Name: _________________________________ Period: ______

Romeo and Juliet- Act 1 Guided NotesPrologue, spoken by the Chorus

Two households, both alike in dignity(In fair Verona, where we lay our scene),From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.From forth the fatal loins of these two foesA pair of star-crossed lovers take their life;Whose misadventured piteous overthrowsDoth with their death bury their parents’ strife.The fearful passage of their death-marked loveAnd the continuance of their parents’ rage,Which, but their children’s end, naught could remove,Is now the two hours’ traffic of our stage;The which, if you will with patient ears attend,What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.

Context: ________________________Setting: Verona, ______________

Old grudges lead to new, __________________________________

The children of these two families will ____________________ and take their own lives, which ends ____________________.

All of this will be explained during the next two hours of this play

Act 1, Scene 1 Summary A fight breaks out between the _______________________ and

_______________________ Prince Escalus, ruler of Verona, sternly warns the Montagues and Capulets not to fight

again A melancholy ________________ is questioned by his cousin, _______________________,

who learns that Romeo is upset and forlorn due to unrequited love

The First Conflict ________________________ and _____________________, servants of the Capulets,

discuss how they hate their enemies, the Montagues When Abram and another servingman from the house of Montague walk by, Sampson

provokes them by ___________________________________________ (an insult!) Abram: “Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?” (1.1.45). Sampson regrets this and replies: “No, sir, I do not bite my thumb at you, sir, but I bite my

thumb, sir” (1.1.51-52).

The Brawl Sampson challenges Abram: “___________________ if you be men.—Gregory, remember

thy washing blow” (1.1.63-64). Benvolio, a Montague, tries to break up the fight: “Part, fools! Put up your

________________________. You know not what you do” (1.1.65-66). Tybalt, a Capulet, enters and directly challenges Benvolio: “What, art thou drawn among

these heartless hinds? Turn thee, Benvolio; look upon thy death” (1.1.67-68).

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Foil Characters A foil is a character who contrasts with another character (usually the protagonist) in order

to highlight particular qualities of the other character We see how ____________________ is a foil of _______________ in this exchange:

o Benvolio: “I do but keep the ________________. Put up thy sword, or manage it to part these men with me.”

o Tybalt: “What, drawn and talk of peace? I hate the word as I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee. Have at thee, _________________________!” (1.1.69-73).

Lord Capulet and Lord Montague also arrive on the scene

Prince Escalus’s Threat Prince Escalus arrives to break up the street brawl; he delivers a _________________, or

extended speech by one actor, that offers context for the fight and expresses his anger “Rebellious subjects, enemies to peace, profaners of this neighbor-stained steel—Will they

not hear?– What ho! You men, you ____________, that quench the fire of your pernicious rage with purple fountains issuing from your veins” (1.1.83-87).

o He states that the Capulets and Montagues use violence and bloodshed to quell their inner anger

“Three __________________________ bred of an airy word by thee, old Capulet, and Montague, have thrice disturbed the quiet of our streets” (1.1.91-93).

o This brawl is the third public disturbance lately “If ever you disturb our streets again, your _______________ shall pay the forfeit of the

peace” (1.1.98-99).o What is the punishment for those who are caught fighting again?

__________________________________________________________________________________

Where was Romeo? When Lady Montague asks where Romeo is, Benvolio reports that Romeo has been

avoiding him Lord Montague adds that “many a morning hath he there been seen, with ____________

augmenting the fresh morning’s dew, adding to clouds more clouds with his ________________________” (1.1.134-136).

o How do Montague’s words characterize his son? __________________________ Romeo also “shuts up his windows, locks fair daylight out, and makes himself an artificial

night” (1.1.142-143).o This is the first reference to ____________________, and important symbolo Pay attention to the juxtaposition of dark and light

Romeo’s Explanation Romeo tells Benvolio he is gloomy because he is “our of ____________________where I

am in love” (1.1.173). He does not understand why this girl (later identified as _______________________) does

not love him back

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To explain his conflicted emotions, Romeo uses _______________________, a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction

o Romeo: “Why then, O brawling love, O _____________________, O anything of nothing first create! O ______________________________, serious vanity, misshapen chaos of well-seeming forms!” (1.1.181-184).

Romeo is quite depressed: “Tut, I have lost myself, I am not here. This is not Romeo. He’s some other where” (1.1.204-205).

Benvolio offers some advice: “Be ruled by me. Forget to think of her” (1.1.233).

Act 1, Scene 2 Summary Count Paris, a proper and wealthy suitor, expresses interest in ___________________

Capulet’s only daughter, Juliet Capulet invites him to a masquerade party later that night Capulet gives his servant a guest list and asks him to deliver ______________________ The servant cannot read, and asks Romeo and Benvolio to read the list for him They find out that _____________________________ is invited to the Capulet party and

they plan to crash it

Count Paris’s Charm Count Paris: “But now, my lord, what say you to my suit?” (1.2.6) Capulet: “By saying o’er what I have said before. My child is yet a stranger in the world. She

hath not seen the change of fourteen years. Let two more summers wither in their pride ere we may think her ripe to be a _____________” (1.2.7-11).

o How old is Juliet? ___________________________________________________________

o Capulet wants to delay her marriage two more years to let her mature Paris: “Younger than she are happy mothers made.” Capulet: “And too soon marred are those so early made…She’s the hopeful lady of my

earth, but ____________________, gentle Paris, get her heart; My will to her consent is but a part” (1.2.11-17).

o Again, Capulet wants to delay Juliet’s wedding, but approves of Paris and says he can marry Juliet if he wins her heart

Capulet’s Invitations Capulet invites Paris to his “old accustomed ________________” later that evening, where

he might woo Juliet (1.2.20). Capulet then instructs a servingman: “Go, sirrah, trudge about through fair Verona, find

those persons out whose names are written there, and to them say my house and welcome on their pleasure stay” (1.2.35-38).

Servingman: “I am sent to find those persons whose names are here writ, and can never find what names the writing person hath here write. I must to the learned”(1.2.43-45).

o The servingman reveals he _____________________ and will need some help

“I Pray, Sir, Can You Read?” The servingman asks Benvolio and Romeo, not knowing they are Montagues, if they can

read the invitation list

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Romeo reads the list and finds out that his friend _____________________ and his love, Rosaline, are invited to the party

Servingman: “My master is the great rich ____________________, and, if you be not of the house of Montague, I pray come and crush a cup of wine” (1.2.85-88).

o The servingman accidentally invites themo Benvolio persuades Romeo to go to the party, where he will help Romeo get over

Rosaline

Act 1, Scene 3 Summary Lady Capulet informs her daughter Juliet that Paris intends to win her heart and propose Juliet says she is _____________________________ in marrying, but she will consider Paris

if her parents wish her to

Impending Marriage The Nurse reminisces about raising a young Juliet, and laughs about memories involving

her now deceased husband and Juliet as a toddler The Nurse says Juliet was “the _______________________________ that e’er I nursed. An I

might live to see thee married once, I have my wish” (1.3.65-67). Lady Capulet: “Marry, that “marry” is the very theme I came to talk of. Tell me, daughter

Juliet, how stands your disposition to be ____________________________?” Juliet: “It is an honor that I dream not of” (1.3.68-71).

o How does Juliet feel about the idea of marriage? __________________________

Different Perspectives Lady Capulet: “By my count I was your mother much upon these years that you are now a

maid. Thus, then, in brief: The valiant __________ seeks you for his love.”o Lady Capulet said she was a mother at Juliet’s age

Nurse: “A man, young lady—lady, such a man as all the world—why, he’s a man of ________________” (1.3.77-82).

o Even the Nurse agrees: Paris is a perfect man and match! Lady Capulet: “What say you? Can you love the gentleman? This night you shall behold him

at our feast. Read o’er the volume of young Paris’ face, and find _________________ writ there with beauty’s pen” (1.3.85-88).

Juliet: “I’ll ___________ to ___________, if looking liking move. But no more deep will I endart mine eye than your consent gives strength to make it fly” (1.3.102-105).

o Juliet will give Paris a chance, but is not serious about making a decision Nurse: “Go, girl, seek happy nights to happy days” (1.3.113).

Act 1, Scene 4 Summary Romeo and Benvolio are going to the Capulet’s party They meet up with their friend, Mercutio, an eccentric guy It is a _____________________ (masquerade party) and everyone wears disguises Romeo admits he had an ominous dream, but Mercutio mocks him

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Romeo Needs Encouragement Mercutio: “Nay, gentle Romeo, we must have you _____________.” Romeo: “Not I, believe me. You have dancing shoes with nimble souls. I have a soul of

___________________ so stakes me to the ground I cannot move” (1.4.13-15).o Notice the _____________________________; this emphasizes Romeo’s

downtrodden state of mind Mercutio: “If love be rough with you, be __________________ with love!” (1.4.27).

Queen Mab Romeo reveals that he had a dream and although “we mean well in going to this masque,

but ‘tis _____________________ to go” (1.4.49-50). Mercutio: “O, then I see ____________________ hath been with you. She is the fairies’

midwife, and she comes in shape no bigger than an ________________________ on the forefinger of an alderman, drawn with a team of little atomi over men’s noses as they lie ____________________” (1.4.58-63).

o Queen Mab causes dreamers to think of particular things, depending where she rides her chariot

Mercutio: “I talk of dreams, which are the ____________________ of an idle brain, begot of nothing but vain _____________________” (1.4.103-105).

o Mercutio claims that Romeo’s dream means nothing Romeo: “I fear too early, for my mind misgive some consequence yet hanging in the stars

shall bitterly begin his fearful date with this night’s revels, and expire the terms of a despised life closed in my breast by some vile forfeit of untimely ____________________” (1.4.113-118).

o This is _________________________, and reinforces what we know from the prologue

Act 1, Scene 5 Summary Capulet welcomes the disguised Romeo and his friends to his party Romeo sees ____________________ and is immediately captivated by her beauty ______________________, Juliet’s cousin, recognizes Romeo’s voice and is furious with his

intrusion Capulet instructs him to leave Romeo alone Romeo then meets Juliet and they fall in love, only to learn that they are of rival houses

The Party Begins As the servingmen frantically hurry to prepare for the feast, guests begin to arrive Romeo, seeing Juliet for the first time: “O, she doth teach the ______________ to burn

bright! It seems she hands upon the cheek of night as a rich jewel in an Ethiop’s ear” (1.5.51-53).

o Notice the reference to _________________, which contrasts Romeo’s previous state of “darkness”

Romeo: “Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight, for I ne’er saw _________________________________ till this night” (1.5.59-60).

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Tybalt Spies Romeo Tybalt: “This, by his voice, should be a ___________________.—Fetch me my rapier, boy”

(1.5.61-62).o Tybalt is prepared to duel in a swordfight!

Tybalt reports to Capulet that “a __________________ that is hither come in spite to scorn at our solemnity this night” (1.5.70-71).

Capulet: “Content thee, gentle coz. Let him alone. He bears him like a portly gentleman, and, to say the truth, Verona brags of him to be a _____________________ and well-governed youth” (1.5.74-77).

o Capulet tells Tybalt to leave Romeo aloneo Although Romeo is a Montague, he has a stately reputation

When Tybalt refuses to listen, Capulet retaliates: “Am I the master here or you? Go to…You’ll make a ____________________ among my guests” (1.5.88-90).

o Capulet orders Tybalt not to fight, or he will ruin the party

Love at First Sight Romeo and Juliet meet for the first time in lines 104-117, which take the form and rhyme scheme

of a Shakespearean ______________________ Romeo, to Juliet: “If I profane with my unworthiest hand this holy shrine, the gentle sin is this:

My lips, two _______________________________, ready stand to smooth that rough touch with a tender ____________________.”

o _____________________: Romeo’s lips are two blushing (nervous) pilgrims (experiencing for the first time), which desire to kiss Juliet

Juliet: “Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much, which mannerly devotion shows in this; for saints have hands that pilgrims’ hands do touch, and _____________________________ is holy palmers’ kiss” (1.5.104-111).

o Juliet does not want to kiss yet, but rather hold hands, which is a form of appropriate intimacy

The Tragic Reveal After Romeo and Juliet kiss, Juliet is pulled away by ___________________, who says “Madam,

your mother craves a word with you” (1.5.123). Romeo asks who her mother is, and the Nurse states that her mother is the lady of the house Romeo: “Is she a ______________? O dear account! My life is my foe’s debt” (1.5.131-132). Juliet sends the Nurse to find out what Romeo’s name is, while stating, “If he be married, my

_________________ is like to be my __________________________.”o This _____________________ also serves as _____________________________!

When the Nurse confirms that Romeo is “the only son of your great enemy” (1.5.151), Juliet exclaims, “My only love sprung from my ________________________! Too early seen unknown, and known too late!” (1.5.153-154).

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Name: __________________________________ Period: _____Romeo and Juliet- Act 2 Guided Notes

Prologue- Act 2, Scene 1 The Chorus speaks in the form of a _________________

A sonnet is a _______________ written in Iambic Pentameter

Each line has _________ syllables

Each _________________ alternates between unstressed and stressed accents

“Now old desire doth in his deathbed lie…”

Poetic Devices: _________________, __________________________

Romeo’s old desire for _______________ is now ‘dead’ since he met _______________

“Being held a foe, he may not have access/ To breathe such vows as lovers used to swear”

Romeo is Juliet’s ______________; it will not be easy for them to profess their love

“But passion lends them power, time means, to meet/ Temp’ring extremities with extreme sweet.”

Romeo and Juliet will mix great ________________ with great ________________

Act 2, Scene 1 Setting: After the Capulet Party, in the early hours of the morning

Romeo: “Can I go forward when my _____________ is here?” (2.1.1)

Benvolio and Mercutio are leaving and looking for Romeo

Mercutio: “Nay, I’ll ______________ too. Romeo! Humors! Madman! Passion! Lover! Appear though in the likeness of a sigh” (2.1.7-10)

Benvolio: “Blind is his love and best befits the dark.”Mercutio: “If love be ___________, love cannot hit the mark” (2.1.35-36)

Act 2, Scene 2 This scene is famously referred to as the “______________________”

Romeo trespasses on the Capulet property to try and get another glimpse of Juliet

He sees her in her bedroom

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“But soft, what __________ through yonder window breaks? It is the East, and Juliet is the _________” (2.2.1-2)

Juliet appears on the balcony outside of her room

Romeo: “O speak again, ________________, for thou art as glorious to this night, being o’er my head, as is a winder messenger of ______________” (2.2.29-31)

Juliet: “O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse _______________. Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, and I’ll no longer be a Capulet” (2.2.36-39)

Romeo listens to her speak, but does not yet let her know that he is there

Juliet: “Tis but thy ____________ that is my enemy. Thou art _________, though not a Montague. What’s Montague? It is nor hand, not foot, nor arm, nor face, nor any other part belonging to a man” (2.2.41-45)

Juliet: “What’s in a name? That which we call a ________ by any other name would smell as sweet” (2.2.46-47)

Romeo finally speaks: “I take thee at thy word. Call me but _______ and I’ll be new baptized” (2.2.53-54)

Romeo says only refer to him as love, and he will no longer recognize the name Romeo

Juliet is startled by his response; she thought she was alone: “What man art thou, thus bescreened in night, so stumblest upon my ____________?”

Romeo: “My name, __________, is hateful to myself because it is an enemy to thee” (2.2.60-61)

Juliet asks how Romeo got into the orchard; Romeo responds, “With ______________________ did I o’verperch these walls, for stony limits cannot hold love out” (2.2.71-72)

Juliet: “If they do see thee, they will murder thee.” (2.2.75).Romeo: “I have night’s cloak to hide my from their eyes, and, but thou love me, let them find me here. My life were better ended by ______________ than death prorogued, wanting of thy love” (2.2.80-83).

Romeo and Juliet profess their love for each other

Romeo wants “the exchange of thy love’s _________________ for mine” (2.2.134) and Juliet replies, “I gave thee mine before thou didst request it” (2.2.135).

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Juliet says that if Romeo is serious about marrying her, then send word tomorrow about where and what time the ceremony will happen

Juliet reminds Romeo that “_____________ is hoarse and may not speak aloud, else would I tear that cave where Echo lies and make her airy tongue more hoarse than mine with repetition of ‘My Romeo!’” (2.2.171-174).

Juliet is still under her father’s rule and must keep her love _____________ and whisper hoarsely

She alludes to Echo, a mythological nymph who fell in love with Narcissus but could not be with him

After three warnings from the Nurse, Juliet finally says “Good night, good night. Parting is such ________________________ that I shall say ‘good night’ till it be morrow” (2.2.199-201).

Act 2, Scene 3- Friar Lawrence Friar Lawrence is an unusual character who speaks with backwards phrases and words

Example: “I must upfill this osier cage of ours” instead of “I must fill up this osier cage” (2.3.7)

He is known for his _______________ sense of _____________________

“Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied and vice sometime by action dignified” (2.3.21-22)

Act 2, Scene 3 Romeo has not slept and visits Friar early in the morning

Romeo comes to ask for help: “My _____________________ likewise steads my foe” (2.3.58).

Friar: “Be plain, good son, and homely in thy drift. Riddling confession finds but riddling shrift” (2.3.59-60).

Romeo: “Then plainly know my heart’s dear love is set on the fair daughter of rich Capulet. As mine on hers, so hers is set on mine, and all combined, save what thou must combine by holy marriage…this I pray, that thou consent to ____________________________” (2.3.58-68).

Friar’s reaction: “Holy Saint Francis, what a change is here! Is Rosaline, that thou didst love so dear, so soon forsaken? Young men’s love lies not truly in their ____________, but in their __________” (2.3.69-72).

Romeo retaliates, “I pray thee, chide me not. Her I love now doth grace for grace and love for love allow. The other did not so” (2.3.91-93)

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Romeo explains that while his love for Rosaline was _________________, his love for Juliet is the real deal

Friar agrees to help Romeo: “In one respect I’ll thy assistant be, for this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households’ ___________ to pure _____________” (2.3.97-99).

Act 2, Scene 4 Romeo reunites with ________________ and _______________________

They give him a hard time for deserting them after the party, but Romeo said he had important business to attend to

They also notice that Romeo is in a good mood

Suddenly, ___________________ arrives to speak to Romeo

The Nurse cuts to the chase: “If you should lead [Juliet] in a _______________________, as they say, it were a very gross kind of behavior, as they say” (2.4.168-170).

She warns Romeo not to _________________ Juliet

Romeo: “Bid her devise some means to come to ______________ this afternoon, and there she shall at Friar Lawrence’s cell be shrived and married” (2.4.184-6).

Romeo will send a friend with a _________________ so he can climb the orchard walls at the Capulets

Act 2, Scene 5 Juliet waits impatiently for the Nurse to return

The Nurse is (comedically) out of breath when she returns, and Juliet is trying to get information from her

Juliet: “How art thou out of breath, when thou hast breath to say to me that thou art out of breath?.. Is thy news __________ or _________?” (2.5.33-37).

Nurse: “Hie you hence to Friar Lawrence’s cell. There stays a ______________ to make you a ______________” (2.5.73-74).

Act 2, Scene 6 Juliet meets Romeo at Friar’s cell to be married

Romeo: “But come what ______________ can, it cannot countervail the exchange of joy that one short minute gives me in her sight. Do thou but close our hands with holy words, then love-devouring ____________ do what he dare, it is enough I may but call her mine” (2.6.3-8).

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Friar: “These violent ___________ have violent ___________ and in their triumph die, like fire and powder, which as they kiss, consume…Therefore, _____________________. Long love doth so. Too swift arrives as tardy too slow” (2.6.9-14).

Themes Love at first sight

Romeo and Juliet have known each other for ________________

Identity and secrecy

Romeo and Juliet overlook their __________________________

They love each other despite coming from rival families

Marriage

Friar and the Nurse serve as ________________ at Romeo and Juliet’s marriage ceremony- it is legal!

Rebellion

Romeo and Juliet’s decision to marry represents rebellion on all fronts

They have defied their ____________, ___________, and ______________, all in the name of love

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Name: _______________________________ Period:

Romeo and Juliet- Act 3 Guided NotesAct 3, Scene 1

Mercutio, Benvolio, and other Montagues encounter ____________ on the street

When ___________ arrives, Tybalt provokes him to fight

When Romeo refuses to fight, _______________ answers Tybalt’s challenge

They duel, and Mercutio is fatally wounded; Romeo avenges his friend’s death by killing

Tybalt

Benvolio tries to persuade ____________ to excuse Romeo’s slaying of Tybalt, but the

Capulets demand that Romeo pay _____________

◦ The final verdict: Romeo is ______________________________________

Act 3, Scene 1- Famous Quotes

Benvolio: “I pray thee, good Mercutio, let’s retire. /The day is _______, the Capels are

abroad/ and if we meet we shall not ‘scape a __________” (3.1.1-3)

◦ This is an example of _____________________

Tybalt: “Romeo, the love I bear thee can afford no better term than this: thou art a

_________.”

Romeo: “Tybalt, the reason I _______________________ doth much excuse the

appertaining rage to such a greeting. Villain am I none”(3.1.61-65)

◦ Romeo tries to ______________________ with Tybalt

◦ Why does Romeo have to love Tybalt?

Mercutio: “O calm, dishonorable, vile submission! Tybalt, you _________________, will

you walk?” (3.1.74-76)

◦ A ratcatcher is slang for “_____________________”

Romeo: “Tybalt! Mercutio! The Prince expressly hath forbid this bandying in Verona

streets. Hold, Tybalt!” (3.1.89-90)

Mercutio: “Ay, ay, a scratch, a scratch…Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me

______________…A _____________ o’ both your houses!” (3.1.101-103)

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Romeo: “This day’s black fate on more days doth depend. This but begins the woe

others must end” (3.1.124-5).

Romeo: “Now, Tybalt, take the “villain” back again that late thou gavest me, for

Mercutio’s soul is but a little way above our heads, staying for thine to keep him

company. Either ________, or _____, or ________ must go with him” (3.1.130-135).

Romeo: “O, I am __________________ fool!” (3.1.142)

◦ Romeo commits the ultimate act of _____________ by murdering another

human

◦ Romeo says he is Fortune’s toy- what does he realize in this moment?

Lady Capulet: “I beg for justice, which thou Prince, must give. Romeo slew Tybalt;

Romeo must _______________!” (3.1.189-190)

Prince Escalus: “For that offense, immediately do we ___________ him hence. I will be

deaf to pleading and excuses. Nor tears nor prayers shall purchase out abuses.

Therefore use none. Let Romeo hence in haste, else, when he is found, that hour is

____________” (3.1.202-205).

Act 3, Scene 2

Juliet longs for Romeo to visit her

The Nurse arrives with the news that Romeo has killed Tybalt and has been banished

Juliet feels grief for the loss of her cousin Tybalt and verbally attacks Romeo, but then

renounces those feelings and devotes her grief to _____________________

The Nurse promises to bring Romeo to Juliet later that night

Act 3, Scene 2- Famous Quotes

Juliet: “Come, gentle night, give me my Romeo, and when I shall die, take him and cut

him out in little ____________, and he will make the face of heaven so fine that all the

world will be in love with ______________ and pay no worship to the garish sun”

(3.1.21-25)

◦ Romeo previously stated that “Juliet is the sun.” Now, she says he is the night.

◦ Why is this a perfect oxymoron to describe this couple?

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Nurse: “Ah, weraday, he’s dead, he’s dead, he’s dead! We are undone, lady, we are

undone.” (3.2.42-43)

Juliet: “Hath ___________ slain himself?” (3.2.51)

Nurse: “O Tybalt, Tybalt, the best friend I had! O courteous Tybalt, honest gentleman,

that ever I should live to see thee dead!” (3.2.67-69)

Juliet: “What storm is this that blows so contrary?” (3.2.70)

Nurse: “___________ is gone and ___________ banished. Romeo that killed him- he is

banished.” (3.2.75-6).

Juliet: “Beautiful tyrant, fiend angelical! ______________ raven, wolf-ravening lamb!”

(3.2.81-2).

◦ Juliet speaks in oxymorons about her torn emotions- grieving for Tybalt, her

cousin, and Romeo, her husband

Act 3, Scene 3

Friar Lawrence tells Romeo that his punishment for killing Tybalt is banishment, not

death- this is ________________!

◦ Tybalt is dead, not Romeo- again, merciful!

◦ Juliet still loves Romeo- be grateful!

When the Nurse visits and tells Romeo that Juliet is grief-stricken, Romeo attempts

__________

Friar recommends that Romeo spend the night with Juliet and then leave for exile to

Mantua the next morning

Friar promises that __________________ will bring Romeo news of Verona

Act 3, Scene 3- Famous Quotes

Friar: “Affliction is enamored of thy parts, and thou art wedded to _______________”

(3.3.2-3)

◦ _____________________ is a poetic device where synonymous words are

substituted

◦ Romeo is literally wedded to Juliet. Why does Friar say he is wedded to calamity?

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Romeo, to Friar: “Hadst thou no ___________ mixed, no sharp-ground knife, no sudden

mean of death but “banished” to kill me?” (3.3.46-8)

◦ Foreshadowing

When Romeo draws his dagger, Friar yells, “Hold thy __________________! Art thou a

man? Thy tears are womanish; thy wild acts denote the unreasonable fury of a beast”

(3.3.119-122).

Act 3, Scene 4

It is _____________; Tybalt died the previous night

Paris again approaches Capulet about marrying Juliet

◦ Paris: “These times of woe afford no time to woo” (3.4.8).

Capulet says that Juliet “will be ruled in all respects by me” and will do as she is told

Capulet promises Paris that Juliet will ___________ in three days time (Thursday)

◦ Remember, marriage was a politically and financially strategic move for wealthy

families

Act 3, Scene 5

Romeo and Juliet say goodbye early in the morning

Shortly after Romeo leaves, Lady Capulet announces that Juliet will

__________________

When Juliet refuses, her father becomes enraged and vows to ____________________

if she will not accept Paris as her husband

The Nurse recommends that Juliet forget about the banished Romeo and regard

__________ as a more desirable husband

Juliet is secretly outraged at the Nurse’s advice and decides to seek

__________________ help

Act 3, Scene 5- Famous Quotes

Romeo: “More light and light, more dark and dark our woes” (3.5.35)

◦ As the day dawns, their trouble becomes more ____________

Juliet: “Methinks I see thee, now thou art so low, as one dead in the bottom of

___________, either my eyesight fails or thou lookest pale” (3.5.54-6)

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Lady Capulet: “Marry, my child, early next Thursday morn the gallant, young, and noble

gentleman, the County Paris, at St. Peter’s Church shall happily make thee there a

_______________” (3.5.116-120).

Juliet: “He shall not make me there a joyful bride!...I pray you, tell my lord and father,

madam. I will not marry yet, and when I do I swear it shall be _____________, whom

you know I hate, rather than Parid. These are news indeed!” (3.5.125-130).

Capulet: “Doth she not give us thanks? Is she not proud? Doth she not count her

blessed?...Get thee to church o’ Thursday, or never after look me in the face” (3.5.167-

9).

Juliet: “Delay this marriage for a month, a week, or, if you do not, make the bridal bed in

that ________________________ where Tybalt lies” (3.5.211-13).

Nurse: “I think it is best you married with the County. O, he’s a lovely gentleman!

Romeo’s a dishclout to him. I think you are happy in this second match, for it excels your

first, or, if it did not, your first is dead, or ‘twere as good he were as living here and you

no use of him” (3.5.233-8).

Juliet: “I’ll to the Friar to know his remedy. If all else fail, myself have the power

__________” (3.5.354-5).

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Name: _________________________________ Period:

Romeo and Juliet Act 4 Guided NotesAct 4, Scene 1

____________ is talking with Friar Lawrence about the coming wedding when ________

arrives

After Paris leaves, Juliet threatens _____________ if Friar cannot save her from

marrying Paris

Friar gives her a _______ that will make her appear as if she is dead the morning of the

wedding

Friar assures Juliet that when she wakes in the Capulet vault, ____________ will be

there to take her away

Act 4, Scene 1- Famous Quotes

Friar: “On Thursday, sir? The time is very short.”

Paris: “My father Capulet will have it so.”

Friar: “You say you do not know the lady’s mind? _________ is the course. I like it not”

(4.1.1-5).

Juliet: “Tell me not Friar that thou hearest of this, unless thou tell me how I may prevent

it. If in thy wisdom thou canst give no help, do thou but call my resolution wise, and

with this knife I’ll help it presently… be not so long to speak. I long __________!”

(4.1.51-5).

› Juliet threatens suicide…just like Romeo did!

Act 4, Scene 1- Friar’s Plan

The steps: “Hold then. Go home; be merry; give consent to _____________” (4.1.91-2).

“__________________ is tomorrow. Tomorrow night, look that thou lie alone; Let not

the Nurse lie with thee in thy chamber” (4.1.93-4).

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“Take thou this ________, being then in bed, and this distilling liquor drink thou off;

when presently through all thy veins shall run a cold and drowsy humor, for

____________ shall keep his native progress, but surcease” (4.1.95-100).

“Thou shalt continue two and forty hours and then awake as if from a

________________. Shall Romeo of my ___________ know our drift, and hither shall he

come” (4.1.107-110)

› If all goes according to plan, Juliet will appear to be dead, buried in her family

tomb on Thursday, awake 42 hours later, and Romeo will be there to take her to

Mantua

Literary Terminology

Static Character- one who is ________________ in personality, temperment and

behavior

› Friar Lawrence

› Romeo

› Mercutio

› Benvolio

› Paris

› Tybalt

Round Character- one who _____________ throughout the course of a story; one who

“rounds out” to become a different person

› Juliet

Act 4, Scene 2

It is ____________; Capulet energetically directs preparations for Juliet’s wedding

When she returns from Friar Lawrence and pretends to have learned ___________,

Capulet is so delighted that he moves the wedding up to _________________

He leaves to tell Paris the new date

› The wedding will now take place on ______________, not Thursday

› How does this complicate Friar’s plan?

________________________________________

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Act 4, Scene 2- Famous Quotes

Juliet, to Capulet: “Pardon, I beseech you. Henceforward I am ever ruled __________”

(4.2.22-3)

Capulet: “Send for _______________. Go tell him of this. I’ll have this knot knit up

tomorrow morning” (4.1.24-5).

› This pun reveals that Capulet is so eager to have Juliet marry, he will change the

date without her consideration

Capulet: “My heart is wondrous light since the same wayward girl is so ____________”

(4.2.4-9).

Act 4, Scene 3

It is Tuesday night; Juliet sends _______________ away for the evening

Juliet’s _____________ reveals her terror at the prospect of awaking in her family’s

burial vault.

She overcomes this and realizes she must follow the plan if she wants to see _______

ever again

She drinks the potion that Friar Lawrence gave her

Act 4, Scene 3- Famous Quotes

Juliet, to her mother: “Farewell—God knows when we shall _____________________”

(4.3.15)

Juliet: “What if this _______________ do not work at all? Shall I be married then

tomorrow morning?...How if, when I am laid into the tomb, I wake before the time that

Romeo come to redeem me? There’s a fearful point…Romeo, Romeo, Romeo! Here’s

drink. I drink to thee” (4.3.30-60).

Act 4, Scene 4

It is ______________ morning; the Capulets and the Nurse stayed up all night to get

ready for the wedding

Capulet, hearing Paris approach with musicians, orders the Nurse to “go waken Juliet.

Go and trim her up. I’ll go and chat with Paris. Hie, make haste” (4.4.28-30).

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Nurse: “How sound is she __________! I needs must wake her…Lady, lady lady! Alas,

alas! Help, help! My lady’s dead!”(4.3.13-17)

Capulet: “Death lies on her like an untimely _________ upon the sweetest

____________ of the field” (4.4.33-4)

› Poetic devices: ______________, ____________________, ________________

Act 4, Scene 4- Famous Quotes

Capulet: “Death is my son-in-law; ___________ is my heir. My daughter he hath

wedded. I will die and leave him all. Life, living, ________________________.”

› Death personified claims Capulet’s inheritance

Friar: “Weep you now, seeing she is advanced above the clouds, as high as heaven

itself?...You run mad, seeing that she is well…Bear her to ___________, for though fond

nature bids us all lament, yet nature’s tears are reason’s merriment” (4.4.70-90).

Capulet: “All things that we ordained festival turn from their office to

___________________: our instruments to melancholy bells, our wedding cheer to a

sad burial feast.”

› This is an analogy- festival: black funeral::instruments: melancholy bells

Themes in Act 4

Love and ______________

› Which force is stronger?

Secrecy

› Friar’s plan to ____________ Romeo and Juliet is tricky, but just might work

Marriage

› Juliet’s __________ to obey her father’s order to marry Paris followed by a

sudden _________________ complicate matters

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