Who is fighting at the beginning of the first scene? | The Montagues and Capulets (their servants started it) |
Who tries to break up the fighting? | Benvolio, Romeo’s cousin |
What is the Prince’s attitude toward the feuding? What threat does the Prince make to Lord Montague and Lord Capulet? | The prince wants the fighting to stop. The Prince threatens to takes Lord Montague’s and Lord Capulet’s life if the fighting happens again. |
Benvolio and Montague describe the way Romeo has been acting. What do they have to say about him? | They say he has been depressed, shutting himself off in his room, crying, etc. |
Why is Romeo sad? Explain. | He is sad because his love has decided to become a nun. |
What advice does Benvolio give Romeo? | He tells him to go out and look at other women and see how they are prettier than she was |
Why does Capulet think it will be easy for him and Montague to keep the peace? | because they are old. |
What are Capulet and Paris discussing? What does this tell us about Paris’ personality? | They are discussing Paris marrying Juliet. Paris wants to have kids, he takes what he wants, perseverant |
What problem does the servant have? | He can’t read. |
What is the name of the woman Romeo loves? | Rosaline |
How do Romeo and Benvolio learn about the Capulet’s ball? | They read the list the servant couldn’t read because he can’t read |
What arguments does Benvolio use to convince Romeo to go to the party? | He can look upon prettier faces and compare them to his lost love. |
Why does Romeo say he will go? | He goes only to see his lost love |
How old is Juliet? | 13 |
When Lady Capulet asks Juliet how she feels about marriage, how does she respond? | It is an honor she does not dream of |
What is Juliet supposed to do at the party? | get to know Paris |
According to Mercutio, who or what is Queen Mab, and what does she or it do? | Queen Mab is a fairy that goes around and gives people dreams |
What does Mercutio say about dreams? | He says they are the children of the idle brain, foolish and meaning nothing |
Does Mercutio believe that men rule their own destiny? | yeas he believes that people’s decisions decide their future |
Which character does some foreshadowing? What is his premonition? | Romeo foreshadows by talking about his dream in which someone dies |
Where does scene 5 take place? What is the tone of the beginning of the scene? | In the Capulet Party. The tone in the beginning of the scene is excited yet anxious |
Who is Romeo talking about in lines 46-55? Explain the irony in theses lines. | That somebody is going to die because they went to the party. The irony in this is that Romeo and Juliet are going to die in the end. |
Why does Tybalt become so upset, and how does Capulet respond to his rage? | Tybalt becomes upset because he sees Romeo at the Capulet party, but Lord Capulet tells him to calm down and not make a scene. |
What do Romeo and Juliet discover after they kiss? | They discover that they are enemies |
Samson | the servant that starts the fight with thumb biting, represents foolishness, stupidity, and violence. |
Tybalt | FIGHTER- violent, hates the Montagues, respects Capulet |
Queen Mab | Mercutio says she is the fairy that brings people dreams |
The Servants | Samson and Gregory- instigators of the first fight, loyal |
Romeo | DREAMER- believes everything is up to fate, sensitive, passionate, but doesn’t know what he wants, dramatic |
Juliet | INDEPENDENT WOMAN- said she doesn’t want to get married but now does? 13 years old |
Benvolio | PEACEMAKER- opposite of Tybalt, Romeo’s friend and cousin |
Mercutio | REALIST- player, relative of the Prince, the whole if love is rough to you be rough back and dreams are dhildren idle minds thingy |
Nurse | CRAZY- innapropriate, mother figure to Juliet, man of wax quote, comic relief character |
Lady Capulet | relies on the nurse to take care of Juliet, married very young, wants Juliet to marry Paris now. |
Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Study Guide
July 19, 2019