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William Shakespeare’s
Romeo & Juliet
Acts 1 & 2
English Language Arts 206
Vincent Massey Collegiate
Name:	
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The	
  Tales	
  of	
  Chivalric	
  Romances	
  and	
  Courtly	
  Love	
  
Very	
  few	
  of	
  William	
  Shakespeare’s	
  plays	
  would	
  be	
  considered	
  completely	
  ‘original’	
  
works,	
  and	
  Romeo	
  &	
  Juliet	
  is	
  no	
  exception.	
  The	
  story	
  was	
  Cirst	
  written	
  as	
  a	
  poem	
  
entitled	
  The	
  Tragical	
  History	
  of	
  Romeus	
  &	
  Juliet	
  in	
  1562.	
  Shakespeare’s	
  version	
  differs	
  
quite	
  a	
  bit	
  from	
  the	
  original	
  plot,	
  but	
  they	
  can	
  both	
  be	
  considered	
  part	
  of	
  the	
  same	
  
genre	
  of	
  literature:	
  courtly	
  love	
  stories.	
  	
  	
  
Common	
  Elements	
  of	
  Courtly	
  Love	
  Stories	
  
• A	
  knight	
  in	
  shining	
  armour	
  falls	
  in	
  love	
  with	
  a	
  woman.	
  
• He	
  almost	
  always	
  falls	
  in	
  love	
  from	
  afar	
  (sometimes	
  below).	
  
• The	
  love	
  is	
  based	
  solely	
  on	
  her	
  appearance.	
  
• They	
  can’t	
  be	
  together	
  at	
  Cirst,	
  which	
  causes	
  inexpressible	
  pain	
  to	
  both	
  of	
  them.	
  	
  
• The	
  pain	
  was	
  not	
  just	
  emotional;	
  it	
  was	
  physical	
  pain.	
  
• The	
  pains	
  of	
  love	
  often	
  resulted	
  in	
  the	
  death	
  of	
  one	
  (or	
  both)	
  of	
  the	
  characters.	
  
• The	
  knight	
  usually	
  has	
  a	
  best	
  friend	
  that	
  is	
  equal	
  to	
  him	
  in	
  every	
  way.	
  
• The	
  knight	
  usually	
  has	
  an	
  enemy	
  that	
  is	
  equal	
  to	
  him	
  in	
  every	
  way,	
  but	
  the	
  enemy	
  was	
  
from	
  a	
  different	
  country,	
  social	
  class,	
  or	
  religion.	
  
• The	
  knight	
  usually	
  had	
  an	
  old	
  man	
  to	
  help	
  him	
  on	
  his	
  adventure.	
  
• The	
  knight	
  usually	
  had	
  a	
  servant	
  deliver	
  messages	
  to	
  his	
  beloved.	
  
• The	
  knight	
  was	
  almost	
  always	
  a	
  poet,	
  though	
  not	
  always	
  a	
  very	
  good	
  one.	
  	
  
• The	
  qualities	
  of	
  the	
  characters	
  were	
  exaggerated	
  to	
  the	
  point	
  of	
  disbelief.	
  
• The	
  writer	
  used	
  a	
  technique	
  called	
  signposting,	
  which	
  means	
  giving	
  clues	
  about	
  
what’s	
  coming.	
  This	
  usually	
  meant	
  that	
  the	
  story’s	
  plot	
  was	
  often	
  given	
  in	
  
advance.	
  
• When	
  describing	
  women,	
  the	
  writer	
  compared	
  them	
  to:	
  
1. The	
  Virgin	
  Mary	
  
2. Heaven,	
  or	
  anything	
  heaven-­‐related	
  
3. The	
  sun	
  or	
  other	
  stars	
  
4. The	
  moon	
  
5. Precious	
  jewels	
  
6. Spring	
  and	
  Clowers	
  
7. White	
  doves	
  
8. Anything	
  bright	
  
9. Something	
  green	
  (a	
  symbol	
  for	
  youth)	
  
10. Something	
  white	
  (a	
  symbol	
  for	
  innocence/purity)	
  
 
 
 
Prologue	
  
Chorus	
  
“Two	
  households,	
  both	
  alike	
  in	
  dignity,	
  
In	
  fair	
  Verona,	
  where	
  we	
  lay	
  our	
  scene,	
  
From	
  ancient	
  grudge	
  break	
  to	
  new	
  mutiny,	
  
Where	
  civil	
  blood	
  makes	
  civil	
  hands	
  unclean.	
  
From	
  forth	
  the	
  fatal	
  loins	
  of	
  these	
  two	
  foes	
  
A	
  pair	
  of	
  star-­‐crossed	
  lovers	
  take	
  their	
  life,	
  
Whose	
  misadventured	
  piteous	
  overthrows	
  
Doth	
  with	
  their	
  death	
  bury	
  their	
  parents̓	
  strife.	
  
The	
  fearful	
  passage	
  of	
  their	
  death-­‐marked	
  love	
  
And	
  the	
  continuance	
  of	
  their	
  parents̓	
  rage,	
  
Which	
  but	
  their	
  children̓s	
  end,	
  naught	
  could	
  remove,	
  
Is	
  now	
  the	
  two-­‐hours̓trafCic	
  of	
  our	
  stage;	
  
The	
  which	
  if	
  you	
  with	
  patient	
  ears	
  attend,	
  
What	
  here	
  shall	
  miss,	
  our	
  toil	
  shall	
  strive	
  to	
  mend.”	
  
[Exit]	
  
A) Rewrite	
  the	
  Prologue	
  in	
  Modern	
  English	
  
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Guiding	
  Question	
  1:	
  Is	
  Romeo	
  and	
  Juliet	
  a	
  realistic	
  love	
  
story?	
  
Guiding	
  Question	
  2:	
  Would	
  you	
  consider	
  Romeo	
  a	
  hero?
B)	
  For	
  what	
  purpose	
  would	
  Shakespeare	
  spoil	
  the	
  ending	
  of	
  Romeo	
  &	
  Juliet	
  in	
  
the	
  Prologue?	
  
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Act	
  1	
  Scene	
  1	
  
Characters:	
  Sampson,	
  Gregory,	
  Abraham,	
  Benvolio,	
  Tybalt,	
  Capulet,	
  Montague,	
  Lady	
  
Capulet,	
  Lady	
  Montague,	
  Prince	
  Escalus,	
  and	
  Romeo.	
  
A) How	
  is	
  the	
  dialogue	
  between	
  Sampson	
  and	
  Gregory	
  a	
  reSlection	
  on	
  the	
  
status	
  of	
  women	
  during	
  the	
  Elizabethan	
  Age?	
  
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B)	
  The	
  name	
  “Benvolio”	
  translates	
  to	
  “good-­‐will”	
  or	
  “peacemaker”.	
  Find	
  and	
  
describe	
  two	
  examples	
  in	
  the	
  scene	
  where	
  Benvolio	
  lives	
  up	
  to	
  his	
  name.	
  	
  
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C)	
  Find	
  an	
  example	
  in	
  the	
  scene	
  where	
  Benvolio	
  and	
  Romeo	
  Sinish	
  each	
  other’s	
  
sentence	
  while	
  still	
  maintaining	
  the	
  iambic	
  pentameter.	
  What	
  is	
  Shakespeare	
  
suggesting	
  about	
  their	
  friendship?	
  
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“Well,	
  in	
  that	
  hit	
  you	
  miss.	
  She'll	
  not	
  be	
  hit	
  
With	
  Cupid's	
  arrow.	
  She	
  hath	
  Dian's	
  wit,	
  
And,	
  in	
  strong	
  proof	
  of	
  chastity	
  well	
  armed,	
  
From	
  Love's	
  weak	
  childish	
  bow	
  she	
  lives	
  uncharmed.	
  	
  
She	
  will	
  not	
  stay	
  the	
  siege	
  of	
  loving	
  terms,	
  
Nor	
  bide	
  th'	
  encounter	
  of	
  assailing	
  eyes,	
  
Nor	
  ope	
  her	
  lap	
  to	
  saint-­‐seducing	
  gold.	
  
O,	
  she	
  is	
  rich	
  in	
  beauty;	
  only	
  poor	
  
That,	
  when	
  she	
  dies,	
  with	
  dies	
  her	
  store.”	
  
D)	
  What	
  tactics	
  does	
  Romeo	
  use	
  in	
  order	
  to	
  woo	
  this	
  woman?	
  What	
  does	
  he	
  
suggest	
  about	
  beauty?	
  What	
  is	
  Romeo	
  really	
  after?	
  You	
  can	
  answer	
  these	
  
questions	
  by	
  translating	
  the	
  lines	
  into	
  your	
  own	
  words.	
  	
  
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Do	
  you	
  think	
  Romeo	
  
is	
  describing	
  love	
  or	
  
something	
  else?
Act	
  1	
  Scene	
  2	
  
Characters:	
  Capulet,	
  County	
  Paris,	
  Clown,	
  Romeo,	
  and	
  Benvolio.	
  
“And	
  too	
  soon	
  marred	
  are	
  those	
  so	
  early	
  made.	
  	
  
Earth	
  hath	
  swallowed	
  all	
  my	
  hopes	
  but	
  she.	
  	
  
She's	
  the	
  hopeful	
  lady	
  of	
  my	
  earth.	
  	
  
But	
  woo	
  her,	
  gentle	
  Paris,	
  get	
  her	
  heart.	
  	
  
My	
  will	
  to	
  her	
  consent	
  is	
  but	
  a	
  part.	
  	
  
An	
  she	
  agreed	
  within	
  her	
  scope	
  of	
  choice,	
  	
  
Lies	
  my	
  consent	
  and	
  fair	
  according	
  voice.”	
  
A) What	
  do	
  these	
  lines	
  suggest	
  about	
  Capulet’s	
  relationship	
  with	
  his	
  
daughter?	
  Explain.	
  	
  
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Benvolio	
  
Compare	
  her	
  face	
  with	
  some	
  that	
  I	
  shall	
  
show,	
  
And	
  I	
  will	
  make	
  thee	
  think	
  thy	
  swan	
  a	
  
crow.	
  
Romeo	
  
When	
  the	
  devout	
  religion	
  of	
  mine	
  eye	
  
Maintains	
  such	
  falsehood,	
  then	
  turn	
  
tears	
  to	
  Cires,	
  
And	
  these,	
  who,	
  often	
  drowned,	
  could	
  
never	
  die,	
  
Transparent	
  heretics,	
  be	
  burnt	
  for	
  liars!	
  
One	
  fairer	
  than	
  my	
  love?	
  The	
  all-­‐seeing	
  
sun	
  
	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
  
	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
  
	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
  
	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
  
	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
  
	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
  
	
   	
   	
   	
   	
   	
  
Ne'er	
  saw	
  her	
  match	
  since	
  Cirst	
  the	
  
world	
  begun.	
  
Benvolio	
  
Tut,	
  you	
  saw	
  her	
  fair,	
  none	
  else	
  being	
  by,	
  
Herself	
  poised	
  with	
  herself	
  in	
  either	
  
eye.	
  
But	
  in	
  that	
  crystal	
  scales	
  let	
  there	
  be	
  
weighed	
  
Your	
  lady’s	
  love	
  against	
  some	
  other	
  
maid	
  
That	
  I	
  will	
  show	
  you	
  shining	
  at	
  the	
  
feast,	
  
And	
  she	
  shall	
  scant	
  show	
  well	
  that	
  now	
  
shows	
  best.	
  
B)	
  Find	
  three	
  metaphors	
  in	
  these	
  lines.	
  
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Act	
  1	
  Scene	
  3	
  
Characters:	
  Lady	
  Capulet,	
  Nurse,	
  Juliet	
  
A) While	
  discussing	
  Paris,	
  Lady	
  Capulet	
  and	
  the	
  Nurse	
  describe	
  him	
  as	
  book	
  
and	
  a	
  man	
  of	
  wax.	
  What	
  do	
  each	
  of	
  these	
  metaphors	
  suggest	
  about	
  Paris?	
  
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“So	
  shall	
  you	
  share	
  all	
  that	
  he	
  doth	
  possess,	
  
Be	
  having	
  him,	
  making	
  yourself	
  no	
  less.”	
  
B)	
  What	
  is	
  Lady	
  Capulet	
  saying	
  in	
  the	
  lines?	
  After	
  this	
  scene,	
  do	
  you	
  believe	
  she	
  
is	
  a	
  good	
  mother?	
  Why	
  or	
  why	
  not?	
  
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After reading the first three
scenes, consider how
Shakespeare probably felt about
Elizabethan marriage customs.
Act	
  1	
  Scene	
  4	
  
Characters:	
  Romeo,	
  Mercutio,	
  Benvolio,	
  Capulet,	
  Tybalt,	
  Juliet,	
  Nurse	
  
ROMEO	
  
Is	
  love	
  a	
  tender	
  thing?	
  It	
  is	
  too	
  rough,	
  
Too	
  rude,	
  too	
  boisterous,	
  and	
  it	
  pricks	
  like	
  thorn.	
  
MERCUTIO	
  
If	
  love	
  be	
  rough	
  with	
  you,	
  be	
  rough	
  with	
  love.	
  
Prick	
  love	
  for	
  pricking,	
  and	
  you	
  beat	
  love	
  down.—	
  
Give	
  me	
  a	
  case	
  to	
  put	
  my	
  visage	
  in!	
  
A	
  visor	
  for	
  a	
  visor.—What	
  care	
  I	
  
What	
  curious	
  eye	
  doth	
  cote	
  deformities?	
  
Here	
  are	
  the	
  beetle	
  brows	
  shall	
  blush	
  for	
  me.	
  
A) What	
  is	
  Mercutio's	
  solution	
  for	
  Romeo’s	
  lovesickness?	
  	
  
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B)	
  	
  	
  	
  What	
  role	
  do	
  masks	
  play	
  in	
  this	
  scene?	
  
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And	
  in	
  this	
  state	
  she	
  gallops	
  night	
  by	
  night	
  
Through	
  lovers'	
  brains,	
  and	
  then	
  they	
  
dream	
  of	
  love;	
  
On	
  courtiers'	
  knees,	
  that	
  dream	
  on	
  curtsies	
  
straight;	
  
O'er	
  lawyers'	
  Cingers,	
  who	
  straight	
  dream	
  
on	
  fees;	
  
O'er	
  ladies'	
  lips,	
  who	
  straight	
  on	
  kisses	
  
dream…	
  
Sometime	
  she	
  gallops	
  o'er	
  a	
  courtier’s	
  
nose,	
  
And	
  then	
  dreams	
  he	
  of	
  smelling	
  out	
  a	
  suit.	
  
And	
  sometime	
  comes	
  she	
  with	
  a	
  tithe-­‐pig’s	
  
tail	
  
Tickling	
  a	
  parson’s	
  nose	
  as	
  he	
  lies	
  asleep,	
  
Then	
  he	
  dreams	
  of	
  another	
  beneCice.	
  
Sometime	
  she	
  driveth	
  o'er	
  a	
  soldier’s	
  neck,	
  
And	
  then	
  dreams	
  he	
  of	
  cutting	
  foreign	
  
throats,	
  
Of	
  breaches,	
  ambuscadoes,	
  Spanish	
  blades,	
  
C)	
  Summarize	
  this	
  section	
  of	
  Shakespeare’s	
  famous	
  Queen	
  Mab	
  speech	
  in	
  your	
  own	
  
words.	
  Consider	
  what’s	
  being	
  said	
  about	
  Elizabethan	
  society.	
  
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D)	
  Describe	
  the	
  sudden	
  change	
  in	
  tone	
  during	
  his	
  speech.	
  What	
  might	
  
Shakespeare	
  be	
  suggesting	
  by	
  doing	
  this?	
  
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E)	
  What	
  is	
  Mercutio’s	
  opinion	
  on	
  dreams?	
  
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I	
  fear	
  too	
  early,	
  for	
  my	
  mind	
  misgives	
  
Some	
  consequence	
  yet	
  hanging	
  in	
  the	
  stars	
  
Shall	
  bitterly	
  begin	
  his	
  fearful	
  date	
  
With	
  this	
  night’s	
  revels,	
  and	
  expire	
  the	
  term	
  
Of	
  a	
  despisèd	
  life	
  closed	
  in	
  my	
  breast	
  
By	
  some	
  vile	
  forfeit	
  of	
  untimely	
  death.	
  
F)	
  What	
  literary	
  technique	
  is	
  Shakespeare	
  using	
  in	
  these	
  lines?	
  What	
  effect	
  
does	
  it	
  have	
  on	
  the	
  rest	
  of	
  the	
  play?	
  
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“Oh,	
  she	
  doth	
  teach	
  the	
  torches	
  to	
  burn	
  bright!	
  
It	
  seems	
  she	
  hangs	
  upon	
  the	
  cheek	
  of	
  night	
  
Like	
  a	
  rich	
  jewel	
  in	
  an	
  Ethiope’s	
  ear,	
  
Beauty	
  too	
  rich	
  for	
  use,	
  for	
  earth	
  too	
  dear.	
  
So	
  shows	
  a	
  snowy	
  dove	
  trooping	
  with	
  crows	
  
As	
  yonder	
  lady	
  o'er	
  her	
  fellows	
  shows.	
  
The	
  measure	
  done,	
  I’ll	
  watch	
  her	
  place	
  of	
  stand,	
  
And,	
  touching	
  hers,	
  make	
  blessèd	
  my	
  rude	
  hand.	
  
Did	
  my	
  heart	
  love	
  till	
  now?	
  Forswear	
  it,	
  sight!	
  
For	
  I	
  ne'er	
  saw	
  true	
  beauty	
  till	
  this	
  night.”	
  
G)	
  Find	
  three	
  examples	
  of	
  Medieval	
  imagery.	
  	
  
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H)	
  Compare	
  Romeo’s	
  poetic	
  skills	
  here	
  with	
  his	
  poem	
  about	
  Rosaline.	
  What’s	
  
different?	
  Do	
  they	
  say	
  anything	
  about	
  Romeo’s	
  love?	
  
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Sonnet	
  Structure	
  
There	
  are	
  fourteen	
  lines	
  in	
  a	
  Shakespearean	
  sonnet.	
  The	
  Cirst	
  twelve	
  lines	
  are	
  divided	
  into	
  
three	
  quatrains	
  with	
  four	
  lines	
  each.	
  In	
  the	
  three	
  quatrains	
  the	
  poet	
  establishes	
  a	
  theme	
  or	
  
problem	
  and	
  then	
  resolves	
  it	
  in	
  the	
  Cinal	
  two	
  lines,	
  called	
  the	
  couplet.	
  The	
  rhyme	
  scheme	
  of	
  
the	
  quatrains	
  is	
  ABAB	
  CDCD	
  EFEF	
  The	
  couplet	
  has	
  the	
  rhyme	
  scheme	
  GG.	
  This	
  sonnet	
  
structure	
  is	
  commonly	
  called	
  the	
  English	
  sonnet	
  or	
  the	
  Shakespearean	
  sonnet,	
  to	
  
distinguish	
  it	
  from	
  the	
  Italian	
  Petrarchan	
  sonnet	
  form	
  which	
  has	
  two	
  parts:	
  a	
  rhyming	
  
octave	
  (abbaabba)	
  and	
  a	
  rhyming	
  sestet	
  (cdcdcd).	
  The	
  Petrarchan	
  sonnet	
  style	
  was	
  
extremely	
  popular	
  with	
  Elizabethan	
  sonneteers,	
  much	
  to	
  Shakespeare's	
  disdain	
  (he	
  mocks	
  
the	
  conventional	
  and	
  excessive	
  Petrarchan	
  style	
  in	
  Sonnet	
  130).	
  Although	
  love	
  is	
  the	
  
overarching	
  theme	
  of	
  the	
  sonnets,	
  there	
  are	
  three	
  speciCic	
  underlying	
  themes:	
  (1)	
  the	
  
brevity	
  of	
  life,	
  (2)	
  the	
  transience	
  of	
  beauty,	
  and	
  (3)	
  the	
  trappings	
  of	
  desire. 	
  1
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Juliet:	
  “My	
  grave	
  is	
  like	
  to	
  be	
  my	
  wedding	
  bed.”	
  
What	
  literary	
  device	
  is	
  Shakespeare	
  using	
  in	
  this	
  line?	
  Give	
  details.	
  
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Romeo	
  
If	
  I	
  profane	
  with	
  my	
  unworthiest	
  hand	
  
This	
  holy	
  shrine,	
  the	
  gentle	
  sin	
  is	
  this:	
  
My	
  lips,	
  two	
  blushing	
  pilgrims,	
  ready	
  stand	
  
To	
  smooth	
  that	
  rough	
  touch	
  with	
  a	
  tender	
  kiss.	
  
Juliet	
  
Good	
  pilgrim,	
  you	
  do	
  wrong	
  your	
  hand	
  too	
  
much,	
  
Which	
  mannerly	
  devotion	
  shows	
  in	
  this,	
  
For	
  saints	
  have	
  hands	
  that	
  pilgrims'	
  hands	
  do	
  
touch,	
  
And	
  palm	
  to	
  palm	
  is	
  holy	
  palmers'	
  kiss.	
  
Romeo	
  
Have	
  not	
  saints	
  lips,	
  and	
  holy	
  palmers	
  too?	
  
Juliet	
  
Ay,	
  pilgrim,	
  lips	
  that	
  they	
  must	
  use	
  in	
  prayer.	
  
Romeo	
  
O,	
  then,	
  dear	
  saint,	
  let	
  lips	
  do	
  what	
  hands	
  do.	
  
They	
  pray;	
  grant	
  thou,	
  lest	
  faith	
  turn	
  to	
  despair.	
  
Juliet	
  
Saints	
  do	
  not	
  move,	
  though	
  grant	
  for	
  prayers'	
  
sake.	
  
Romeo	
  
Then	
  move	
  not,	
  while	
  my	
  prayer’s	
  effect	
  I	
  take
Act	
  2	
  Scene	
  1	
  
Characters:	
  Romeo,	
  Benvolio,	
  Mercutio,	
  Juliet,	
  Nurse	
  
“Romeo!	
  Humours,	
  madman,	
  passion,	
  lover!	
  
Appear	
  thou	
  in	
  the	
  likeness	
  of	
  a	
  sigh!	
  
Speak	
  but	
  one	
  rhyme,	
  and	
  I	
  am	
  satisCied.	
  
Cry	
  but	
  “Ay	
  me!”	
  Pronounce	
  but	
  “love”	
  and	
  “dove.””	
  
A) Based	
  on	
  these	
  lines,	
  what	
  do	
  you	
  think	
  is	
  Mercutio’s	
  opinion	
  about	
  
romantic	
  poetry?	
  What	
  does	
  it	
  suggest	
  about	
  love?	
  
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But	
  soft!	
  What	
  light	
  through	
  yonder	
  
window	
  breaks?	
  
It	
  is	
  the	
  east,	
  and	
  Juliet	
  is	
  the	
  sun.	
  
Arise,	
  fair	
  sun,	
  and	
  kill	
  the	
  envious	
  moon,	
  
Who	
  is	
  already	
  sick	
  and	
  pale	
  with	
  grief,	
  
That	
  thou,	
  her	
  maid,	
  art	
  far	
  more	
  fair	
  than	
  
she.	
  
Be	
  not	
  her	
  maid	
  since	
  she	
  is	
  envious.	
  
Her	
  vestal	
  livery	
  is	
  but	
  sick	
  and	
  green,	
  
And	
  none	
  but	
  fools	
  do	
  wear	
  it.	
  Cast	
  it	
  off!	
  
It	
  is	
  my	
  lady.	
  Oh,	
  it	
  is	
  my	
  love.	
  
Oh,	
  that	
  she	
  knew	
  she	
  were!	
  
She	
  speaks,	
  yet	
  she	
  says	
  nothing.	
  What	
  of	
  
that?	
  
Her	
  eye	
  discourses.	
  I	
  will	
  answer	
  it.—	
  
I	
  am	
  too	
  bold.	
  'Tis	
  not	
  to	
  me	
  she	
  speaks.	
  
Two	
  of	
  the	
  fairest	
  stars	
  in	
  all	
  the	
  heaven,	
  
Having	
  some	
  business,	
  do	
  entreat	
  her	
  eyes	
  
To	
  twinkle	
  in	
  their	
  spheres	
  till	
  they	
  return.	
  
What	
  if	
  her	
  eyes	
  were	
  there,	
  they	
  in	
  her	
  
head?	
  
The	
  brightness	
  of	
  her	
  cheek	
  would	
  shame	
  
those	
  stars	
  
As	
  daylight	
  doth	
  a	
  lamp.	
  Her	
  eye	
  in	
  heaven	
  
Would	
  through	
  the	
  airy	
  region	
  stream	
  so	
  
bright	
  
That	
  birds	
  would	
  sing	
  and	
  think	
  it	
  were	
  not	
  
night.	
  
See	
  how	
  she	
  leans	
  her	
  cheek	
  upon	
  her	
  
hand.	
  
Oh,	
  that	
  I	
  were	
  a	
  glove	
  upon	
  that	
  hand	
  
That	
  I	
  might	
  touch	
  that	
  cheek!

B)	
  Find	
  Sive	
  examples	
  of	
  feminine	
  imagery	
  in	
  these	
  lines.	
  (Hint:	
  Refer	
  to	
  the	
  
page	
  earlier	
  in	
  the	
  course	
  package)	
  
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2. ____________________________________________	
  
3. ____________________________________________	
  
4. ____________________________________________	
  
5. ____________________________________________	
  
C)	
  What	
  is	
  Romeo	
  really	
  saying?	
  What	
  does	
  this	
  suggest	
  about	
  the	
  whole	
  
process	
  of	
  courtship?	
  
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O	
  Romeo,	
  Romeo!	
  Wherefore	
  art	
  thou	
  
Romeo?	
  
Deny	
  thy	
  father	
  and	
  refuse	
  thy	
  name.	
  
Or,	
  if	
  thou	
  wilt	
  not,	
  be	
  but	
  sworn	
  my	
  love,	
  
And	
  I’ll	
  no	
  longer	
  be	
  a	
  Capulet.	
  	
  
'Tis	
  but	
  thy	
  name	
  that	
  is	
  my	
  enemy.	
  
Thou	
  art	
  thyself,	
  though	
  not	
  a	
  Montague.	
  
What’s	
  Montague?	
  It	
  is	
  nor	
  hand,	
  nor	
  foot,	
  
Nor	
  arm,	
  nor	
  face,	
  nor	
  any	
  other	
  part	
  
Belonging	
  to	
  a	
  man.	
  O,	
  be	
  some	
  other	
  
name!	
  
What’s	
  in	
  a	
  name?	
  That	
  which	
  we	
  call	
  a	
  
rose	
  
By	
  any	
  other	
  word	
  would	
  smell	
  as	
  sweet.	
  
So	
  Romeo	
  would,	
  were	
  he	
  not	
  Romeo	
  
called,	
  
Retain	
  that	
  dear	
  perfection	
  which	
  he	
  owes	
  
Without	
  that	
  title.	
  Romeo,	
  doff	
  thy	
  name,	
  
And	
  for	
  that	
  name,	
  which	
  is	
  no	
  part	
  of	
  thee	
  
Take	
  all	
  myself.

D)	
  Figure	
  out	
  what	
  Juliet	
  is	
  saying	
  by	
  translating	
  these	
  lines	
  into	
  your	
  own	
  
words.	
  Do	
  you	
  agree	
  with	
  what	
  she’s	
  saying?	
  Is	
  she	
  totally	
  correct?	
  
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“Hist!	
  Romeo,	
  hist!—Oh,	
  for	
  a	
  falconer’s	
  voice,	
  
To	
  lure	
  this	
  tassel-­‐gentle	
  back	
  again!”	
  
E)	
  What	
  is	
  Juliet	
  comparing	
  Romeo	
  to?	
  Why	
  is	
  this	
  signiSicant?	
  
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Act	
  2	
  Scene	
  2	
  
Characters:	
  Friar	
  Laurence,	
  Romeo	
  
“Virtue	
  itself	
  turns	
  vice,	
  being	
  misapplied,	
  
And	
  vice	
  sometime	
  by	
  action	
  digniCied.”	
  
A) What	
  is	
  Friar	
  Laurence	
  saying?	
  How	
  is	
  this	
  idea	
  represented	
  in	
  the	
  play?	
  
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Consider	
  how	
  
someone’s	
  name	
  can	
  
change	
  how	
  they	
  are	
  
perceived.
“Holy	
  Saint	
  Francis,	
  what	
  a	
  change	
  is	
  here!	
  
Is	
  Rosaline,	
  whom	
  thou	
  didst	
  love	
  so	
  dear,	
  
So	
  soon	
  forsaken?	
  Young	
  men’s	
  love	
  then	
  lies	
  
Not	
  truly	
  in	
  their	
  hearts,	
  but	
  in	
  their	
  eyes.	
  
…	
  
If	
  e'er	
  thou	
  wast	
  thyself	
  and	
  these	
  woes	
  thine,	
  
Thou	
  and	
  these	
  woes	
  were	
  all	
  for	
  Rosaline.	
  
And	
  art	
  thou	
  changed?	
  Pronounce	
  this	
  sentence	
  then:	
  
Women	
  may	
  fall	
  when	
  there’s	
  no	
  strength	
  in	
  men.”	
  
B)	
  What	
  is	
  Friar	
  Laurence’s	
  criticism	
  of	
  Romeo?	
  Explain	
  the	
  last	
  two	
  lines.	
  
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Act	
  2	
  Scene	
  3	
  
Characters:	
  Benvolio,	
  Mercutio,	
  Romeo,	
  Nurse,	
  Peter	
  
A) Mercutio	
  describes	
  at	
  length	
  Tybalt’s	
  Slawless	
  Sighting	
  style.	
  He	
  follows	
  this	
  
by	
  criticizing	
  the	
  higher	
  classes	
  and	
  their	
  “manners”.	
  What	
  might	
  these	
  
lines	
  suggest	
  about	
  Shakespeare’s	
  view	
  on	
  social	
  classes?	
  
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B)	
  How	
  does	
  the	
  Nurse	
  respond	
  to	
  Merutio’s	
  sauciness?	
  Find	
  an	
  example	
  in	
  the	
  
play	
  to	
  support	
  your	
  answer.	
  
_________________________________________________________________________________________________	
  
_________________________________________________________________________________________________	
  
_________________________________________________________________________________________________	
  
C)	
  In	
  your	
  opinion,	
  who	
  is	
  a	
  better	
  role	
  model	
  for	
  Juliet:	
  Lady	
  Capulet	
  or	
  the	
  
Nurse?	
  Why?	
  
_________________________________________________________________________________________________	
  
_________________________________________________________________________________________________	
  
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________	
  
_________________________________________________________________________________________________	
  
Act	
  2	
  Scene	
  4	
  
Characters:	
  Juliet,	
  Nurse	
  
“Had	
  she	
  affections	
  and	
  warm	
  youthful	
  blood,	
  
She	
  would	
  be	
  as	
  swift	
  in	
  motion	
  as	
  a	
  ball.	
  
My	
  words	
  would	
  bandy	
  her	
  to	
  my	
  sweet	
  love,	
  
And	
  his	
  to	
  me.	
  
But	
  old	
  folks,	
  many	
  feign	
  as	
  they	
  were	
  dead,	
  
Unwieldy,	
  slow,	
  heavy,	
  and	
  pale	
  as	
  lead.”	
  
A) What	
  is	
  Juliet’s	
  justiSication	
  for	
  her	
  Nurse’s	
  lateness?	
  Also,	
  Sind	
  the	
  three	
  
similes	
  used	
  in	
  these	
  lines.	
  
_________________________________________________________________________________________________	
  
_________________________________________________________________________________________________	
  
1.	
  ____________________________________________________________________	
  
2.	
  ____________________________________________________________________	
  
3.	
  ____________________________________________________________________	
  
“Well,	
  you	
  have	
  made	
  a	
  simple	
  choice.	
  You	
  know	
  not	
  how	
  to	
  choose	
  a	
  man.	
  Romeo!	
  
No,	
  not	
  he,	
  though	
  his	
  face	
  be	
  better	
  than	
  any	
  man’s,	
  yet	
  his	
  leg	
  excels	
  all	
  men’s,	
  and	
  
for	
  a	
  hand	
  and	
  a	
  foot	
  and	
  a	
  body,	
  though	
  they	
  be	
  not	
  to	
  be	
  talked	
  on,	
  yet	
  they	
  are	
  past	
  
compare.	
  He	
  is	
  not	
  the	
  Clower	
  of	
  courtesy,	
  but,	
  I’ll	
  warrant	
  him,	
  as	
  gentle	
  as	
  a	
  lamb.”	
  
B)	
  Reread	
  the	
  Nurse’s	
  assessment	
  of	
  Romeo.	
  What	
  about	
  him	
  is	
  she	
  
describing?	
  Try	
  and	
  remember	
  how	
  Paris	
  was	
  described	
  in	
  Act	
  1	
  Scene	
  3.	
  Are	
  
they	
  really	
  that	
  different?	
  Why,	
  in	
  your	
  opinion,	
  do	
  you	
  think	
  Juliet	
  prefers	
  
Romeo?	
  
_________________________________________________________________________________________________	
  
_________________________________________________________________________________________________	
  
_________________________________________________________________________________________________	
  
_________________________________________________________________________________________________	
  
_________________________________________________________________________________________________	
  
_________________________________________________________________________________________________	
  
“These	
  violent	
  delights	
  have	
  violent	
  ends	
  
And	
  in	
  their	
  triumph	
  die,	
  like	
  Cire	
  and	
  powder,	
  
Which,	
  as	
  they	
  kiss,	
  consume.	
  The	
  sweetest	
  honey	
  
Is	
  loathsome	
  in	
  his	
  own	
  deliciousness	
  
And	
  in	
  the	
  taste	
  confounds	
  the	
  appetite.	
  
Therefore	
  love	
  moderately.	
  Long	
  love	
  doth	
  so.	
  
Too	
  swift	
  arrives	
  as	
  tardy	
  as	
  too	
  slow.”	
  
C)	
  Explain	
  the	
  last	
  two	
  lines	
  of	
  the	
  Act	
  by	
  Friar	
  Laurence.	
  What	
  is	
  he	
  hinting	
  at?	
  	
  
_________________________________________________________________________________________________	
  
_________________________________________________________________________________________________	
  
D)	
  Based	
  on	
  these	
  lines,	
  what	
  is	
  the	
  Friar’s	
  opinion	
  on	
  love?	
  Do	
  you	
  agree	
  or	
  
disagree?	
  Is	
  it	
  realistic	
  or	
  unrealistic?	
  
_________________________________________________________________________________________________	
  
_________________________________________________________________________________________________	
  
_________________________________________________________________________________________________	
  
_________________________________________________________________________________________________	
  
_________________________________________________________________________________________________	
  
_________________________________________________________________________________________________	
  
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Romeo&Juliet VMC-CP1&2

  • 1. William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet Acts 1 & 2 English Language Arts 206 Vincent Massey Collegiate Name:  _________________________________________________________________  
  • 2. The  Tales  of  Chivalric  Romances  and  Courtly  Love   Very  few  of  William  Shakespeare’s  plays  would  be  considered  completely  ‘original’   works,  and  Romeo  &  Juliet  is  no  exception.  The  story  was  Cirst  written  as  a  poem   entitled  The  Tragical  History  of  Romeus  &  Juliet  in  1562.  Shakespeare’s  version  differs   quite  a  bit  from  the  original  plot,  but  they  can  both  be  considered  part  of  the  same   genre  of  literature:  courtly  love  stories.       Common  Elements  of  Courtly  Love  Stories   • A  knight  in  shining  armour  falls  in  love  with  a  woman.   • He  almost  always  falls  in  love  from  afar  (sometimes  below).   • The  love  is  based  solely  on  her  appearance.   • They  can’t  be  together  at  Cirst,  which  causes  inexpressible  pain  to  both  of  them.     • The  pain  was  not  just  emotional;  it  was  physical  pain.   • The  pains  of  love  often  resulted  in  the  death  of  one  (or  both)  of  the  characters.   • The  knight  usually  has  a  best  friend  that  is  equal  to  him  in  every  way.   • The  knight  usually  has  an  enemy  that  is  equal  to  him  in  every  way,  but  the  enemy  was   from  a  different  country,  social  class,  or  religion.   • The  knight  usually  had  an  old  man  to  help  him  on  his  adventure.   • The  knight  usually  had  a  servant  deliver  messages  to  his  beloved.   • The  knight  was  almost  always  a  poet,  though  not  always  a  very  good  one.     • The  qualities  of  the  characters  were  exaggerated  to  the  point  of  disbelief.   • The  writer  used  a  technique  called  signposting,  which  means  giving  clues  about   what’s  coming.  This  usually  meant  that  the  story’s  plot  was  often  given  in   advance.   • When  describing  women,  the  writer  compared  them  to:   1. The  Virgin  Mary   2. Heaven,  or  anything  heaven-­‐related   3. The  sun  or  other  stars   4. The  moon   5. Precious  jewels   6. Spring  and  Clowers   7. White  doves   8. Anything  bright   9. Something  green  (a  symbol  for  youth)   10. Something  white  (a  symbol  for  innocence/purity)  
  • 3.
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  • 6.   Prologue   Chorus   “Two  households,  both  alike  in  dignity,   In  fair  Verona,  where  we  lay  our  scene,   From  ancient  grudge  break  to  new  mutiny,   Where  civil  blood  makes  civil  hands  unclean.   From  forth  the  fatal  loins  of  these  two  foes   A  pair  of  star-­‐crossed  lovers  take  their  life,   Whose  misadventured  piteous  overthrows   Doth  with  their  death  bury  their  parents̓  strife.   The  fearful  passage  of  their  death-­‐marked  love   And  the  continuance  of  their  parents̓  rage,   Which  but  their  children̓s  end,  naught  could  remove,   Is  now  the  two-­‐hours̓trafCic  of  our  stage;   The  which  if  you  with  patient  ears  attend,   What  here  shall  miss,  our  toil  shall  strive  to  mend.”   [Exit]   A) Rewrite  the  Prologue  in  Modern  English   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   Guiding  Question  1:  Is  Romeo  and  Juliet  a  realistic  love   story?   Guiding  Question  2:  Would  you  consider  Romeo  a  hero?
  • 7. B)  For  what  purpose  would  Shakespeare  spoil  the  ending  of  Romeo  &  Juliet  in   the  Prologue?   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   Act  1  Scene  1   Characters:  Sampson,  Gregory,  Abraham,  Benvolio,  Tybalt,  Capulet,  Montague,  Lady   Capulet,  Lady  Montague,  Prince  Escalus,  and  Romeo.   A) How  is  the  dialogue  between  Sampson  and  Gregory  a  reSlection  on  the   status  of  women  during  the  Elizabethan  Age?   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   B)  The  name  “Benvolio”  translates  to  “good-­‐will”  or  “peacemaker”.  Find  and   describe  two  examples  in  the  scene  where  Benvolio  lives  up  to  his  name.     1. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________   2. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________   C)  Find  an  example  in  the  scene  where  Benvolio  and  Romeo  Sinish  each  other’s   sentence  while  still  maintaining  the  iambic  pentameter.  What  is  Shakespeare   suggesting  about  their  friendship?   Line:  __________________________________________________________________________________________  
  • 8. _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   “Well,  in  that  hit  you  miss.  She'll  not  be  hit   With  Cupid's  arrow.  She  hath  Dian's  wit,   And,  in  strong  proof  of  chastity  well  armed,   From  Love's  weak  childish  bow  she  lives  uncharmed.     She  will  not  stay  the  siege  of  loving  terms,   Nor  bide  th'  encounter  of  assailing  eyes,   Nor  ope  her  lap  to  saint-­‐seducing  gold.   O,  she  is  rich  in  beauty;  only  poor   That,  when  she  dies,  with  dies  her  store.”   D)  What  tactics  does  Romeo  use  in  order  to  woo  this  woman?  What  does  he   suggest  about  beauty?  What  is  Romeo  really  after?  You  can  answer  these   questions  by  translating  the  lines  into  your  own  words.     _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________     Do  you  think  Romeo   is  describing  love  or   something  else?
  • 9. Act  1  Scene  2   Characters:  Capulet,  County  Paris,  Clown,  Romeo,  and  Benvolio.   “And  too  soon  marred  are  those  so  early  made.     Earth  hath  swallowed  all  my  hopes  but  she.     She's  the  hopeful  lady  of  my  earth.     But  woo  her,  gentle  Paris,  get  her  heart.     My  will  to  her  consent  is  but  a  part.     An  she  agreed  within  her  scope  of  choice,     Lies  my  consent  and  fair  according  voice.”   A) What  do  these  lines  suggest  about  Capulet’s  relationship  with  his   daughter?  Explain.     _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Benvolio   Compare  her  face  with  some  that  I  shall   show,   And  I  will  make  thee  think  thy  swan  a   crow.   Romeo   When  the  devout  religion  of  mine  eye   Maintains  such  falsehood,  then  turn   tears  to  Cires,   And  these,  who,  often  drowned,  could   never  die,   Transparent  heretics,  be  burnt  for  liars!   One  fairer  than  my  love?  The  all-­‐seeing   sun                                                                                       Ne'er  saw  her  match  since  Cirst  the   world  begun.   Benvolio   Tut,  you  saw  her  fair,  none  else  being  by,   Herself  poised  with  herself  in  either   eye.   But  in  that  crystal  scales  let  there  be   weighed   Your  lady’s  love  against  some  other   maid   That  I  will  show  you  shining  at  the   feast,   And  she  shall  scant  show  well  that  now   shows  best.  
  • 10. B)  Find  three  metaphors  in  these  lines.   1. _____________________________________________________________________________________________   2. _____________________________________________________________________________________________   3. _____________________________________________________________________________________________   Act  1  Scene  3   Characters:  Lady  Capulet,  Nurse,  Juliet   A) While  discussing  Paris,  Lady  Capulet  and  the  Nurse  describe  him  as  book   and  a  man  of  wax.  What  do  each  of  these  metaphors  suggest  about  Paris?   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   “So  shall  you  share  all  that  he  doth  possess,   Be  having  him,  making  yourself  no  less.”   B)  What  is  Lady  Capulet  saying  in  the  lines?  After  this  scene,  do  you  believe  she   is  a  good  mother?  Why  or  why  not?   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   After reading the first three scenes, consider how Shakespeare probably felt about Elizabethan marriage customs.
  • 11. Act  1  Scene  4   Characters:  Romeo,  Mercutio,  Benvolio,  Capulet,  Tybalt,  Juliet,  Nurse   ROMEO   Is  love  a  tender  thing?  It  is  too  rough,   Too  rude,  too  boisterous,  and  it  pricks  like  thorn.   MERCUTIO   If  love  be  rough  with  you,  be  rough  with  love.   Prick  love  for  pricking,  and  you  beat  love  down.—   Give  me  a  case  to  put  my  visage  in!   A  visor  for  a  visor.—What  care  I   What  curious  eye  doth  cote  deformities?   Here  are  the  beetle  brows  shall  blush  for  me.   A) What  is  Mercutio's  solution  for  Romeo’s  lovesickness?     _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   B)        What  role  do  masks  play  in  this  scene?   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________     And  in  this  state  she  gallops  night  by  night   Through  lovers'  brains,  and  then  they   dream  of  love;   On  courtiers'  knees,  that  dream  on  curtsies   straight;   O'er  lawyers'  Cingers,  who  straight  dream   on  fees;   O'er  ladies'  lips,  who  straight  on  kisses   dream…   Sometime  she  gallops  o'er  a  courtier’s   nose,   And  then  dreams  he  of  smelling  out  a  suit.   And  sometime  comes  she  with  a  tithe-­‐pig’s   tail   Tickling  a  parson’s  nose  as  he  lies  asleep,   Then  he  dreams  of  another  beneCice.   Sometime  she  driveth  o'er  a  soldier’s  neck,   And  then  dreams  he  of  cutting  foreign   throats,   Of  breaches,  ambuscadoes,  Spanish  blades,  
  • 12. C)  Summarize  this  section  of  Shakespeare’s  famous  Queen  Mab  speech  in  your  own   words.  Consider  what’s  being  said  about  Elizabethan  society.   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   D)  Describe  the  sudden  change  in  tone  during  his  speech.  What  might   Shakespeare  be  suggesting  by  doing  this?   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   E)  What  is  Mercutio’s  opinion  on  dreams?   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   I  fear  too  early,  for  my  mind  misgives   Some  consequence  yet  hanging  in  the  stars   Shall  bitterly  begin  his  fearful  date   With  this  night’s  revels,  and  expire  the  term   Of  a  despisèd  life  closed  in  my  breast   By  some  vile  forfeit  of  untimely  death.   F)  What  literary  technique  is  Shakespeare  using  in  these  lines?  What  effect   does  it  have  on  the  rest  of  the  play?   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________  
  • 13. “Oh,  she  doth  teach  the  torches  to  burn  bright!   It  seems  she  hangs  upon  the  cheek  of  night   Like  a  rich  jewel  in  an  Ethiope’s  ear,   Beauty  too  rich  for  use,  for  earth  too  dear.   So  shows  a  snowy  dove  trooping  with  crows   As  yonder  lady  o'er  her  fellows  shows.   The  measure  done,  I’ll  watch  her  place  of  stand,   And,  touching  hers,  make  blessèd  my  rude  hand.   Did  my  heart  love  till  now?  Forswear  it,  sight!   For  I  ne'er  saw  true  beauty  till  this  night.”   G)  Find  three  examples  of  Medieval  imagery.     1. ____________________________________________________________________________________________   2. ____________________________________________________________________________________________   3. ____________________________________________________________________________________________   H)  Compare  Romeo’s  poetic  skills  here  with  his  poem  about  Rosaline.  What’s   different?  Do  they  say  anything  about  Romeo’s  love?   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________  
  • 14. Sonnet  Structure   There  are  fourteen  lines  in  a  Shakespearean  sonnet.  The  Cirst  twelve  lines  are  divided  into   three  quatrains  with  four  lines  each.  In  the  three  quatrains  the  poet  establishes  a  theme  or   problem  and  then  resolves  it  in  the  Cinal  two  lines,  called  the  couplet.  The  rhyme  scheme  of   the  quatrains  is  ABAB  CDCD  EFEF  The  couplet  has  the  rhyme  scheme  GG.  This  sonnet   structure  is  commonly  called  the  English  sonnet  or  the  Shakespearean  sonnet,  to   distinguish  it  from  the  Italian  Petrarchan  sonnet  form  which  has  two  parts:  a  rhyming   octave  (abbaabba)  and  a  rhyming  sestet  (cdcdcd).  The  Petrarchan  sonnet  style  was   extremely  popular  with  Elizabethan  sonneteers,  much  to  Shakespeare's  disdain  (he  mocks   the  conventional  and  excessive  Petrarchan  style  in  Sonnet  130).  Although  love  is  the   overarching  theme  of  the  sonnets,  there  are  three  speciCic  underlying  themes:  (1)  the   brevity  of  life,  (2)  the  transience  of  beauty,  and  (3)  the  trappings  of  desire.  1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Juliet:  “My  grave  is  like  to  be  my  wedding  bed.”   What  literary  device  is  Shakespeare  using  in  this  line?  Give  details.   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   Mabillard, Amanda. Shakespearean Sonnet Basics: Iambic Pentameter and the English1 Sonnet Style. Shakespeare Online. 30 Aug. 2000. < http://www.shakespeare-online.com/ sonnets/sonnetstyle.html > Romeo   If  I  profane  with  my  unworthiest  hand   This  holy  shrine,  the  gentle  sin  is  this:   My  lips,  two  blushing  pilgrims,  ready  stand   To  smooth  that  rough  touch  with  a  tender  kiss.   Juliet   Good  pilgrim,  you  do  wrong  your  hand  too   much,   Which  mannerly  devotion  shows  in  this,   For  saints  have  hands  that  pilgrims'  hands  do   touch,   And  palm  to  palm  is  holy  palmers'  kiss.   Romeo   Have  not  saints  lips,  and  holy  palmers  too?   Juliet   Ay,  pilgrim,  lips  that  they  must  use  in  prayer.   Romeo   O,  then,  dear  saint,  let  lips  do  what  hands  do.   They  pray;  grant  thou,  lest  faith  turn  to  despair.   Juliet   Saints  do  not  move,  though  grant  for  prayers'   sake.   Romeo   Then  move  not,  while  my  prayer’s  effect  I  take
  • 15. Act  2  Scene  1   Characters:  Romeo,  Benvolio,  Mercutio,  Juliet,  Nurse   “Romeo!  Humours,  madman,  passion,  lover!   Appear  thou  in  the  likeness  of  a  sigh!   Speak  but  one  rhyme,  and  I  am  satisCied.   Cry  but  “Ay  me!”  Pronounce  but  “love”  and  “dove.””   A) Based  on  these  lines,  what  do  you  think  is  Mercutio’s  opinion  about   romantic  poetry?  What  does  it  suggest  about  love?   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   But  soft!  What  light  through  yonder   window  breaks?   It  is  the  east,  and  Juliet  is  the  sun.   Arise,  fair  sun,  and  kill  the  envious  moon,   Who  is  already  sick  and  pale  with  grief,   That  thou,  her  maid,  art  far  more  fair  than   she.   Be  not  her  maid  since  she  is  envious.   Her  vestal  livery  is  but  sick  and  green,   And  none  but  fools  do  wear  it.  Cast  it  off!   It  is  my  lady.  Oh,  it  is  my  love.   Oh,  that  she  knew  she  were!   She  speaks,  yet  she  says  nothing.  What  of   that?   Her  eye  discourses.  I  will  answer  it.—   I  am  too  bold.  'Tis  not  to  me  she  speaks.   Two  of  the  fairest  stars  in  all  the  heaven,   Having  some  business,  do  entreat  her  eyes   To  twinkle  in  their  spheres  till  they  return.   What  if  her  eyes  were  there,  they  in  her   head?   The  brightness  of  her  cheek  would  shame   those  stars   As  daylight  doth  a  lamp.  Her  eye  in  heaven   Would  through  the  airy  region  stream  so   bright   That  birds  would  sing  and  think  it  were  not   night.   See  how  she  leans  her  cheek  upon  her   hand.   Oh,  that  I  were  a  glove  upon  that  hand   That  I  might  touch  that  cheek!

  • 16. B)  Find  Sive  examples  of  feminine  imagery  in  these  lines.  (Hint:  Refer  to  the   page  earlier  in  the  course  package)   1. ____________________________________________   2. ____________________________________________   3. ____________________________________________   4. ____________________________________________   5. ____________________________________________   C)  What  is  Romeo  really  saying?  What  does  this  suggest  about  the  whole   process  of  courtship?   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   O  Romeo,  Romeo!  Wherefore  art  thou   Romeo?   Deny  thy  father  and  refuse  thy  name.   Or,  if  thou  wilt  not,  be  but  sworn  my  love,   And  I’ll  no  longer  be  a  Capulet.     'Tis  but  thy  name  that  is  my  enemy.   Thou  art  thyself,  though  not  a  Montague.   What’s  Montague?  It  is  nor  hand,  nor  foot,   Nor  arm,  nor  face,  nor  any  other  part   Belonging  to  a  man.  O,  be  some  other   name!   What’s  in  a  name?  That  which  we  call  a   rose   By  any  other  word  would  smell  as  sweet.   So  Romeo  would,  were  he  not  Romeo   called,   Retain  that  dear  perfection  which  he  owes   Without  that  title.  Romeo,  doff  thy  name,   And  for  that  name,  which  is  no  part  of  thee   Take  all  myself.
 D)  Figure  out  what  Juliet  is  saying  by  translating  these  lines  into  your  own   words.  Do  you  agree  with  what  she’s  saying?  Is  she  totally  correct?   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________  
  • 17. “Hist!  Romeo,  hist!—Oh,  for  a  falconer’s  voice,   To  lure  this  tassel-­‐gentle  back  again!”   E)  What  is  Juliet  comparing  Romeo  to?  Why  is  this  signiSicant?   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________     Act  2  Scene  2   Characters:  Friar  Laurence,  Romeo   “Virtue  itself  turns  vice,  being  misapplied,   And  vice  sometime  by  action  digniCied.”   A) What  is  Friar  Laurence  saying?  How  is  this  idea  represented  in  the  play?   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   Consider  how   someone’s  name  can   change  how  they  are   perceived.
  • 18. “Holy  Saint  Francis,  what  a  change  is  here!   Is  Rosaline,  whom  thou  didst  love  so  dear,   So  soon  forsaken?  Young  men’s  love  then  lies   Not  truly  in  their  hearts,  but  in  their  eyes.   …   If  e'er  thou  wast  thyself  and  these  woes  thine,   Thou  and  these  woes  were  all  for  Rosaline.   And  art  thou  changed?  Pronounce  this  sentence  then:   Women  may  fall  when  there’s  no  strength  in  men.”   B)  What  is  Friar  Laurence’s  criticism  of  Romeo?  Explain  the  last  two  lines.   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   Act  2  Scene  3   Characters:  Benvolio,  Mercutio,  Romeo,  Nurse,  Peter   A) Mercutio  describes  at  length  Tybalt’s  Slawless  Sighting  style.  He  follows  this   by  criticizing  the  higher  classes  and  their  “manners”.  What  might  these   lines  suggest  about  Shakespeare’s  view  on  social  classes?   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________  
  • 19. B)  How  does  the  Nurse  respond  to  Merutio’s  sauciness?  Find  an  example  in  the   play  to  support  your  answer.   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   C)  In  your  opinion,  who  is  a  better  role  model  for  Juliet:  Lady  Capulet  or  the   Nurse?  Why?   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   Act  2  Scene  4   Characters:  Juliet,  Nurse   “Had  she  affections  and  warm  youthful  blood,   She  would  be  as  swift  in  motion  as  a  ball.   My  words  would  bandy  her  to  my  sweet  love,   And  his  to  me.   But  old  folks,  many  feign  as  they  were  dead,   Unwieldy,  slow,  heavy,  and  pale  as  lead.”   A) What  is  Juliet’s  justiSication  for  her  Nurse’s  lateness?  Also,  Sind  the  three   similes  used  in  these  lines.   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   1.  ____________________________________________________________________   2.  ____________________________________________________________________   3.  ____________________________________________________________________  
  • 20. “Well,  you  have  made  a  simple  choice.  You  know  not  how  to  choose  a  man.  Romeo!   No,  not  he,  though  his  face  be  better  than  any  man’s,  yet  his  leg  excels  all  men’s,  and   for  a  hand  and  a  foot  and  a  body,  though  they  be  not  to  be  talked  on,  yet  they  are  past   compare.  He  is  not  the  Clower  of  courtesy,  but,  I’ll  warrant  him,  as  gentle  as  a  lamb.”   B)  Reread  the  Nurse’s  assessment  of  Romeo.  What  about  him  is  she   describing?  Try  and  remember  how  Paris  was  described  in  Act  1  Scene  3.  Are   they  really  that  different?  Why,  in  your  opinion,  do  you  think  Juliet  prefers   Romeo?   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   “These  violent  delights  have  violent  ends   And  in  their  triumph  die,  like  Cire  and  powder,   Which,  as  they  kiss,  consume.  The  sweetest  honey   Is  loathsome  in  his  own  deliciousness   And  in  the  taste  confounds  the  appetite.   Therefore  love  moderately.  Long  love  doth  so.   Too  swift  arrives  as  tardy  as  too  slow.”   C)  Explain  the  last  two  lines  of  the  Act  by  Friar  Laurence.  What  is  he  hinting  at?     _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   D)  Based  on  these  lines,  what  is  the  Friar’s  opinion  on  love?  Do  you  agree  or   disagree?  Is  it  realistic  or  unrealistic?   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________________________________________