1. Romeo and Juliet Act V s i

2. 1. What did Romeo dream? He dreamt that he was dead and Juliet kissed him and he woke up. This is an example of foreshadowing.

3. 2. How does Romeo convince the apothecary to sell him poison? Romeo knows the apothecary is poor and offers him forty ducats to sell the poison to him.

4. 3. Why does Romeo need the poison? Romeo found out that Juliet is dead and he is so sad that he cannot go on living.

5. Romeo and Juliet Act V s ii

6. 1. What crucial role was Friar John not able to accomplish? He could not get the letter explaining the plan to Romeo because health officials thought Friar John was sick and made him stay locked in a house.

7. 2. Why is Friar Lawrence upset that Friar John could not perform his role? Juliet will wake up alone in the tomb and Romeo may hear that Juliet is dead and do desperate things.

8. 3. List one line from this act that shows the presence of fate in characters’ lives. Romeo: “Then I defy you, stars.” Romeo makes it seem like fate (or the stars) will keep Romeo and Juliet apart, but he will “defy the stars” by making sure they are together in the afterlife.

9. Think of fate as forces that control characters’ lives over which characters have no control. Actions that happen by no fault of the characters. Fate

10. 4. What aspects of fate have created the situation Romeo and Juliet now face? Friar John was quarantined and couldn’t get the letter to Romeo. Lord Capulet moved the wedding day ahead one day. Balthasar told Romeo that Juliet was dead. Romeo and Juliet’s families hate each other. Romeo has been banished to Mantua.

11. Romeo and Juliet Act V s iii

12. 1. What is Paris doing in the churchyard? He is mourning Juliet and grieving for her.

13. 2. What reason does Romeo give Balthasar as to why he must go into Juliet’s tomb? Romeo wants to see Juliet’s face, but he also wants to take a ring from her finger. The ring is important, he says.

14. 3. What does Paris think Romeo is doing at the tomb? Paris thinks Romeo is going to mutilate the dead bodies and bring shame to them.

15. 4. How does Paris die? Romeo and Paris fight, and Romeo kills Paris.

16. 5. When Juliet realizes Romeo has died, how does she try to kill herself? She tries to kiss his lips to get some poison from his lips.

17. 6. How does Juliet ultimately die? She stabs herself with Romeo’s dagger.

18. 7. Why does the Prince say the tragedy is the fault of the Capulets and Montagues? They have been fighting so much that they forced their children to lie about their relationship and find no hope in their situation.

19. 8. How do the tragedies bring the families together? The families stop fighting when they realize what their fighting has done. The Capulets will make a statue of Romeo. The Montagues will make a statue of Juliet.

20. 9. What is ironic about the families coming together? After a tragedy, one would expect the families to fight even more. Instead, the opposite happens. They become friends.