Act III Sc. i EQ Romeo and Juliet
Act III sc.i pgs. 863-870
1. Why is Act III called the Rising Action or Turning Point of the play?
2. After Romeo comes back from his secret marriage, he and Tybalt meet on the streets and
Romeo treats Tybalt kind and Mercutio interprets this response as weak. Why is this Dramatic
Irony?
3. How could Mercutio have avoided death?
Act III sc.i pgs. 863-870
4. What impetuous action does Romeo demonstrate to avenge Mercutio’s death?
5. Why does the Prince ask Benvolio what has happened on the streets and no one else?
6. What punishment does the Prince give to Romeo for murder?
7. Why during the Middle ages was this punishment worse than death?
Act III Sc. ii EQ Romeo and Juliet
Act III sc.ii pgs. 870-874
1. In Juliet’s Soliloquy, she talks about “buying a mansion of a love, but not possessed it.” This is
figurative language that best defines what poetic term? What does she mean?
2. Why does Juliet use words like “Beautiful tyrant, fiend angelical, dove feathered raven?” What
literary term are these words examples of?
Act III sc.ii pgs. 863-870
3. What are the Nurse’s first lines of betrayal?
4. Where is Romeo hiding out like a fugitive? Why?
5. What does Juliet want her Nurse to deliver to Romeo? Why?
Act III sc.iii pgs. 875-881
1. When Romeo gets the news that he is banished, how does he respond? Why?
2. What impetuous action does Romeo try to commit when he finds out about his banishment?
What Literary Term is expressed?
3. What are the Four Blessings that Friar Lawrence reminds Romeo to be thankful for?
4. What will Friar do at the end of the scene to communicate with Romeo in Mantua?
Act III sc.iv pgs. 881-882
5. 1. Why does Lord Capulet decide to have the wedding to Paris on Thursday and not on
Wednesday?
Act III sc.v pgs. 882-890
1. During the honeymoon scene, which bird symbolizes the departure of the two lovers? Why?
2. When Romeo says, “more light and light-more dark and dark our woes.” What does he mean?
3. Juliet says, “Methinks I see thee, now thou art so low as one dead in the bottom of a tomb.”
What literary term is expressed?
Act III sc.v pgs. 882-890
4. Lady Capulet thinks Juliet is weeping over Tybalt’s death, but the reader knows it is over
Romeo’s banishment. The Literary Term is?
5. What does Lady Capulet inform Juliet that she has done to get revenge on Romeo for killing
Tybalt?
6. How is Juliet being duplicitous in her response to her mother?
Act III sc.v pgs. 882-890
7. What has Lord Capulet done to Juliet when he finds out that she will not marry Paris?
8. What are the Nurse’s 2nd Lines of betrayal?
9. At the end of sc. v, Juliet feels forlorn and will go seek counsel from whom?
10. Who does this character symbolize in which Juliet will get counsel from?