| Instead of returning home, where does Romeo go after the ball? | Over the wall into the capulet orchard |
| How does Romeo learn of Juliet’s love for him? | He overhears Juliet speaking of her love for him when she thinks she is alone |
| What does Romeo say helped him to get over the high garden walls? | Lover which gave him wings, hooked him over the wall and made it possible for him to find her balcony |
| What does Romeo swear by concerning his love for Juliet? Why doe Juliet not want him to swear by this? | Juliet asks Romeo not to swear his love on the moon b/c the moon appears to change in size as it or bits the earth. suggesting that is is fickle |
| Who from the capulet house interrupts the scene on the balcony? | The nurse |
| What doe Romeo and juliet plan to do the next day? | To be married |
| What is Friar Laurence’s special skill or area of knowledge? | making medicines from herbs |
| What does Romeo ask of friar laurence? why does he agree? | … |
| In scene iii, friar Laurence tell romeo, “Young men’s love then lies/Not truly in their hearts but in their eyes.” Why does he say this and what does he mean? | The friar believes that by marrying the two lovers, he will end the feud between the capulets and the montages and the will better his reputation |
| Why is in the letter Tybalt sends to romeo? | A challenge for a dual. His is angry that Romeo came to the ball uninvited and was allowed to remain |
| What excuse does juliet give for going to see friar Laurence? | Juliet is going to get permission to go to Friar laurence cell by saying that she needs to go for confession |
| How does romeo expect to get into juliets bedroom on their wedding night? | Romeo has given the nurse a rope ladder that he might climb into juliets window later that night |
| “He jests at scars that never felt a wound.” Who says this and about whom?What does it mean? | -Romeo -Talking about how mercutio shouldn’t joke about love when he’s never been. Mercutio has never really been in love |
| “O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name; Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I’ll no longer be a Capulet.”Who says this?What does it mean? | -Juliet-She found out that Romeo is her family’s enemy and she wants for his last name to disappear for their love. If their families weren’t enemies, they would be together. |
| “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other na,e would smell as sweet.”Who says this?What does it mean? | -Juliet-Juliet is in love with her rivals son and she explains that how can a name change who you are, your still the same person. Your name can’t change who you are, your still the same person |
Romeo and Juliet Act 2 Study Questions
August 17, 2019