A. Analyzing Cause and Effect – What causes the Capulet servants Sampson and Gregory to draw their weapons?

B. Making Inferences – What can you infer about Sampson’s and Gregory’s characters based on these speeches?

C. Analyzing Cause and Effect – What causes Gregory’s behavior to change?

E. Reading Aloud – In some productions, Tybalt’s second line is

spoken after a dramatic silence. Why should this line demand our

attention?

D. Making Inferences – What action is Benvolio involved in here?

F. Making Inferences – This is a key speech. What is Tybalt’s mood? How is he shown to be opposite in nature

to Benvolio?

D. Making Inferences – Who is holding Montague back?