ROMEO AND JULIET
Act Two Study Guide
1.
Who said it?
a. “But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.”
b. “In people as well as plants good and evil lie. But if the evil is more, the plant will die.”
c.
“Young men’s love then lies not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes.”
d. “In one respect, I’ll thy assistant be; For this alliance may so happy prove to turn our
households’ rancor to pure love.”
e. “Sweet, sweet, sweet nurse, tell me, what says my love?”
f. “O Romeo, Romeo, Wherefore art thou Romeo.”
2. Dramatic irony is when the audience knows something that a character does not. At the
beginning of Act II, what do we know about Romeo that Mercutio and Benvolio do not know?
3.
Translate these lines said by Juliet:
“O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?”
4. Juliet does not realize at first that Romeo is in her garden. How does she react when she
realizes Romeo has been listening to her soliloquy?
5. What does Romeo swear his love by? Why does Juliet tell him not to swear his love by this
object?
6. What plans do the young lovers come up with? Give specific details of their plan.
7. What has Friar Lawrence been out gathering? What does this tell us about his character?
8. Why does Friar Lawrence agree to perform the marriage ceremony for Romeo and Juliet?
9. How is Juliet to arrange to meet Romeo?
10. Why does the nurse need to fetch a ladder?
11. Identify the literary technique:
a. “Juliet is the sun.”______________________
b. “It is like lightning.” _______________________
c. “Sun kill the moon.” _______________________
d. “My love may kill you.” _____________________ and __________________
e. “To be consorted with the humorous night.” _______________________
f. “ ‘Tis twenty years till then.”______________________________
g. “The grey-eyed morn smiles on the frowning night.” _______________________