Act I.i• What is the penalty for fighting in

the streets?• What is wrong with Romeo?• What is Benvolio’s advice to him?

Act I.ii• What is Paris requesting of Lord

Capulet?• What is Capulet’s response?• What is Capulet Planning?• How do Romeo and Benvolio find

out about the party?• Why are they going to attend?

Act I.iii• Why does Juliet’s mom ask the

nurse to stay while talking to Juliet?• How old is Juliet? How old is her

mother?• What does Juliet’s mom ask her

daughter?• What is Juliet’s response?

Act I.iv• Analyze Mercutio’s Queen Mab

Speech.• What is Romeo’s fears? What

literary device is Shakespeare using here?

Act I.v• Why is Tybalt so upset at the

party?• What is Romeo’s and Juliet’s first

reaction to each other?• Is this love at first sight or is it

something else?

Act II. Prologue & i• Are Romeo and Juliet in love?• Why do you think they feel so

strongly about each other?• What is Mercutio trying to do in

this act?

Act II.ii• Why does this act take place on a

balcony?• Can you think of any other famous

balcony scenes in movies?• What does Romeo promise Juliet?

What decision do they make together?

Act II.iii• Describe Friar Lawrence? What is

he doing in the beginning of the act?

• Why does Friar Lawrence “chide” Romeo?

• Why does Friar Lawrence agree to Romeo’s request?

Act II.iv• How does Mercutio and Benvolio

describe Tybalt? What does Tybalt want according to them?

• Describe Mercutio’s personality in this scene.

• What instructions does Romeo give the nurse?

Act II.v• Summarize the conversation

between the nurse and Juliet. How does this conversation reflect Juliet’s personality?

• Has Juliet changed in the play?• Why does the nurse want to help

Juliet?• Why does Juliet not tell her mother

her feelings?

Act II.vi•What event happens in this

scene?•What complications do you

foresee because of this?

Act III.i• What are Benvolio and Mercutio

talking about in the beginning of this scene?

• What happens when Tybalt shows up?

• Describe the fight. What happens to each character?

• Do assignments.

Act III.i Cont…

• Write a letter to the prince.• What is Romeo’s punishment and

why is he punished?

Act III.ii• What is Juliet wishing for at the

beginning of this act? Why?• What news does the nurse bring

and why does this upset Juliet?• Why does Juliet defend Romeo’s

actions?

Act III.iii• What is Romeo’s main concern in

this scene?• What does he want to do and

why?• What instruction does Friar

Lawrence give Romeo?

Act III.iv•What plans do Lord Capulet

and Paris make?•Why are these plans a

problem?

Act III.v• Romeo and Juliet are saying their

goodbyes, what is significant about this scene?

• What are some examples of foreshadowing in this scene?

• What is Juliet’s secret word play when she is talking to her mother about Romeo?

• What news does Lady Capulet have for her daughter? What is Juliet’s reaction to this news?

Act III.v cont…• What threat does Lord Capulet

make to his daughter? Why?• What advice does the nurse give

Juliet?• How does Juliet respond to this

advice?

Act IV.i• Why does Paris think Juliet is going

to the church?• What is Friar Lawrence’s plan to

help Juliet?• What is his motivation for helping

her this way?

Act IV.ii• What does Juliet tell her father?• Why does this make her father

happy?• Do you think Lord Capulet loves

his daughter? Why or why not?

Act IV.iii• What is Juliet preparing for?• What is Juliet afraid of before she

takes the potion?• Why do you think she drinks

despite her fear?

Act IV. iv• Summarize this scene

Act IV.v• What discovery is made during

this scene?• Do you think Juliet’s parents are

truly mourning her? Why or why not?

Act V.i• What news is brought to Romeo?• What does Romeo plan to do when

he receives the news?• Why does the Apothecary sell

Romeo the drugs even though it is illegal?

Act V.ii•Why does Romeo never receive Lawrence’s note?

•What is Lawrence’s plan now?

Act V. iii• Why does Paris go to the

graveyard?• What happens to him there?• What clues does Romeo have that

Juliet might not be dead?• What happens when Lawrence

enters the tomb?

Act V.iii Cont…• Why does Juliet not leave the

tomb?• Why does Lawrence leave her?• What happens when he leaves?• Is what happened to Romeo and

Juliet Fate or is there another explanation?

Act V.iii Cont…• What confession does Lawrence

make?• What is the resolution to the play?• What do you think of the ending of

Romeo and Juliet? Would you do anything to change it and what would that be?