Romeo and Juliet Study Guide
Drama
II. Act 2
A. Scene 1
i.
Who is looking for Romeo?
ii.
Where do they think he has gone and why?
iii.
What type of irony is this and how do you know?
B. Scene 2
i.
What does Romeo compare Juliet to and why do you think he compares to those things?
ii.
What does Juliet say about Romeo’s name?
iii.
What doe Romeo and Juliet decide to?
C. Scene 3
i.
What is Friar Lawrence’s soliloquy about and why is it important?
ii.
What does Romeo ask Friar Lawrence to do and why does Friar Lawrence agree?
D. Scene 4
i.
Where doe Mercutio and Benvolio think Romeo has been?
ii.
Who has sent a letter to Romeo’s house and why did he send it?
iii.
What does Mercutio think Romeo has done?
iv.
What do Mercutio’s actions with the nurse tell us about Mercutio?
v.
What does the nurse warn Romeo and how does she react when Romeo answers her concerns?
E. Scene 5
i.
What is the purpose of Juliet’s soliloquy?
ii.
What is the purpose of Juliet and the nurse’s dialogue?
F. Scene 6
i.
What is Friar Lawrence’s advice to Romeo about love? How is this foreshadowing?
ii.
What major complication happens at the end of Act 2?
III. Important monologues, dialogues, and soliloquys
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
vi.
vii.
viii.
ix.
x.
Romeo- Scene 2, lines 2-23
Juliet- Scene 2, lines 33-53
Juliet- Scene 2, lines 85-106
Romeo and Juliet- Scene 2, lines 107-190
Friar Lawrence-Scene 3, line 1-30
Friar Lawrence and Romeo- Scene 3, lines 43-92
Mercutio, Romeo and Benvolio- Scene 4, lines 36-95
Nurse and Romeo- Scene 4, lines 152-182
Juliet- Scene 5, lines 1-17
Friar Lawrence and Romeo- Scene 6, lines 3-15
IV. Act 3
A. Scene 1
i.
Why does Benvolio want to “retire?” What does he fear and why?
ii.
What clues do you have that Mercutio really wants to fight?
iii.
What is Romeo’s response to Tybalt’s threats?
iv.
Why does Romeo respond this way?
v.
What happens to Mercutio and why does no one take him seriously?
vi.
What does Mercutio mean when he says, “A plague o’ both your houses?”
vii.
How does Romeo respond to Mercutio’s death?
viii.
What does Romeo mean when he says, “I am fortune’s fool?” Is this true?
ix.
What is Romeo’s punishment for killing Tybalt?
x.
Why will the prince not be any more lenient?
B. Scene 2
i.
What is the purpose of Juliet’s soliloquy?
ii.
What news does the nurse bring?
iii.
What is Juliet’s response? What type of conflict is this?
iv.
What does Juliet ask the nurse to do at the end of the scene?
C. Scene 3
i.
What does Driar Lawrence mean when he says, “Affliction is enamored of thy parts and thou art wedded
to calamity?”
ii.
How does Romeo respond to the news of his punishment?
iii.
What is Friar Lawrence’s plan for Romeo?
D. Scene 4
i.
Why does Lady Capulet think Juliet is crying in her room?
ii.
Why does Lord Capulet arrange Juliet and Paris’ marriage?
iii.
How does Paris respond?
E. Scene 5
i.
What time of day is it?
ii.
What does Romeo say that makes Juliet practical and aware of danger?
iii.
Explain the foreshadowing in line 54-57.
iv.
What does Lady Capulet come to tell Juliet and how does Juliet respond?
v.
How does Lord Capulet respond to Juliet’s rejection of Paris?
vi.
What does the nurse tell Juliet to do about Paris?
V. Important monologues, dialogues, and soliloquys
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
vi.
Mercutio, Tybalt, and Benvolio- Scene 1,
lines 35-53
Romeo and Tybalt- Scene 1, lines 58-70
Romeo and Mercutio- Scene 1, lines 90-105
Romeo, Tybalt, and Benvolio- Scene 1, lines
119-133
Prince and Lord Montague- Scene 1, lines
179-194
Nurse and Juliet- Scene 2, lines 35-72
vii.
viii.
ix.
x.
xi.
xii.
xiii.
Friar Lawrence and Romeo- scene3, lines 428
Friar Lawrence- scene 3, lines 108-158
Lord Capulet and Paris- scene 4, lines 19-36
Romeo and Juliet- scene 5, lines 1-26
Romeo and Juliet- scene 5, lines 51-60
Lord Capulet, Lady Capulet, and Julietscene 5, lines 142-205
Juliet and Nurse- scene 5, lines 206-229
VI. Act 4