Name ___________________ Period _______ Table Group #_____
Act III Study Guide
Word
Lament
Definition
Vocabulary
Illustration
A passionate expression of
grief, mourn
Romeo lurked beneath Juliet’s
balcony after the party.
Lurk
Revive
Stifle
Sentence
To bring back to life or
consciousness
Suffocate; to make someone
be unable to breath
Vial
_____1. Which of the following things might you find in a vial?
A. a dog
B. a book
C. poison
The vial was full of a dangerous
poison.
D. hope
_____2. When the flowers began to wilt, the gardener tried to _____ them by watering them again.
A. revive
B. stifle
C. lament
D. lurk
3. What are two reasons why someone might lurk?
A.___________________________________________________________
B. __________________________________________________________
4. Name something that would cause you to lament.
_____5. When the boy was locked in the closet, he was almost ____ because it had poor ventilation.
A. revived
B. stifled
C. lamented
D. lurked
_____6. George found himself in quite a _____ when his car became stuck on the tracks and a train
was
headed towards him.
A. alliance
B. protest
C. predicament
D. anguish
7. What do you think causes both Juliet and Romeo the most of woe?
____8. My mother always tells me to respect anyone who is _____ ; she thinks that family is
important.
A. gall
B. chaste
C. foe
D. kin
_____9. The house ____ to my parents’ house is for sale; there are always people driving by to look
at it.
A. adjacent
B. lurk
C. woo
D. vile
10. Name one time in the play when Romeo is in peril.
_____11. The _____ between the two foes was so great that neither could stand to even hear the
other’s name.
A. fickle
B. rancor
C. shrift
D. eloquence
____12. I tried to ____ my teacher’s decision to give us homework; however, she gave us work
anyway.
A. revive
B. pernicious
C. adjacent
D. protest
13. What is something one might do if trying to woo another person?
____14. Which of the following is the best example of retaining?
A. giving money to charity
C. keeping or saving your birthday money
B. doing your homework
D. forgetting your book for class
Skills: Irony
Situational Irony: When an occurrence is the opposite of what is expected.
Verbal Irony: When a person says one thing and means another.
Dramatic Irony: When the reader knows something the characters do not.
1. Cite (Act:Scene:Lines) an example of irony from Act III and state what type of irony it is.
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Figurative Language
Simile
Definition
Comparing two unlike things using the words
like or as
Example from Act 3
Making a direct comparison of two unlike things
Metaphor
Giving human qualities to nonhuman things.
Personification
The repetition of constant sounds or letters.
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Allusion*
Obvious and intentional exaggeration
A reference to a well-known character, place, or
situation from history, music, art, or another
work of literature. Discovering meaning of an
allusion can often be essential to undersanding a
work.
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Analyze Act III. First summarize the main points of the act. Next find five quotes you
consider significant. Fill out the chart analyzing each quote. What literary devices are
being used? What does the quote say about the character speaking? What questions
does the quote leave in your mind? What opinions do you have about what is being
said?
Act 3
Summary
Quote
Analysis Response
Questions and/or Opinion
(character development, theme
development, structure analysis,
diction/figurative language)
Example:
III:i:58-61
“Tybalt, the reason that I have to love
thee/Doth much excuse the
appertaining rage/To such a greeting.
Villain am I none./Therefore farewell I
see thou knowest me not.
Romeo is trying to make peace with
Tybalt. He cannot tell Tybalt why, but for
Juliet he wants to make peace with the
Capulets. He tries to avoid a fight and
walk away. This tells me that Romeo
really loves Juliet and wants the feud with
her family to end.
Questions in my mind at this time are:
Will Tybalt walk away? Will Tybalt make
peace? My opinion is that this really
shows how much Romeo wants to be
with Juliet and wants peace with her
family.
Scene 1:
1. At the beginning of the scene, why does Benvolio think that there will be a fight?
2. What does Tybalt call Romeo?
3. Why won’t Romeo fight Tybalt?
4. What does Mercutio think is the reason Romeo refuses to fight?
5. Why does Mercutio keep repeating, “A plague o’ both your houses”?
6. What does Romeo say that Juliet’s love has done to him?
7. When Benvolio relates to the Prince what happened, what does he say Romeo tried to do before Mercutio
was killed?
8. What does Lady Capulet accuse Benvolio of? Why?
9. What is Romeo’s punishment for killing Tybalt?
Scene 2:
10. What piece of news has upset Juliet the most?
11. What does the nurse promise to do?
Scene 3:
12. Explain Romeo’s reaction to the news of his banishment.
13. What argument does Friar Laurence use to prevent Romeo from killing himself?
Scene 4:
14. What does Capulet tell his wife to say to Juliet?
Scene 5:
15. As Romeo is preparing to leave Juliet, what argument does she use to convince him to stay?
16. Later, why does Juliet think Romeo should leave?
17. When Lady Capulet threatens to send someone to Mantua to poison Romeo, what does Juliet say?
18. After Lady Capulet breaks the news about Paris, what is Juliet’s response?
19. If Juliet’s mother does not arrange to delay the marriage, what will Juliet do?
20. How does Juliet’s attitude toward the nurse change?
21. What “scheme” does Juliet devise to get rid of the nurse and to get out of the house?