ACT III SCENES 4-5
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SCENE 4
Key Idea: Lines 12-14
1. How does Capulet understand the role of love when he offers Juliet in marriage to Count Paris?
2. Line 11: What do Juliet’s parents think is causing her sorrow?
3. Outdated Forms: What do the following words and phrases mean?
abed:
ere:
mark you:
we held him carelessly:
get you gone
afore:
After Reading:
4. How does the action in this scene complicate matters even further?
5. How does Capulet's attitude now differ from his attitude when Paris first came to ask for Juliet's hand in marriage?
6. Explain the dramatic irony in this scene.
SCENE 5
7. Cluster Diagram: Fill in the diagram to note the opinion that each character takes as it relates to Juliet’s future.
Nurse
Lady Capulet
Juliet’s Future
Capulet
Juliet
Key Idea: Lines 17-25
8. Think about the proverb Love is blind. How does Romeo’s love blind him and put him in danger?
Key Idea: Lines 81-102
9. How can Juliet’s words to her mother be words of hate and love at the same time? Cite evidence.
Key Idea: Lines 116-123
10. Think about Juliet’s response to her mother’s news. In what way would a marriage based on political or social goals
be less desirable than a marriage based on love?
Key Idea: Lines 149-168
11. What has Juliet done to cause her father’s anger? Is Capulet’s hate well founded?
Lines 176-196
12. Analyze: How do you think Juliet feels when her father demands that she marry Paris?
13. Synthesize: Paris is a kinsman of Prince Escalus. What effect might that relationship have on Capulet’s anger toward
Juliet?
Character: Line 241
14. How has Juliet’s relationship with the nurse changed? Citing details from their interactions, explain the main reason
for the change.
15. Synthesize: Why have all of the characters in contact with Juliet turned on her? Think about her mother, father, and
nurse. Cite details that explain each character’s motivation.
16-17. ALLUSIONS: Find two allusions in Act III and record them in the chart below.
Citation (Act.Scene.Line)
Allusion
After Reading:
18. Explain the paradoxical phrases in lines 94-103.
19. How does Capulet react to Juliet's refusal to marry Paris?
20. What does Juliet decide to do?
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