,Where is your mother?’Based on your knowledge of the characters, what does the nurse’s question most likely foreshadow? | that what the nurse is about to share may have very serious consequences |
Read the excerpt from Act II, scene v of Romeo and Juliet.Friar Laurence: These violent delights have violent ends,And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,Which, as they kiss consume: the sweetest honeyIs loathsome in his own deliciousnessAnd in the taste confounds the appetite:Therefore love moderately; long love doth so;Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.Which pair of words from the excerpt is an oxymoron? | violent delights |
Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.Montague: Many a morning hath he there been seen,With tears augmenting the fresh morning’s dew,Adding to clouds more clouds with his deep sighs:But all so soon as the all-cheering sunShould in the furthest east begin to draw The shady curtains from Aurora’s bed,Away from light steals home my heavy son,And private in his chamber pens himself,Shuts up his windows, locks fair daylight out,And makes himself an artificial night.According to this excerpt, what is causing Montague’s concerns about Romeo? | Romeo has been crying and shutting himself away in his darkened room. |
Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.Benvolio: I do but keep the peace: put up thy sword, Or manage it to part these men with me.Which is the best paraphrase of Benvolio’s lines? | I want to keep the peace, so put your sword away or use it to help me break up this brawl. |
Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.Capulet: What noise is this? Give me my long sword, ho!Lady Capulet: A crutch, a crutch! Why call you for a sword?Capulet: My sword, I say! Old Montague is come,And flourishes his blade in spite of me.Enter MONTAGUE and LADY MONTAGUE.Montague: Thou villain Capulet! Hold me not; let me go.Lady Montague: Thou shalt not stir one foot to seek a foe.What inference can be made about Lady Capulet and Lady Montague from this dialogue? | They are more concerned with keeping the peace than their husbands are. |
Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.Prince: Rebellious subjects, enemies to peace,Profaners of this neighbour-stained steel,—Will they not hear? What ho! you men, you beasts,That quench the fire of your pernicious rage With purple fountains issuing from your veins,On pain of torture, from those bloody handsThrow your mis-temper’d weapons to the ground,And hear the sentence of your moved prince.What inference can be made about the prince from this dialogue? | He is angry with both families for fighting in the streets again. |
Read the excerpt from Act I, scene ii of Romeo and Juliet.Capulet: But saying o’er what I have said before:My child is yet a stranger in the world, She hath not seen the change of fourteen years;Let two more summers wither in their prideEre we may think her ripe to be a bride.Which is the best paraphrase of Capulet’s lines? | Juliet is too young and not ready to be married for another two years. |
Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.Which thou wilt propagate to have it press’dWith more of thine: this love that thou hast shownDoth add more grief to too much of mine own.Which is the best paraphrase of Romeo’s lines? | Your love and concern are making me feel even worse. |
Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.So early walking did I see your son:Towards him I made; but he was ware of me, And stole into the covert of the wood:I, measuring his affections by my own,That most are busied when they’re most alone,Pursu’d my humour not pursuing his,And gladly shunn’d who gladly fled from me.What stops Benvolio from approaching Romeo? | Benvolio noticed that Romeo purposely hid from him. |
Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.And hear the sentence of your moved prince.Three civil brawls, bred of an airy word, By thee, old Capulet, and Montague,Have thrice disturb’d the quiet of our streets,And made Verona’s ancient citizensCast by their grave beseeming ornaments,To wield old partisans, in hands as old, Canker’d with peace, to part your canker’d hate.If ever you disturb our streets againYour lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace.What will happen if the Capulets and Montagues disturb the peace again? | They will be punished by death. |
Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.Romeo: Alas! that love, whose view is muffled still,Should, without eyes, see pathways to his will.Where shall we dine? O me! What fray was here?Yet tell me not, for I have heard it all.Here’s much to do with hate, but more with love:Why then, O brawling love! O loving hate!O any thing! of nothing first create. O heavy lightness! serious vanity!Mis-shapen chaos of well-seeming forms!Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health!Still-waking sleep, that is not what it is!This love feel I, that feel no love in this. Dost thou not laugh?Which lines from the excerpt support the inference that Romeo is emotionally conflicted? Check all that apply. | IT IS NOT C., E., and F. |
Read the excerpt from Act I, scene ii of Romeo and Juliet.Benvolio: Tut! you saw her fair, none else being by,Herself pois’d with herself in either eye;But in that crystal scales let there be weigh’dYour lady’s love against some other maid That I will show you shining at this feast,And she shall scant show well that now shows best.Romeo: I’ll go along, no such sight to be shown,But to rejoice in splendour of mine own.Romeo decides to attend the Capulets’ party because he wants to | see his love, the fair Rosaline. |
Read this excerpt from a short story.The set committee had labored for weeks constructing a background to recreate a 1950s New York City neighborhood. The students in charge of costumes had scoured thrift shops for well-worn denim and leather. The cast had rehearsed lines and performed their songs until each member could recite their part forwards and backwards. But nobody wanted to perform for an empty house. The only remaining hurdle was the promotion of the play. As Pine Valley High’s first spring production, the student body would need to be convinced that West Side Story should not be missed.What complication is introduced in the excerpt? | The students must work to promote the play. |
Read the excerpt from Act II, scene v of Romeo and Juliet.Juliet: The clock struck nine when I did send the nurse; In half an hour she promis’d to return. Perchance she cannot meet him: that’s not so. 5O! she is lame: love’s heralds should be thoughts,Based on your knowledge of Juliet, why does she become impatient while waiting for the nurse in this scene? | She is nervous because the nurse is bringing her big news about Romeo. |
Read the paragraph.As the names were announced, Omar’s posture straightened. He nodded and stifled a smile as his legs bounced a subtle beat beneath his desk. He closed his eyes briefly, silently willing himself to save his reaction for later.The underlined words reveal Omar’s | pride |
Read the excerpt from Act III, scene v of Romeo and Juliet.Juliet: Madam, I am not well. Lady Capulet: Evermore weeping for your cousin’s death? 75What! wilt thou wash him from his grave with tears? And if thou couldst, thou couldst not make him live; Therefore, have done: some grief shows much of love; But much of grief shows still some want of wit. Which statement best describes Lady Capulet’s reaction to Juliet? | She suggests that Juliet’s crying is excessive. |
Read this excerpt from Act III, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.Benvolio: Here comes the furious Tybalt back again. Romeo: Alive! in triumph! and Mercutio slain! Away to heaven, respective lenity, And fire-ey’d fury be my conduct now! 90 Now, Tybalt, take the villain back again That late thou gav’st me; for Mercutio’s soul Is but a little way above our heads, Staying for thine to keep him company: Either thou, or I, or both, must go with him. 95 Tybalt: Thou wretched boy, that didst consort him here, Shalt with him hence. Romeo: This shall determine that. [They fight: TYBALT falls.] How does this complication contribute to the central conflict of the play? | When Romeo kills Tybalt, he increases the friction with Juliet’s family. |
Which element of a Shakespearean tragedy does the character of Paris represent in Act V, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet? | an outside pressure that escalates a conflict |
_________is the literary device that provides clues or hints to suggest what will occur later in a story. | foreshadowing |
A paradox is a literary device often used to | emphasize or make readers think about important ideas. |
Read the excerpt from Act V, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet.Romeo, there dead, was husband to that Juliet;And she, there dead, that Romeo’s faithful wife:I married them; and their stolen marriage-dayRead the excerpt from Act V, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet.Romeo, there dead, was husband to that Juliet;And she, there dead, that Romeo’s faithful wife:I married them; and their stolen marriage-dayThis excerpt is an example of how_________ contributes to the catastrophe in Romeo and Juliet. | secrecy |
Read Romeo’s dialogue from Act V, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.How fares my Juliet? That I ask again;For nothing can be ill if she be well.Which of Romeo’s tragic flaws does this dialogue reveal? | He has juvenile ideas about love. |
Read the excerpt from Act V, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet.Capulet: O brother Montague! give me thy hand:This is my daughter’s jointure, for no moreCan I demand.Which theme of Romeo and Juliet is best supported by this excerpt? | Tragedy can cause people who are enemies to forgive each other. |
In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Romeo is a protagonist because he is a | sympathetic main character facing a challenge. |
Read the excerpt from Act I, scene ii of Romeo and Juliet.Tybalt: Romeo: One fairer than my love! the all-seeing sun 8Ne’er saw her match since first the world begun. Benvolio: Tut! you saw her fair, none else being by, Herself pois’d with herself in either eye; But in that crystal scales let there be weigh’d Your lady’s love against some other maid 85That I will show you shining at this feast, And she shall scant show well that now shows best. How does Benvolio support the archetype of devoted friend in the excerpt? | by encouraging Romeo to think logically and consider his options |
Which are purposes of comic relief? Check all that apply. | easing the tension an audience may be feelingemphasizing the seriousness of the previous momentbalancing the mood of a serious drama through contras |
Read the dialogue found in Act II, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet.Romeo: Good morrow to you both. What counterfeit did I give you?Mercutio: The slip, sir, the slip; can you not conceive?Romeo: Pardon, good Mercutio, my business was great; and in such a case as mine a man may strain courtesy.Mercutio: That’s as much as to say, such a case as yours constrains a man to bow in the hams.Romeo: Meaning—to curtsy.Mercutio: Thou hast most kindly hit it.Romeo: A most courteous exposition.Mercutio: Nay, I am the very pink of courtesy.How does the wordplay in these lines affect the mood? | It creates a mischievous mood as Mercutio and Romeo banter about Romeo’s disappearance. |
Read the lines from Act II, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet.Mercutio: Where the devil should this Romeo be?Came he not home to-night?Benvolio: Not to his father’s; I spoke with his man.Mercutio: Why that same pale hard-hearted wench, that Rosaline,Torments him so, that he will sure run mad.Benvolio: Tybalt, the kinsman of old Capulet,Hath sent a letter to his father’s house.Which plot detail adds to the suspenseful mood? | Rosaline is the source of Romeo’s pain. |
Read the exchange between Romeo and Nurse in Act II, scene iv of Romeo and Juliet.Romeo: Bid her devise Some means to come to shrift this afternoon;And there she shall at Friar Laurence’ cell,Be shriv’d and married. Here is for thy pains.Nurse: No, truly, sir; not a penny.Romeo: Go to; I say, you shall.Nurse: This afternoon, sir? well, she shall be there.Which plot detail adds to the mood of anticipation?Which plot detail adds to the mood of anticipation? | Nurse refuses to take money from Romeo. |
Read the lines from Act II, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet.Romeo: Thou wast never with me for anything when thou wast not here for the goose.Mercutio: I will bite thee by the ear for that jest.Romeo: Nay, good goose, bite not.How does the wordplay in these lines affect the mood? | The play on words creates a light-hearted mood as Romeo teasingly compares Mercutio to a goose. |
Mood is the ________created by a text. | emotion |
Shakespeare includes speeches by both Romeo and Juliet in Act II, Scene ii to | show Romeo’s and Juliet’s true feelings about one another. |
Which are examples of puns? Check all that apply. | The poor, old cow was udderly exhausted.That lightning storm was just shocking. |
Puns were used by Shakespeare to | add humor or hidden meanings to a scene. |
Review Friar Laurence’s soliloquy in Act II, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet.Which statements about Friar Laurence’s soliloquy are true? Check all that apply. | Friar Laurence provides advice for cooking with herbs.Friar Laurence explains to the audience his use for herbs.Friar Laurence describes to the audience his role as friar. |
Read the lines from Act II, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet.Mercutio: Well said; follow me this jest now till thou hast worn out the pump, that, when the single sole of it is worn, the jest may remain after the wearing sole singular.Romeo: O single-soled jest! solely singular for the singleness.Which word is used as a pun in these lines? | sole |
A soliloquy is used in drama to | allow the audience direct access to a character’s feelings. |
Which lines best set a romantic mood in Act II, scene ii of Romeo and Juliet? | But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?It is the east, and Juliet is the sun! |
Read Romeo’s soliloquy from Act II, scene ii of Romeo and Juliet.But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?It is the east, and Juliet is the sun!Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,Who is already sick and pale with grief,That thou her maid art far more fair than she:Be not her maid, since she is envious;Her vestal livery is but sick and green, And none but fools do wear it; cast it off.The purpose of this soliloquy is to help the audience understand Romeo’s | feelings for Juliet. |
A joke that is a play on words is a | pun |
Read the lines from Act II, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet.Enter Nurse and PETER.Mercutio: A sail, a sail!Benvolio: Two, two; a shirt and a smock.Nurse: Peter!Peter: Anon!Nurse: My fan, Peter.Mercutio: Good Peter, to hide her face; for her fan’s the fairer face.Which is true about the scene? | Mercutio uses puns to make fun of Nurse’s appearance. |
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