Name: __________________
Romeo and Juliet-Act 1, scene 1 (Day 1)
1.
Read the following lines from the text:
SAMPSON
Let us take the law of our sides; let them begin.
GREGORY
I will frown as I pass by, and let them take it as
they list.
What do they mean: ______________________________________________________________
2.
Montague BENVOLIO enters and says:
I do but keep the peace: put up thy sword,
Or manage it to part these men with me.
What is he asking the others to do? _______________________________________________________
What two words would therefore characterize Benvolio: ________________ and __________________
3.
Then Capulet TYBALT arrives on the scene. He says:
What, drawn, and talk of peace! I hate the word,
As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee:
Have at thee, coward!
Characterize Tybalt: ______________________
What tells you this: ____________________________________________________________
4.
What is common, and amusing, about the relationship between the married heads of the respective
households? __________________________________________________________________
5.
a)
Then Prince Escalus appears and speaks to the masses…
On pain of torture, from those bloody hands
Throw your mistemper'd weapons to the ground,
And hear the sentence of your moved prince.
Meaning: _______________________________________
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b)
Three civil brawls, bred of an airy word,
By thee, old Capulet, and Montague,
Have thrice disturb'd the quiet of our streets,
And made Verona's ancient citizens
Cast by their grave beseeming ornaments,
c)
If ever you disturb our streets again,
Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace.
Meaning: _______________________________________
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Meaning: _______________________________________
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