Romeo and Juliet Act 1

She is the fairies midwife. She rides over men's noses while they are sleeping (she visits people´s dreams and influences them)

According to Mercutio, who or what is Queen Mab, and what does she/it do?

He cries, sighs, and avoids light.

Benvolio and Montague describe the way Romeo has been acting. What do they have to say about him?

Benvolio is a nice guy who does everything in his power to stop a fight and keep the peace. Tybalt can't draw his sword quickly enough and he is like always starting an argument/war

how are benvolio and tybalt foils?

Lord capulet is a man of reason, and Tybalt is a man of emotion

how are lord capulet and tybalt foils?

they think differently when it comes to love.

how are romeo and mercutio foils?

the nurse is not really intelligent and silly Lady capulet is intelligent and a distinguished mother

how are the nurse and lady capulet foils?

nurse is a dull wit and mercutio is quick-witted

how are the nurse and mercutio foils?

by romeo´s voice

how does Tybalt recognize Romeo?

Juliet- -not overly interested at first -regards it as honor -obedient to parents ideas - willing to try to like paris Romeo- -lovesick -life is worthless without love

how does romeo and juliets ideas about love contrast?

Before, she said no just because she didn't really know paris. She wants to marry romeo because she danced with him, kissed him, and talked to him. Her opinion about marriage changed.

. How do Juliet's words in Lines 133-134 (P 148-49) compare with her earlier comments about marriage?

Lady capulet is juliet's mom, lady montague is romeo's mom, lady montague is more caring- she worries about her son's happiness and lady capulet doesn't know much about her daughter... the nurse knows more. lady Montague disagrees more respectfully. lady capulet is critical of her husband when he disagreees with her.

Contrast Lady Capulet and Lady Montague.

Tybalt is juliet's cousin, benvolio is romeo's cousin. Benvolio is calm and tybalt is like angry/prone to fights, benvolio wants to keep peace, while tybalt wants to fight.

Contrast Tybalt and Benvolio.

he hugs them as welcomes them like they are capulets. He seems glad to see his guests

Describe Lord Capulet's welcome to the masked guests

They are not going to introduce their dance by having someone dress up like cupid, blindfolded and carrying a toy bow to frighten the people. They are going to introduce themselves by giving a speech. They will let the judges judge them however they want and then they will dance and then leave.

Explain Benvolio's speech for before they enter the feast.

They both want to marry someone who they actually love and someone that is attractive.

How do Juliet and Romeo's ideas about love compare?

Peter accidentally told them Its like romeo was meant to go... to meet juliet

How do Romeo and Benvolio learn about the Capulet's ball? How does this incident relate to the idea of "a pair of star-crossed lovers"?

mercutio is like, ¨who cares? You don't need love to live!¨ and romeo thinks that is is a gift from god that is given to everyone for a certain reason and life is worthless without it.

How do Romeo and Mercutio differ in their attitudes toward love?

He tells paris to wait 2 more years. juliet is his daughter of almost 14 years and she is yet a stranger in the world. All of his children are dead, so he wants to cherish the time he has left with her.

How does Capulet respond to Paris' proposal to marry Juliet? Which lines show the position Juliet holds in her father's life?

the nurse

How does Juliet find out Romeo's last name?

Scene 1- eager to fight Scene 2- loving, sensitive father.

How does Lord Capulet in Scene 1 compare with Lord Capulet in scene 2?

the nurse

How does Romeo find out Juliet's last name?

none of her visits have a happy ending

How does his Queen Mab speech differ from the usual fairy tale format?

Romeo´s first love

Identify Rosaline.

romeo could lose friends if he continues to rebuff them

In Lines 97-103, what warning does Mercutio give Romeo?

Romeo asks for permission to hold juliets hand and dance with her. Juliet tells romeo that her lips are what she is supposed to use to pray. Romeo kisses her, to show her how he prays with his lips. Romeo says that a sin has been taken from his lips by her lips. Then romeo gives juliet her sin back by kissing. Juliet says that he has kissed like he studied how to before. Romeo and juliet talk in a sonnet and blank verse.

Summarize the first conversation between Romeo and Juliet. What form of poetry is used in the dialogue between Romeo and Juliet in their first conversation?

She is polite she isnt in a hurry. she thinks that it is an honar that she doesnt want. no. she is young and doesnt know much about love.

We meet Juliet for the first time in this scene. What is your first impression of her? How does she feel about getting married? Is she capable of making mature decisions about love at this point?

Look at other girls and let yourself fall in love with someone else. Be lovesick over someone else.

What advice does Benvolio give Romeo during their first interchange?

dreams are a mixture of illusion and reality. in the dark we dream about hat we want reality to be like, and we carry those feelings into the daylight world. maybe there is a reality that is more important than the current sunlit reality??

What comment does Mercutio's Queen Mab speech seem to make about reality vs. illusion? light and darkness?

They decide to go to the ball to try to find a girl to marry/love and to see rosaline so they can compare her to other girls.

What do Romeo and Benvolio decide to do after they find out about the ball/feast? Why?

benvolio thinks romeo will see a beautiful woman who will make rosaline seem ugly.

What do the following lines mean? "Compare her face with some that I shall show,/And I will make thee think thy swan a crow."

They are the products of a child brain that is doing nothing. They are illusions and don´t mean anything.

What does Mercutio say about dreams?

dear saint

What does Romeo call Juliet just prior to kissing her?

it moves the plot towards juliets marriage.

What does the conversation between Paris and Capulet accomplish in the progress of the plot?

Fatalistic doom. Like he has expected tragedy all of his life. He is worried about the party starting something bad. Whoever is in charge of his life can do whatever they want with his life.

What feeling does Romeo have at the end of scene 3? Explain Lines 106-113. (P 113-120) What do Romeo's words suggest about fate?

¨fair volume of paris' face/ ¨delight writ there with beauty´s pen/ ¨precious book of love¨

What images in Lady Capulet's speech compare Paris to a fine book?

Looks at other girls and compare them to rosaline. There are other fish in the sea

What is Benvolio's advice to Romeo?

He is talking about Juliet and her beauty. He forgot about rosaline and has never seen true beauty in his life before.

What is Romeo discussing in Lines 43-52? (P 51-60) Explain the irony in these lines.

the nurse is juliet's nurse. Juliet nursed from the nurse when she was born to help out lady capulet. I think that her family appreciates her.

What is the Nurse's position in the family? How does she view the Capulets, and how do they view her?

the dreamers dream of stuff they want

What is the connection between the different visits Queen Mab makes?

they hide the identities of the guests

What is the significance of the fact that the young men are wearing masks to the feast?

He will kill them if they fight again.

What threat does the Prince make to Lord Montague and Lord Capulet?

Poetic, romantic in asking ¨can you love him?¨ Practical, unemotional in telling juliet to think of marriage.

What two sides of Lady Capulet's character are shown in scene 3?

sunday, evening, street

When and where does scene 4 take place?

peter he mixes us his metaphors he cannot read

Who is a comic relief character in this scene? In what ways is he humorous? What problem does this character have?

the servants of the 2 households.

Who is fighting at the beginning of the first scene?

Benvolio

Who tries to break up the fighting?

"But Montague is bound as well as I, In penalty alike. And 'tis not hard, I think, For men so old as we to keep the peace." He feels that it won't be hard for men as old as them to keep peace.

Why does Capulet think it will be easy for Montague and him to keep peace?

because if he holds a torch, he does not have to dance.

Why does Romeo ask for a torch?

Tybalt is upset because a member of their enemy's family has come to the party uninvited. Capulet does not want any trouble at the party and tells Tybalt to calm down.

Why does Tybalt become so upset, and how does Lord Capulet respond to his rage?

the lower class usually spoke in prose, and the upper class spoke in verse.

Why does the servant speak in prose, rather than in verse, in the close of the scene?

He wants to marry someone who doesn't want to marry anyone

Why is Romeo so sad? Explain.

to tell you that the line isn't over and there is more to come? And to sound conversational

what is the role of run-on lines?

juliet- the man she loves is the son of the man that she hates. She saw him too early without knowing that he was a montague. She found out who he was too late. If she knew that he was a montague, she would have stayed away.

who said this and what does it mean? "My only love, sprung from my only hate!/Too early seen unknown and known too late!"

juliet- you kiss like you have studied how to kiss.

who said this and what does it mean? "You kiss by th' book."

juliet- if he is married, she will kill herself/marry no one else.

who said this and what does it mean? "If he be married/My grave is like to be my wedding bed."

romeo- his life is in the hands of an enemy since he loves juliet and she is a capulet.

who said this and what does it mean? "Is she a Capulet? O dear account, my life is my foe's debt.