Act II of Romeo and Juliet Study Guide Responses Mrs. Helton, English I

Act Two Questions (from previous day) Scene 1 1.Scene 1 takes place immediately after the Capulet’s party is over in Capulet’s orchard. 2.Benvolio and Mercutio have not learned that Romeo is in love with Juliet now—not Rosaline. 1.Scene 1 takes place immediately after the Capulet’s party is over in Capulet’s orchard. 2.Benvolio and Mercutio have not learned that Romeo is in love with Juliet now—not Rosaline.

Scene 2 1.Romeo compares Juliet to the sun. 2.Juliet wishes that Romeo would refuse/give up his (family) name (Montague)—or that he would profess he loves her (then she would give up her own name, Capulet). 3.She doesn’t want to swear by the moon because it is inconstant/always changing. 4.She will send a messenger to him at nine the next day to confirm plans for marriage. They will meet at the abbey/Friar’s. 1.Romeo compares Juliet to the sun. 2.Juliet wishes that Romeo would refuse/give up his (family) name (Montague)—or that he would profess he loves her (then she would give up her own name, Capulet). 3.She doesn’t want to swear by the moon because it is inconstant/always changing. 4.She will send a messenger to him at nine the next day to confirm plans for marriage. They will meet at the abbey/Friar’s.

Scene 3 1.The friar is collecting herbs/medicines and it foreshadows how bad and good can be carried in the same thing. Life and death both come from the earth, he notes, and death will come in this case from a life-giving union (marriage). 2.Romeo wants the Friar to marry him and Juliet. 3.The Friar hopes the marriage will somehow end the family feud. 1.The friar is collecting herbs/medicines and it foreshadows how bad and good can be carried in the same thing. Life and death both come from the earth, he notes, and death will come in this case from a life-giving union (marriage). 2.Romeo wants the Friar to marry him and Juliet. 3.The Friar hopes the marriage will somehow end the family feud.

Scene 4 1.Mercutio and Benvolio assume Romeo is still out pining over Rosaline. 2.The alliteration refers to Cupid’s arrow. 3.Tybalt wants to challenge Romeo to a duel. 4.He is skilled in fighting (trained). (There are other literary allusions here, though.) 5.Romeo sends word of their impending marriage ceremony to Juliet through the Nurse. 1.Mercutio and Benvolio assume Romeo is still out pining over Rosaline. 2.The alliteration refers to Cupid’s arrow. 3.Tybalt wants to challenge Romeo to a duel. 4.He is skilled in fighting (trained). (There are other literary allusions here, though.) 5.Romeo sends word of their impending marriage ceremony to Juliet through the Nurse.

Scene 5 1.The Nurse is to bring a rope ladder for Romeo to get to Juliet’s room.

Scene 6 1.Friar Laurence’s first two lines can be considered a prayer. 2.Death can do what it will—to behold Juliet and exchange vows will be enough joy and life for him that, if he were to perish immediately after, it would have been worth it. 3.Friar Laurence warns them that these sudden delights have equally quick, and tumultuous/violent endings. 4.Scene 6 ends with the couple about to be married. 1.Friar Laurence’s first two lines can be considered a prayer. 2.Death can do what it will—to behold Juliet and exchange vows will be enough joy and life for him that, if he were to perish immediately after, it would have been worth it. 3.Friar Laurence warns them that these sudden delights have equally quick, and tumultuous/violent endings. 4.Scene 6 ends with the couple about to be married.

Act II Fill-in Packet Questions Chorus:  Rosaline  Love  Rosaline  Love

Scene 1 1.Benvolio, Mercutio, Juliet 2.Benvolio, Mercutio, Rosaline 3.Faults, beauty/fate 1.Benvolio, Mercutio, Juliet 2.Benvolio, Mercutio, Rosaline 3.Faults, beauty/fate

Scene 2 1.Love, Cupid 2.The sun, bright angel 3.It is their last names that tie them to their families and the feud. If their names could somehow be different, they would be free of that burden and free to be in love. 1.Love, Cupid 2.The sun, bright angel 3.It is their last names that tie them to their families and the feud. If their names could somehow be different, they would be free of that burden and free to be in love.

Scene 2 4. Questions are redundant: The audience already knows that the family hatred will be contributing to their death. It foreshadows that his life will be ended from a cause stemming from the feud/hatred. 5. Nine (The Nurse meets Romeo at nine the next day and Romeo and Juliet will meet at the abbey.) 6. Their love leads to their death(s). 7. Sweet sorrow 8. depressed; in love, happy9. Friar Laurence 4. Questions are redundant: The audience already knows that the family hatred will be contributing to their death. It foreshadows that his life will be ended from a cause stemming from the feud/hatred. 5. Nine (The Nurse meets Romeo at nine the next day and Romeo and Juliet will meet at the abbey.) 6. Their love leads to their death(s). 7. Sweet sorrow 8. depressed; in love, happy9. Friar Laurence

Scene 3 1.Speech, character 2.Plants/herbs/medicine; medicine to poison (also Earth to nature’s mother and nature’s tomb); vice/bad; virtue/good 3.Romeo loves with his eyes (by appearance) and has changed his mind quickly; the Friar sees this as inconsistent and flighty. He doesn’t think it is genuine love. 4.Marry, Juliet, love 1.Speech, character 2.Plants/herbs/medicine; medicine to poison (also Earth to nature’s mother and nature’s tomb); vice/bad; virtue/good 3.Romeo loves with his eyes (by appearance) and has changed his mind quickly; the Friar sees this as inconsistent and flighty. He doesn’t think it is genuine love. 4.Marry, Juliet, love

Scene 3 5. appearance/beauty/lust; they are inconsistent and flighty, and do not know what true love is 6. men, women 7. happy, feud, families, cares, love/marriage, death 5. appearance/beauty/lust; they are inconsistent and flighty, and do not know what true love is 6. men, women 7. happy, feud, families, cares, love/marriage, death

Scene 4 1.Tybalt, duel, fight, lovesick/heartbroken, Rosaline, fighter 2.He’s all talk. 3.Talkative/wordy/comical; He can be rude and insincere/sarcastic/disrespectful in his speech/actions, while she seems more heartfelt, caring, and genuine in her behavior. 4.Abbey, rope ladder, climbing over the wall on their wedding night, confession, marriage/wedding 5.Nurse, Friar 1.Tybalt, duel, fight, lovesick/heartbroken, Rosaline, fighter 2.He’s all talk. 3.Talkative/wordy/comical; He can be rude and insincere/sarcastic/disrespectful in his speech/actions, while she seems more heartfelt, caring, and genuine in her behavior. 4.Abbey, rope ladder, climbing over the wall on their wedding night, confession, marriage/wedding 5.Nurse, Friar

Scene 5 1.Tired, breath

Scene 6 1.Right 2.Their coming together in love is part of sealing their already deadly/doomed fate. 3.As fast and chaotic as it has begun is as fast and as violent as it will end. 4.He is concerned that it is rushed and will have troubling consequences; however, he hopes it causes the feud to end/mend the rift. 1.Right 2.Their coming together in love is part of sealing their already deadly/doomed fate. 3.As fast and chaotic as it has begun is as fast and as violent as it will end. 4.He is concerned that it is rushed and will have troubling consequences; however, he hopes it causes the feud to end/mend the rift.

What else should you know?  Your quiz will be on Wednesday.  There will be multiple choice and true/false questions on there; FALSE answers will need to be CORRECTED!  Your quiz will be on Wednesday.  There will be multiple choice and true/false questions on there; FALSE answers will need to be CORRECTED!

What else should you know?  Is Juliet aware that Romeo is at her balcony the entire time?  Does Juliet recognize that it is Romeo instantly?  Does Romeo care if her family finds him there?  Who thinks their love has arisen suddenly?  Who suggests marriage first?  Is Juliet aware that Romeo is at her balcony the entire time?  Does Juliet recognize that it is Romeo instantly?  Does Romeo care if her family finds him there?  Who thinks their love has arisen suddenly?  Who suggests marriage first?

What else should you know?  Who makes fun of the Nurse when she first arrives? Name all the characters. ***Romeo, Benvolio, Mercutio  How does the Nurse respond to Mercutio? ***Fighting words  Does the Nurse trust Romeo? What does she tell him, specifically?  Is Romeo aware of Juliet’s other suitor at this point?  What does the Nurse tell Juliet about Romeo?  Who makes fun of the Nurse when she first arrives? Name all the characters. ***Romeo, Benvolio, Mercutio  How does the Nurse respond to Mercutio? ***Fighting words  Does the Nurse trust Romeo? What does she tell him, specifically?  Is Romeo aware of Juliet’s other suitor at this point?  What does the Nurse tell Juliet about Romeo?

What else should you know?  How does Friar Laurence advise Romeo to love Juliet?  What does Friar Laurence notice about Romeo when he arrives to see him?  Who has Romeo told about being in love with Juliet?  What is a soliloquy? Where do we see one in Act II?  Where would you place this act on the plot triangle/diagram?  How does Friar Laurence advise Romeo to love Juliet?  What does Friar Laurence notice about Romeo when he arrives to see him?  Who has Romeo told about being in love with Juliet?  What is a soliloquy? Where do we see one in Act II?  Where would you place this act on the plot triangle/diagram?