Act III Questions
1) How does loyalty blind us? How has it affected the Montagues and Capulets?
2) How has loyalty affected the play so far?
3) How do you feel about Mercutio exclaiming a Plague a’ both your houses!
4) Turn to page 635 line 105 and silently read. What is Romeo saying? Do you think this is true?
5) We see Romeo in Act III trying to not fight Tybalt. Why? What happens to Romeo (emotion
wise) after Mercutio dies? What does he do?
6) In scene ii at first Juliet believes that she Romeo has killed himself and then she finds out that
Romeo has actually killed Tybalt her cousin. How does Juliet first respond? (Look at page 641
lines 73-85 read silently for a few seconds)
7) Look at lines 86-95 what happens in a matter of lines? How have Juliet’s feelings changed?
8) How do you feel about Juliet’s decision to be loyal to Romeo and not her family?
9) How do you think this could affect Juliet’s relationship to her family if they were to ever find
out? Do you think the actions are worth her consequences?
10) At the end of Act III Scene iii why has Juliet given the nurse a ring?
11) Why is banishment worse than death to Romeo? (look at page 644 lines 17-23) Remember
Romeo and Juliet were your age.
12) What is the second reason that banishment is worse than death? (look at lines 29-51)
13) Do you think that Romeo is too emotional? How about cowardly?
14) The nurse enters and that seems to make Romeo even more emotional that he states he is
going to kill himself. Why do you think this?
15) Look at lines 109-121. Do you guys know what a Tragic Flaw is? (Because this is a
Shakespearean Tragedy the main characters have a tragic flaw that brings about their down fall.
What is Romeo’s tragic flaw? What does the Friar say? (Romeo is too emotional and impetuous
(sudden and forceful emotion); he does not consider the consequences of his actions.
16) At the end of Act III scene iii what does the nurse give Romeo? Why is this important? What
does the ring represent?
15) Scene iv is very short why do you think Shakespeare felt the need to add it in to the play?
What does this do to the plot?
16) Do you think Juliet is going to be happy about hearing that her father plans to marry her off
on Thursday? How do the consequences of Romeo and Juliet’s actions really come forward
now?
17) Take a few seconds and read lines 1-35. What do you think of their parting? How would you
feel? How do you think that they were saying these lines to one another?
18) Is there foreshadowing being used on page 652?
19) We see Juliet crying on page 652 why does Juliet’s mother think she is crying (lines 69-73)?
20) Look at lines 87-92 what does Lady Capulet want to do? How is this foreshadowing? Now
look at lines 93-95. What does Juliet say? Is there foreshadowing again?
21) When the subject of marriage is brought up to Juliet how does she respond (look at lines 11622) What are the consequences of her actions?
23) Look at lines 146-148 what do you think is Juliet’s tragic flaw?
24) How do her parents react to her previous lines? Lady Capulet? Lord Capulet (187-193)?
25) How has Lord Capulet’s view on marriage changed from Act I to Act III?
26) Lady Capulet refuses to help her daughter. Why do you think she is refusing to help her
daughter? Does she have a good relationship with Juliet?
27) At the end of the scene v page 656 lines 212 -225 does the Nurse give good advice to Juliet?
(Remember the nurse is closer to Juliet than her own mother. She is the one adult whose opinion
matters)
28) At the end of scene v lines 235-240 how does Juliet react to what the nurse has told her?
What does she say?