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Theme 1 Love ultimately led to death. Romeo and Juliet’s love is pure, but it is also destructive in leading to their deaths, as well as family member’s deaths. Theme 2 Romeo and Juliet cannot escape their fate of death.…

a brief remark by a character revealing his or her true thoughts or feelings, unheard by other characters Which of the following correctly defines an aside? Why did you interfere? Why did you interfere? Your arm allowed him to stab…

Which two characters die in Act III, Scene 1? Tybalt, Mercutio Which character curses both the Capulets and the Montagues? Mercutio Which character claims that he is at the mercy of fate? Romeo Which character demands for Romeo’s death? Lady…

He expected (and wanted) to marry her. He is taking the news of her “death” very hard, and he goes to the tomb to place flowers on her grave. Why is Paris at Juliet’s tomb? to take the ring off,…

Setting a story’s time, place, and backgroundExample: Although no specific date is given, most scholars say the action of the playprobably takes place around 1200 or 1300 A.D., when Italian families were feuding, in Verona,Italy. Characters the people (sometimes animals…

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At the beginning of the scene, why does Benvolio think there will be a fight? Benvolio thinks there will be a fight because it is hot outside and the Capulets are out on the scene. What does Mercutio accuse Benvolio…

alternating humor and pathos, song and dialogue, tense and tranquil scenes contrast lines having one meaning for the audience and another for the character to whom they are spoken irony character speaking to the world in general with no other…

True or False1) Romeo and Juliet is told from the first-person point of view. False 2) Which of the following is NOT a reading strategy? imply

“A gentler judgment vanished from his lips: / Not body’s death, but body’s banishment.” SPEAKER: Friar Lawrence Explanation: Lawrence is telling Romeo that the Prince only banished him to Mantua rather than have him killed like he previously stated. “Romeo,…