Paris asks Capulet for Juliet's hand in marriage, but Capulet wants to wait two years before agreeing. He will allow the marriage if Juliet chooses Paris. Capulet invites Paris to a party that night to meet Juliet. Benvolio tells Romeo to stop mourning his love for Rosaline and look at other women at the party so that his heartache will fade and Rosaline will no longer seem so great compared to other beautiful women.

1. Romeo &Juliet
Act 1,Scene 2
Study Guide Answers

2. 1. Paris wants
to marry
Capulet’s
daughter
Juliet.

3. 2. Capulet
asks Paris to
wait 2 years.

4. 3. Juliet is his
only daughter
and he won’t
force her to
marry, but if
she chooses
Paris he’ll
agree to the
marriage.

5. 4.Capulet
invites Paris to
attend a party
that night.

6. 5.Capulet
speaks in verse
because he is
upper class.
The servants
spoke in prose
because they
are lower class.

7. 6. Benvolio says
Romeo should
look for other
women (new
infectiontothyeye) to
fawn over. Then
his heartachewill
fade (poisonofthe
oldwilldie.)

8. 7. Poison
foreshadows
death.

9. 8. Benvolio
suggests that
Romeo go to the
party and see
other beautiful
women and
Rosaline will pale
in comparison.
AndIwillmakethee
thinkthyswanacrow.

10. 9. Benvolio
advises Romeo
to look at
other women
because then
Rosaline will
not seem so
great.

11. Created by
M. Riddell
February 2017