| What side is Lady Capulet on? | Capulet |
| What side is the Officer On? | Neutral |
| What side is Montague on? | Montague |
| What side is Abram on? | Montague |
| What side is Benvolio on? | Montague |
| What side is Tybalt on? | Capulet |
| What side is Gregory on? | Capulet |
| What side is Sampson on? | Capulet |
| What side is the nurse on? | Capulet |
| Act I, Scene i begins with SAMPSON and GREGORY, two servingmen from the house of Capulet. What is Shakespeare’s main purpose in Scene i? | They show the hatred between the two families. |
| In lines 77-100 from Act I, Scene i, what is Prince Escalus’s message to Capulet and Montague? | Prince Esalus says that he will put the men to death is they do not stop fighting |
| Stage Directions | the instructions of a play |
| Text aids | pieces of text on the side of the page that help you understand a word or phrase better in the reading |
| In Act I, Scene iii, in her speech comparing Paris to a book, what does Lady Capulet encourage Juliet to do? (be as specific as possible) | Lady Capulet tells Juliet that she should marry Paris and that if you just look at him it will be love at first sight possibly |
| In Act I, Scene ii, Romeo agrees to go to the Capulet’s party because he hopes to? (Warning: this one is hard. Go back and reread) | Find someone new so he can stop loving Rosaline |
| At the end of Scene iv, how does Romeo explain his reluctance to go to the Capulets’ party? | even with the families hatred towards each other, it will not stop him form seeing Juliet |
| In Act I, Scene i, what detail about Montague helps to make him a round, complex character that goes beyond the stereotype of an angry old man? | He cares that his son has been depressed lately and he wants to know what is up |
| Act I of Romeo and Juliet is mainly about the Capulet-Montague family feud and? | How Romeo is depressed how Rosaline does not love him, and How Juliet does not want to get married yet. |
| pernicious | causing great injurt or ruin |
| adversary- | a person who opposes or fights against another |
| augmenting- | enlarging |
| grievance- | injustice |
| oppression- | feeling of being weighted down with worries or problems |
| transgression | wrong doing |
| What do we learn in the prologue? | Where the scene takes place,and how they were going to die, a |
| where does the scene take place | Verona |
Romeo and Juliet Act 1
November 30, 2019