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Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
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Characters in Romeo and Juliet
The Two Warring Households
THE MONTAGUES
THE CAPULETS
Lord Montague: Head of the
Montague household
Lady Montague: The wife of Lord
Montague and Romeo’s mother
Romeo: the Montague’s son, later
husband of Juliet
Benvolio: The Montagues’ nephew,
Romeo’s cousin and friend
Balthasar: Romeo’s servant
Lord Capulet: head of the Capulet
household
Lady Capulet: The wife of Lord
Capulet and Juliet’s mother
Juliet: the Capulets’ daughter, later
wife of Romeo
Tybalt: The Capulets’ nephew and a
bitter opponent of the Montagues
Nurse: a servant of the Capulet
household who has looked after
Juliet since her birth
Sampson: Capulet servant
Gregory: Capulet servant
Abraham: Montague servant
Peter: Capulet servant
Other important characters:
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Prince Escalus: The Prince of Verona who wants to restore peace to the city
Paris: A young nobleman and relative of the Prince who wants to marry Juliet
Mercutio: A relative of the Prince and close friend of Romeo and Benvolio
Friar Laurence: A priest from whom Romeo and Juliet seek advice
 Rosaline: Romeo thinks he loves her (before he meets Juliet)
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Compare the world of Romeo and Juliet with our world now.
The World of Romeo and Juliet
Rivalry between families
Our World
Servant caring for child
Parents choosing a child’s marriage partner
Carrying a sword
Masquerade party
Playing with words
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PROLOGUE (this sums up the events of the play)
Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;
Whose misadventured piteous overthrows
Do with their death bury their parents' strife.
The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love,
And the continuance of their parents' rage,
Which, but their children's end, nought could remove,
Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage;
The which if you with patient ears attend,
What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.
1. What do we learn about the families’’ status?
2. Where is the play set?
3. What do we learn about the feud?
4. How long would the audience expect the play to take?
5. What do the following mean: civil, fatal, star cross’d lovers, piteous, strife, nought.
6. List three things that might happen in the play.
7. We know the couple will die. Why did Shakespeare tell us this right at the start?
8. What do the lovers achieve by dying?
9. A sonnet is a poem that has 14 lines. A sonnet can be broken down into four sections called quatrains.
The rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet is ABAB / CDCD / EFEF / GG. Write the rhyme scheme for
the Prologue next to each of its lines. Note that the first three quatrains contain four lines each and use
an alternating rhyme scheme. The final quatrain consists of just two lines which both rhyme. (note the
four distinct sections in the rhyme scheme). Sonnets are written in iambic pentameter, a poetic meter
with 10 beats per line made up of alternating unstressed and stressed syllables.
10. Write a newspaper headline to match the events of each couplet.
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Act 1
Read Act 1 Scenes 1, 4 and 5. Answer the following questions:
Scene 1
1. What does the first scene reveal about Romeo’s behaviour?
Scene 4
1. What kind of friend is Mercutio to Romeo?
2. What advice does he give Romeo?
3. How does Mercutio’s attitude towards love differ from Romeo’s?
4. What does the Queen Mab speech reveal about Mercutio?
Scene 5
1. In scene 5, what do we learn about Tybalt?
2. Read scene 5, lines 43 - 52 and then draw and complete a table like the one below. The first
example has been done for you.
Example of simile or metaphor
O she doth teach the torches to
burn bright!
Shakespeare compares what
Purpose and effect of the
to what?
comparison
This line compares Juliet to a
flame.
The comparison emphasises
the way Juliet glows and stands
out like a light in the room. The
purpose is to emphasise her
beauty.
3. Compare Romeo’s reaction with Juliet’s when each discovers the true identity of the other.
4. Are Romeo’s feelings for Juliet different to his feelings for Rosaline? Explain.
Techniques
1. A foil is a character who has qualities that are in sharp contrast to another character, thus
emphasising the traits of each. How is Mercutio a foil to Romeo?
2. Foreshadowing refers to hints about what is to come. What examples of foreshadowing are there
in the Prologue and scene 4?
3. Hyperbole means deliberate exaggeration. Look at Romeo’s declaration of love for Rosaline in
scene 1. What examples of hyperbole can you find? Why does Romeo overstate his feelings?
4. A pun is a play on words that have similar sounds but more than one spelling or meaning. Scene 4
has many puns. Explain one of these and what its effect is.
5. Good drama has conflicts: struggle between opposing forces. What conflicts are set in motion in
scene 5?
6. Oxymoron: An oxymoron is an expression that contains two words that are the opposite in
meaning and therefore seem to contradict one another. Oxymorons are sometimes used to
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create a striking impression or idea in the reader or listener’s mind. Some examples of oxymoron
are: slow haste (speed); loving hate. In scene I, Romeo uses many examples of oxymoron to
express his feelings. He is the typical courtly lover, longing for Rosaline, an unattainable woman.
Find 2 examples of oxymorons from scene 1, lines 167–172. Explain the meaning and effect of
each oxymoron. Why do you think Shakespeare chose to use this poetic technique in this scene?
What impression of Romeo does the audience develop?
Act 2
Compare the balcony scenes from Luhrmann’s and Zefferelli’s films. How are they similar and how do
they differ? Why might this be?
Techniques
Imagery refers to language that appeals to the 5 senses (sight, hearing, taste, touch, smell) It adds
emotion and power to writing.
1. What are some of the images of light, dark and fire used by Shakespeare in scene 2?
2. What is their dramatic purpose?
Act 3
Read Act 3 Scenes 1 and 4 and answer the following questions:
Scene 1
1. Why does Mercutio fight Tybalt?
2. How does Mercutio describe his wound?
3. List some of the words that are comical and sad.
4. How does Mercutio’s joking add to the pathos (sadness) of the scene?
5. Mercutio repeatedly calls out “A plague on both your houses!” Why does Shakespeare use this
image?
6. Who is to blame for the fight?
7. Is Romeo’s punishment fair? Explain.
8. Did the Prince handle the situation well? Explain.
Scene 4
1. What are Lord Capulet and Paris planning for Juliet?
2. Is Paris a good choice for Juliet?
3. What has Juliet already done?
4. What complications does this create?
5. What might Juliet do?
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Techniques
A theme is the underlying message. How does Mercutio’s speech in Act 3 Scene 1 “a plague o’ both your
houses” reflect one of the main themes of the play?
Act 4
Read Act 4 Scenes 1 and 3 and answer the following questions:
Scene 1
1. Why does Lord Capulet agree to Juliet’s marriage taking place so soon? Lines 12-14
2. What does Juliet tell Friar Laurence as soon as Paris leaves? Line 45
3. What plan does the Friar suggest to Juliet? Lines 68-76, 89-120 (one paragraph)
4. How does Friar Laurence intend to let Romeo know of his plan? Lines 123-124
Scene 3
1. What advice would you give Juliet? (one paragraph)
2. Write a farewell letter to Romeo, in case the plans go wrong, telling him what you are doing,
describing your fears and telling him how you feel about him now.
Techniques
Find 2 examples of dramatic irony between Juliet and Paris and explain them.
Act 5
Read Act 5 Scene 3 and answer the following questions:
Scene 3
1. What happens to Paris and what does Romeo’s treatment of Paris reveals about him?
2. What hints are there that Juliet is only asleep? Lines 91-102
3. What is Juliet’s reaction to finding Romeo? Lines 161-170
4. Should the Friar have left Juliet on her own? Explain.
5. Could either Romeo or Juliet have changed the course of events by acting differently? Explain
6. Show how inevitable delays led to disaster.
7. Show also how reckless haste precipitated disaster.
Techniques
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A tragedy tells the story of the defeat of a tragic hero. His or her downfall results from a tragic
flaw or character weakness. Who is the tragic hero in this play and what was their tragic flaw?
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Name 3 themes addressed by the events in this last act.
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Shakespeare's techniques
Oxymoron
When Romeo is leaving Juliet after their exchange of vows, imagine Juliet says: 'Parting is very sad.'
Well, yes, it can be sad, but her words do not sound very special or interesting. This is the person she is
desperate to marry and dedicate her life to. So instead Juliet says:'Parting is such sweet sorrow.'
'Sweet' and 'sorrow' seem to be opposites - they do not normally fit together like this. But we can
appreciate what Juliet means. This is a very passionate moment for both of them, and something the
audience can immediately relate to and remember. An oyxmoron is when words with opposing meanings
are put together, like 'sweet sorrow', 'deafening silence', 'alone together' and 'bitter sweet'.
Sometimes it might not be clear what a character means, for instance, when Romeo talks of 'sick health'.
However, using a technique like this shows us just how confused Romeo is at this point in the play.
Opposites (Antithesis)
These are used frequently in Romeo and Juliet. They highlight the conflicts in the story. We can find lots
of references to light and darkness, or love and hatred. The technical term for this is antithesis, when
words are deliberately chosen to contrast with one another. For instance, as the day breaks after her
marriage, Juliet realises Romeo must leave her and says 'More light and light, more dark and dark our
woes!' Just compare that with: 'It's morning, Romeo, and I'm worried about things.' Hopefully you will see
that Shakespeare's version has a far stronger effect, even 400 years after he wrote it.
Pun
Another technique Shakespeare uses is the pun. A lot of jokes are puns - a play on words using words that
sound similar but have different meanings. So when Mercutio is dying he says that tomorrow he will be a
'grave man' - 'grave' as in 'serious', but also as in 'dead and buried'. Mercutio also says “Nay, gentle
Romeo, we must have you dance” and Romeo replies “Not I, believe me. You have dancing shoes / With
nimble soles; I have a soul of lead…” (Act I Sc. 4)
Use of imagery
Shakespeare uses imagery a lot. This is when we might talk about one thing in terms of another. So Paris
is described by Lady Capulet as if he is a book - he is a 'volume', delight is 'writ' in his face, and he lacks
just a 'cover' (Lady Capulet is probably thinking the 'cover' is a wife, and that her daughter is the ideal
candidate).
Many students find this technique odd - why does Shakespeare not keep things straightforward? Well, a
straightforward description of Paris is not interesting or special. Shakespeare's approach allows us to use
our own reactions and thoughts. Is Paris really like a beautiful book? What does that tell us about Lady
Capulet's view of marriage? Is love important, or is it about appearances? Imagery substitutes one thing
for another in three main ways:
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Similes - when a direct comparison is made using 'as' or 'like.' In Act 4 Capulet says bout Juliet
'Death lies upon her like an untimely frost'. This simile describes how her death was not
expected.
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Metaphors - when one thing is described in terms of something else. So Juliet becomes'the sun
Romeo says ‘But, soft! What light through yonder window breaks? / It is the east, and Juliet is the
sun.’ (II.ii.2-3)
Think about the qualities of the sun: it provides warmth, lightness and life to everything on Earth.
Then think about just how important Juliet is to Romeo
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Personification - where something is described as if it is human. So 'April' can be well-dressed
and 'tread' on other things or Death can be ready to marry Juliet.
Paradox
This is a statement that might seem to contradict itself but is nevertheless true; for example “less is
more.” In Act 1, Scene 5, line 152, Juliet expresses a paradox when she speaks of Romeo, saying “My only
love sprung from my only hate.” This seems to be a contradictory statement, because love and hate are
opposites. How is Romeo both Juliet’s love and her hated enemy?
Verse structure
Another way of looking at the language of Romeo and Juliet is to examine the lines. Many of them are
written in blank verse, so they have ten syllables which are organised in five pairs. The first syllable is
weak, the second stronger.
If we look at a typical line, we traditionally show the weak or unstressed syllable with an 'x' above it, and
the stressed syllable with a '/' above it. In this example, the word 'never' is split in two, because it has two
syllables.
x / x / x / x / x /
He jests at scars that nev - er felt a wound
Reading it like this, we can hear an obvious beat. We can also see that the key words tend to be stronger.
Just by hearing these, we can still make some sense of the line (jests - scars - nev - felt - wound). If we
only have the unstressed syllables, there is very little we can understand (he - at - that - er - a).
Using this technique, you can sometimes see what Shakespeare might be trying to emphasise. It also
provides a structure to the play - it holds things together. We can even anticipate where an actor will
finish speaking. It also means that when the pattern changes there might be a reason for this. For
instance, when Mercutio is dying, he does not use blank verse - does he seem more sincere now, as if he
is speaking from the heart?
The play also contains a number of sonnets. These have a fixed structure of 14 lines and use rhyme in a
fairly complicated way. For instance, the first four lines rhyme ABAB. The next four lines follow CDCD.
Then the next four lines EFEF. But the last two are a rhyming couplet GG.
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Foreshadowing
Foreshadowing is a reference to something that will happen later in the story.
Juliet – “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.” (Act III Sc. 2)
Soliloquy
This is a speech an actor gives as though talking to himself or herself. For example: Romeo starts his
famous soliloquy about Juliet with the words, “But soft, what light through yonder window breaks”
(II.ii.2). He is speaking to himself about Juliet.
Aside
These are words spoken by an actor supposedly heard only by the audience. For example: Romeo uses
asides as he is listening to Juliet’s soliloquy in Act 2, Scene 2. In line 27, he says, “She speaks.” He is not
talking to Juliet, the only other person on stage. Only the audience is intended to hear this line.
Hyperbole
This is a figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis or humorous effect. For example:
In Act 2, Scene 2, line 140, Juliet says that her “bounty is as boundless as the sea.” In other words, she
says what she has to offer Romeo is wider than the ocean. How does Juliet extend this hyperbole in the
next line (141)?
Point of view
This is the perspective of the person who is telling the story. For example,in Act 1, Scene 5, Tybalt is upset
that Romeo, a Montague, has come to his Uncle’s party. He says, “I’ll not endure him” (85). His point-ofview is that an enemy should not be allowed to attend the party. What line shows that Capulet has a
different point-of-view from that of his nephew Tybalt?
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Dramatic Irony
Facts or events are unknown to a character but known to us or other characters in the work. For example,
the audience knows that Juliet took a sleeping potion and isn't really dead. Romeo's suicide affects the
audience even more because of this knowledge.
Love and hatred
Perhaps the clearest dramatic effect in Romeo and Juliet is how Shakespeare switches between love and
hatred. This basic theme is summed up in line 166, Act 1, Scene 1: 'Here's much to do with hate, but more
with love.' The two topics are even included in the same breath, as Romeo talks of "loving hate".
This is echoed in the structure of the play. For instance, as soon as Romeo is alone with Juliet in the
orchard, we are reminded several times of the danger he is in. Love seems to be linked to hatred
throughout.
Elsewhere, the play mixes the two aspects for dramatic effect. In Act 2, Scene 4, Romeo is described as
'dead' and 'stabbed', but due to love, not hatred.The scene at Juliet's tomb shows just how well
Shakespeare can switch the mood for his audience. It is worthwhile having a look at this in a little more
detail...
Dramatic moments
A number of things take place at the tomb where Juliet has been placed:
Paris arrives to mourn his bride, his 'sweet flower'. Then Romeo arrives, determined to open the tomb
and then kill himself. Paris sees Romeo, wants to protect the bodies, so challenges him, but is killed.
As Paris dies, he calls out: 'Open the tomb, lay me with Juliet'. This is exactly what Romeo had planned for
himself, but he obliges anyway. He then finds Juliet's body and is overcome by her beauty, despite
remembering that the body of Tybalt, who he had killed previously, is somewhere in the tomb lying in a
'bloody sheet'.
Romeo then drinks the poison. Suddenly, the action switches to show the Friar on his way to rescue Juliet.
When he arrives, Juliet refuses to be saved and kills herself, just before the Watch and the Prince arrive.
These incidents happen at an alarming rate. They serve to tie up a number of loose ends, as well as take
the audience on an emotional rollercoaster. The structure is deliberate. Shakespeare is not simply telling
a story; he is showing how characters relate to each other and how seemingly minor incidents led to
tragedy. Whatever task you have been set, you should aim to include something about the dramatic
effects created in Romeo and Juliet, because they reflect how an audience experiences the play in a
theatre.
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Romeo and Juliet First Meet Act 1 Scene 5
ROMEO [To JULIET.]
93 If I profane with my unworthiest hand
94 This holy shrine, the gentle sin is this:
95 My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand
96 To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.
JULIET
97 Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much,
98 Which mannerly devotion shows in this;
99 For saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do touch,
100 And palm to palm is holy palmers' kiss.
ROMEO
101 Have not saints lips, and holy palmers too?
JULIET
102 Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in prayer.
ROMEO
103 O, then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do;
104 They pray — grant thou, lest faith turn to despair.
JULIET
105 Saints do not move, though grant for prayers' sake.
ROMEO
106 Then move not, while my prayer's effect I take.
[Kisses her.]
107 Thus from my lips, by yours, my sin is purged.
JULIET
108 Then have my lips the sin that they have took.
ROMEO
109 Sin from thy lips? O trespass sweetly urged!
110 Give me my sin again.
[Kisses her.]
JULIET
110
You kiss by th' book.
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Nurse [Suddenly appearing.]
111 Madam, your mother craves a word with you.
[Juliet moves away.]
ROMEO
112 What is her mother?
Nurse
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Marry, bachelor,
113 Her mother is the lady of the house,
114 And a good lady, and a wise and virtuous
115 I nursed her daughter, that you talk'd withal;
116 I tell you, he that can lay hold of her
117 Shall have the chinks.
[The Nurse goes after Juliet.]
ROMEO
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Is she a Capulet?
118 O dear account! my life is my foe's debt.
1. What does ‘profane’ mean?
2. What does Romeo compare Juliet’s hand with? Name the technique.
3. What does Romeo compare his lips with and why? Name the technique.
4. What does Romeo want to do?
5. How does Romeo convince Juliet to allow him to kiss her?
6. According to Romeo, how has he rid himself of sin?
7. How does Juliet return Romeo’s sin to him?
8. What simile is used to describe Romeo’s kiss? How is this effective?
9. Who does the Nurse look after?
10. Why is Romeo worried that Juliet is from the Capulet family?
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Juliet’s Fears Act 4 Scene 3
Divide the following passage into five parts. Each part should include a different thing that Juliet
fears after drinking the potion.
Draw a thought bubble next to each part write a note about what she fears in the thought bubble.
She fears being surrounded by
the dead, especially Tybalt’s
decomposing body
Come, vial. (holds out the vial)
What if this mixture do not work at all?
Shall I be married then tomorrow morning?
No, no. This shall forbid it. Lie thou there.
(lays her knife down)
What if it be a poison, which the friar
Subtly hath ministered to have me dead,
Lest in this marriage he should be dishonored
Because he married me before to Romeo?
I fear it is. And yet, methinks, it should not,
For he hath still been tried a holy man.
How if, when I am laid into the tomb,
I wake before the time that Romeo
Come to redeem me? There’s a fearful point.
Shall I not, then, be stifled in the vault
To whose foul mouth no healthsome air breathes in,
And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes?
Or, if I live, is it not very like
The horrible conceit of death and night,
Together with the terror of the place—
As in a vault, an ancient receptacle,
Where for these many hundred years the bones
Of all my buried ancestors are packed;
Where bloody Tybalt, yet but green in earth,
Lies festering in his shroud; where, as they say,
At some hours in the night spirits resort—?
Alack, alack, is it not like that I,
So early waking, what with loathsome smells,
And shrieks like mandrakes torn out of the earth,
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That living mortals, hearing them, run mad—?
Oh, if I wake, shall I not be distraught,
Environèd with all these hideous fears,
And madly play with my forefather’s joints,
And pluck the mangled Tybalt from his shroud,
And, in this rage, with some great kinsman’s bone,
As with a club, dash out my desperate brains?
Oh, look! Methinks I see my cousin’s ghost
Seeking out Romeo, that did spit his body
Upon a rapier’s point. Stay, Tybalt, stay!
Romeo, Romeo, Romeo! Here’s drink. I drink to thee.
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Romeo’s Last Speech Act 5 Scene 3
Using 4 different colours, show where Romeo talks to: Paris/ Juliet/ Tybalt/ Himself.
Circle the following poetic techniques: rhetorical questions, rhyme, alliteration, personification,
metaphor, simile, onomatopoeia.
Annotate one line for each of the techniques you circled.
Let me peruse this face.
Mercutio’s kinsman, noble County Paris.
What said my man, when my betossèd soul
Did not attend him as we rode? I think
He told me Paris should have married Juliet.
Said he not so? Or did I dream it so?
Or am I mad, hearing him talk of Juliet,
To think it was so?—O, give me thy hand,
One writ with me in sour misfortune’s book.
I’ll bury thee in a triumphant grave.
ROMEO opens the tomb to reveal JULIET inside
A grave? Oh, no. A lantern, slaughtered youth,
For here lies Juliet, and her beauty makes
This vault a feasting presence full of light.
Death, lie thou there, by a dead man interred.
(lays PARIS in the tomb)
How oft when men are at the point of death
Have they been merry, which their keepers call
A lightning before death! Oh, how may I
Call this a lightning?—O my love, my wife!
Death, that hath sucked the honey of thy breath,
Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty.
Thou art not conquered. Beauty’s ensign yet
Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks,
And death’s pale flag is not advancèd there.—
Tybalt, liest thou there in thy bloody sheet?
O, what more favor can I do to thee,
Than with that hand that cut thy youth in twain
To sunder his that was thine enemy?
Forgive me, cousin.—Ah, dear Juliet,
Why art thou yet so fair? Shall I believe
That unsubstantial death is amorous,
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And that the lean abhorrèd monster keeps
Thee here in dark to be his paramour?
For fear of that, I still will stay with thee,
And never from this palace of dim night
Depart again. Here, here will I remain
With worms that are thy chamber maids. Oh, here
Will I set up my everlasting rest,
And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars
From this world-wearied flesh. Eyes, look your last.
Arms, take your last embrace. And, lips, O you
The doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss
A dateless bargain to engrossing death.
(kisses JULIET, takes out the poison)
Come, bitter conduct, come, unsavoury guide.
Thou desperate pilot, now at once run on
The dashing rocks thy seasick, weary bark.
Here’s to my love! (drinks the poison) O true apothecary,
Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die.
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Who is to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s deaths?
For each character, provide 2 pieces of evidence that explains their guilt in the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
Then rank the characters, blame by assigning each box a number.
Romeo
Juliet
Benvolio
Tybalt
Mercutio
Lady Capulet
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Romeo
Romeo
Lord Capulet
Friar Laurence
Nurse
Fate
Prince
Rosaline
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Activities
1. Design a masquerade mask that represents a character of your choice. Consider their
character traits before you decide on design elements such as shape, colour and
symbols. Be prepared to explain your choices.
2. Create a character profile for either Romeo or Juliet. Begin with information gained from
the original play.(1/2 page)
Then provide a modern equivalent for your chosen character (A4), including aspects such
as:
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how they dress
what music they listen to
what their favourite film might be
the type of house they live in
favourite TV show
friends
pets
hobbies
favourite books
favourite food
language used
family background
education
dreams for the future
3. Design an invitation to the Capulet Ball. (A4)
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4. Write a letter to an agony aunt from either Romeo or Juliet just after they meet at the
Ball. (one page)
Your letter needs to include:
 how you felt before you met Romeo / Juliet
 how you feel now
 what you think you could now do
5. Write Juliet’s diary entry on the night Romeo is banished.(1/2 page)
6. Write the letter Friar Lawrence sends to Romeo to explain what he is helping Juliet to do
when she is supposed to be marrying Paris. (think poison…!) (1/2 page)
7. Your task is to create a newspaper article/ an editorial/ an opinion article for inclusion in
an online version of The Verona Chronicle.(A4)
Some possibilities are:
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the feud
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the fight between Mercutio and Tybalt and Romeo’s banishment
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the Capulet party, gate-crashed by Romeo, Mercutio, Benvolio, and friends
Juliet's apparent death on the day of her marriage
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the final tragic deaths in the tomb
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an interview with Romeo in exile in Mantua
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an interview with the Montagues/the Capulets/ the Nurse/ Friar Lawrence/
Benvolio/Count Paris following the deaths of Romeo and Juliet
8. You will create a diorama of a key scene. You must be original and not copy from the
film.
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Decide how you will stage the scene – key elements such as location, colour,
props, costumes, placement of characters
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Include a quotation from the character/s
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Write a report of the process (1/2 page). Include why you chose the scene you
did, how you came to the decisions you did regarding the staging of the scene
(what the elements were that you wanted to include and why) the actual
construction process, the choice of quotation and what it represents to you and
anything else that you wish to comment on.
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If time permits, you will share your diorama and the process undertaken with the
class.
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