This summary provides a high-level overview of Acts 3, 4, and 5 of William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet in 3 sentences: In Act 3, Romeo is banished from Verona for killing Juliet's cousin Tybalt in a duel, while Juliet learns of this and desperately tries to devise a plan with Friar Laurence so she and Romeo can still be together. Act 4 shows Lord Capulet forcing Juliet to marry Paris despite her objections. Act 5 has Friar Laurence devising a plan for Romeo and Juliet to fake Juliet's death so she can escape to be with Romeo, but miscommunication leads to tragedy.

1. William Shakespeare’s
Romeo & Juliet
Acts 3, 4, & 5
English Language Arts 206
Vincent Massey Collegiate
Name:
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2. Act
3
Scene
1
Characters:
Benvolio,
Mercutio,
Tybalt,
Romeo,
Citizen,
Prince,
Lady
Capulet,
and
Lord
Montague.
I
do
protest
I
never
injured
thee,
But
love
thee
better
than
thou
canst
devise,
Till
thou
shalt
know
the
reason
of
my
love:
And
so,
good
Capulet
—
which
name
I
tender
As
dearly
as
my
own
—
be
satisAied.
A) Why
doesn’t
Romeo
want
to
Jight
Tybalt?
How
does
Tybalt
respond?
How
is
Romeo’s
reason
a
reJlection
of
the
play?
What
does
Tybalt’s
response
suggest?
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This
gentleman,
the
prince’s
near
ally,
My
very
friend,
hath
got
his
mortal
hurt
In
my
behalf:
my
reputation
stained
With
Tybalt’s
slander
—
Tybalt,
that
an
hour
Hath
been
my
cousin.
O
sweet
Juliet,
Thy
beauty
hath
made
me
effeminate,
And
in
my
temper
softened
valour’s
steel!
B)
Romeo
begins
by
claiming
that
Mercutio
received
his
deadly
wound
in
Romeo’s
place,
when
Romeo
should
have
been
the
one
who
fought
Tybalt.
Who
does
Romeo
blame
for
his
unwillingness
to
Jight?
How?

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Bear
hence
this
body
and
attend
our
will:
Mercy
but
murders,
pardoning
those
that
kill.
C)
Translate
the
Prince’s
lines
into
your
own
words.
Do
you
agree
with
his
statement?
Does
the
play
agree
with
his
statement?
Support
your
answer
with
an
example
from
the
text.
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Act
3
Scene
2
Characters:
Juliet
&
Nurse
O
serpent
heart,
hid
with
a
Alowering
face!
Did
ever
dragon
keep
so
fair
a
cave?
A)
What
Jictional
character
is
Romeo
being
compared
to?
What
does
this
suggest
about
the
play?
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4. O,
Aind
him!
Give
this
ring
to
my
true
knight.
B)
Describe
the
signiJicance
of
this
line.
Would
you
say
Romeo
is
a
true
knight?
Why
or
why
not?
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C)
Compare
Juliet
before
she
met
Romeo
to
the
Juliet
in
Act
3
Scene
2.
How
is
she
different?
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Act
3
Scene
3
Characters:
Friar
Laurence,
Romeo,
&
Nurse
O
deadly
sin!
O
rude
thankfulness!
Thy
fault
our
law
calls
death,
but
the
kind
prince,
Taking
thy
part,
hath
rushed
aside
the
law,
And
turned
that
black
word
‘death’
to
‘banishment’.
This
is
dear
mercy,
and
thou
see’st
it
not.
A) Why
is
Friar
Laurence
telling
Romeo
he
should
be
happy?
Also,
discuss
the
signiJicance
of
the
last
line
in
relation
to
the
Prince’s
words
in
the
Jirst
scene
of
Act
3.
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5. B)
Even
though
Friar
Laurence
and
the
Nurse
appear
to
be
less
sexist
than
the
other
characters
in
the
play,
they
still
compare
Romeo
to
a
little
girl.
What
does
this
say
about
the
views
on
women
in
Elizabethan
society?
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C)
Before
reading
the
last
page
of
the
scene,
propose
a
solution
to
Romeo’s
predicament.
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Act
3
Scene
4
Characters:
Capulet,
Paris,
Lady
Capulet
A) According
to
Lord
Capulet,
why
is
Juliet
so
upset?
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B)
One
of
Juliet’s
many
criticisms
is
that
she
reacts
too
quickly.
How
is
Capulet
shown
to
be
similar
to
his
daughter
in
this
way?
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6. Act
3
Scene
5
Characters:
Juliet,
Romeo,
Nurse,
Lady
Capulet,
&
Capulet
Indeed,
I
shall
never
be
satisAied
With
Romeo,
till
I
behold
him
—dead—
Is
my
poor
heart
so
for
a
kinsman
vexed.
Madam,
if
you
could
Aind
out
but
a
man
To
bear
a
poison,
I
would
temper
it,
That
Romeo
should
upon
receipt
thereof,
Soon
sleep
in
quiet.
O,
how
my
heart
abhors
To
hear
him
named
and
cannot
come
to
him.
To
wreak
the
love
I
bore
my
cousin
Upon
his
body
that
hath
slaughtered
him!
A)
Juliet’s
lines
have
a
double
meaning.
Discuss
both
meanings
by
translating
the
lines
into
your
own
words.
(Hint:
Look
at
the
footnotes
on
the
bottom
of
p.
79)
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B)
Compare
Lord
Capulet’s
reaction
to
Juliet’s
disobedience
to
his
response
to
Paris’
proposal
in
the
Jirst
act.
How
has
he
changed?
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7. C)
Who
comes
to
Juliet’s
defence?
How
does
Lord
Capulet
respond?
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To
have
her
matched:
and
having
now
provided
A
gentleman
of
noble
parentage,
Of
fair
demesnes,
youthful,
and
nobly
allied,
Stuffed,
as
they
say,
with
honourable
parts,
Proportioned
as
one’s
thought
would
wish
a
man.
D)
According
to
these
lines
by
Lord
Capulet,
why
is
Paris
a
good
match?
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“Graze
where
you
will
you
shall
not
house
with
me.”
E)
What
is
Capulet
comparing
Juliet
to
in
these
lines?
What
is
being
suggested?
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Act
4
Scene
1
Characters:
Friar
Laurence,
Paris,
&
Juliet
A) What
does
Juliet
threaten
to
do
unless
Friar
Laurence
helps
her?
What
is
Friar
Laurence’s
proposed
solution?

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Act
4
Scene
2
Characters:
Capulet,
Nurse,
Juliet,
Lady
Capulet,
&
Servingman
Capulet
asks
his
wife
to
let
him
“play
the
housewife”.
What
does
he
mean
by
this?
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Act
4
Scene
3
Characters:
Juliet,
Nurse,
&
Lady
Capulet
Act
4
Scene
4
Characters:
Nurse,
Lady
Capulet,
Capulet,
Friar
Laurence,
Paris,
Servingman,
Peter,
First
Musician,
Second
Musician,
&
Third
Musician
Death
lies
on
her
like
untimely
frost
Upon
the
sweetest
Alower
of
all
the
Aield.
A)
What
is
Capulet
comparing
his
daughter
to?
What
is
he
comparing
death
to?
Discuss
the
signiJicance
of
his
simile/metaphor.

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The
most
you
sought
was
her
promotion,
For
’twas
your
heaven
she
should
be
advanced
B)
According
to
Friar
Laurence,
what
was
Lord
Capulet
really
concerned
with?
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She’s
not
well
married
that
lives
married
long,
But
she’s
best
married
that
dies
married
young.
C)
What
is
Friar
Laurence
saying
in
these
lines?
What
do
you
think
he
is
implying?
Do
you
agree
or
disagree?
Explain
why.
Act
5
Scene
1
A) Balthasar’s
name
translates
to
“protect
the
king”.
Why
is
this
ironic?
What
are
a
few
other
examples
we’ve
seen
of
ironic
name
choices?
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Contempt
and
beggary
hangs
upon
thy
back:
The
world
is
not
thy
friend
nor
the
world’s
law,
Then
be
not
poor,
but
break
it
and
take
this.
…

10. There’s
thy
gold,
worse
poison
to
men’s
souls,
Doing
more
murder
in
this
loathsome
world,
Than
these
poor
compounds
that
thou
mayst
not
sell.
I
sell
thee
poison,
thou
hast
sold
me
none.
B)
Romeo’s
lines
provide
the
reader
with
a
strong
criticism
of
the
Elizabethan
class
system.
Describe
what
he’s
saying
by
translating
these
lines
in
your
own
words.
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Act
5
Scene
2
Characters:
Friar
Laurence
&
Friar
John
Act
5
Scene
3
Characters:
Paris,
Page,
Romeo,
Balthasar,
Friar
Laurence,
Juliet,
Constable,
Second
Watchman,
Third
Watchman,
Capulet,
Lady
Capulet,
Prince,
&
Montague
A) After
having
completed
the
play,
do
you
believe
Romeo
and
Juliet
were
really
in
love?
Explain
your
answer.
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11. B)
Would
you
consider
Romeo
a
hero?
Explain
your
answer.
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C)
Did
you
enjoy
Shakespeare’s
Romeo
&
Juliet?
Why
or
why
not?
What
would
you
change?
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12. Multiple
Choice
Assignment
It
is
often
said
that
one
of
the
best
ways
to
learn
is
to
teach.
In
fact,
the
Roman
philosopher
Seneca
used
the
phrase
“Docendo
discimus”
(which
literally
translates
to
“by
teaching,
we
learn”)
over
2000
years
ago!
For
this
assignment,
you
will
be
asked
to
create
three
multiple
choice
questions.
You
will
create
one
question
from
each
of
the
Jirst
three
acts.
The
purpose
of
this
assignment
is
not
just
to
help
you
study
for
the
Romeo
&
Juliet
quiz,
but
also
to
teach
you
the
logic
behind
multiple
choice
questions.
Instructions
• Use
letters
(A,
B,
C,
D)
in
front
of
the
answer
options.
• One
question
from
each
of
the
Airst
three
acts.
• Make
sure
all
four
answer
options
are
similar
in
length
and
style.
• Avoid
using
“all
of
the
above”
or
“none
of
the
above”.
• The
question
can
be
based
on
something
that
occurs
in
the
text
or
the
interpretation
of
a
quote.
• Be
simple
and
precise.
• Bold
the
correct
answer.
In
most
multiple
choice
questions
that
have
four
possible
answers,
two
of
the
options
should
be
distractors.
These
distractors
will
usually
contain
a
piece
of
information
that
negates
the
option’s
correctness.
The
third
option
(excluding
the
correct
answer)
will
usually
contain
a
true
statement
that
is
irrelevant
to
the
answer.
The
best
distractors
represent
common
student
errors.
Tips
to
performing
well
on
multiple
choice
exams
• Budget
your
time
and
don’t
panic!
Panicking
affects
your
memory.
• Underline
or
circle
all
important
pieces
of
information.
• Predict
an
answer
before
you
begin
reading
the
options.
• Eliminate
as
many
options
as
you
can
right
away
by
crossing
out
the
answers
you
know
are
incorrect.
• Don’t
second
guess
yourself.
Your
Airst
instinct
is
usually
correct.
• Watch
for
words
like
“always,
only,
all,
never,
completely,
etc.”
These
are
called
“absolute
modiAiers”.
Options
that
contain
these
words
are
easy
to
prove
false.

13. Sample
Multiple
Choice
Questions
1. What
is
Romeo’s
family
name?
A.
Capulet
B.
He
doesn’t
have
a
last
name.
C.
Montague
D.
Mountain
Dew
2.
DeAine
the
term
“man
of
wax”.
A.
Someone
who
is
greasy
and
glossy.
B.
Someone
who
is
very
beautiful.
C.
Someone
who
melts
in
the
sun.
D.
Someone
who
is
easily
squashed.
3.
What
is
the
Prince’s
verdict
when
Romeo
kills
Tybalt?
A.
He
will
be
executed.
B.
He
will
get
off
without
punishment.
C.
His
father
must
pay
a
fee.
D.
He
is
exiled
from
Verona.
4.
To
what
city
does
Romeo
Alee
to
after
he
is
banished?
A.
Mantua
B.
Verona
C.
Florence
D.
Thunder
Bay

14. Writing
a
Blog
What’s
a
blog?
The
word
“blog”
is
a
combination
if
the
words
“web”
and
“log”.
It
is
an
online
journal
that
contains
the
experiences,
observations,
and
opinions
of
its
writer.
Blogs
are
updated
frequently,
and
each
blog
entry
is
called
a
“post”.
The
most
important
aspect
of
a
blog
is
the
writer’s
voice.
Each
blog
should
have
its
own
distinctive
tone
and
voice,
which
allows
the
reader
to
identify
with
the
writer.
The
writer’s
tone
needs
to
be
clear
and
consistent
throughout
the
entire
blog.
The
blog
should
express
your
viewpoint
in
a
personal
and
insightful
way,
and
it
must
be
written
in
the
Airst
person.
Your
blog
must
captivate
the
reader,
and
your
writing
should
be
informal,
but
still
maintains
all
the
grammatical
codes
and
conventions.
Instructions
1. You
will
select
one
character
from
Romeo
&
Juliet,
and
blog
as
that
character
for
the
remainder
of
Acts
4
&
5.
2. You
must
describe
the
events
of
the
play,
and
your
characters
reactions/
opinions
in
Modern
English.
3. You
must
write
the
blog
in
the
Airst
person.
4. You
need
to
use
examples
from
the
text,
but
describe
them
as
if
you
were
that
character.
Be
creative!
5. Your
character’s
tone
must
be
recognizable,
distinct,
and
clearly
expressed
through
your
writing.
6. Each
blog
entry
must
have
an
original
title.
It
is
also
suggested
that
you
reference
the
readers
of
your
blog.
It
can
be
as
simple
as:
“Dear
Blog-­‐
Readers)
7. You
will
submit
5-­‐6
posts
of
200-­‐300
words
The
due
date
is
TBA.
8. You
must
use
proper
grammar,
punctuation,
and
diction.
Also,
an
important
aspect
of
blogging
is
etiquette.
You
must
be
polite,
respectful,
and
refrain
from
using
inappropriate
language
and
slang.