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Romeo & Juliet Act II, Scene IV Study Guide Answers

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Romeo & JulietAct II, Scene IVStudy Guide Answers

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1. Allusions are suggestions designed to call something else to mind without mentioning it directly.

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Petrarch was a classical Italian scholar known for his odes to Laura, his idealized love.

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Dido was a goddess who became the Queen of Carthage and fell in love with Aeneas.

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Cleopatra was an ancient Egytpian queen who loved Mark Anthony.

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Helen of Troy was considered very beautiful and was fought over by several men in Ancient Greece.

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Thisbe and Pyramus were ill-fated lovers in Babylon.

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2. Romeo minus “ro” leaves “meo” a pun on “mio” meaning my. Romeo is not himself since Rosaline. Also, roe means fish eggs so, a double entendre.

Without his roe, like a dry herring: O flesh, flesh, how are thou fishified?Line 37& 38

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3. Mercutio notices Romeo is his old self, sociable, and making jokes. He is not miserable.

Line 81 – 83 Why is this not better now than groaning for love? Now thou art sociable, now thou art Romeo.

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4. Romeo says he will grow old waiting for Nurse to get to the point.

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5. A malapropism is substituting one word for another. The Nurse uses “confidence” instead of “conference” showing she will confide in Romeo about Juliet.

Line 18 If you be he sir, I desire some confidence with you.

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6. Romeo tells the Nurse that Mercutio loves to hear himself talk.

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7. The Nurse worries that Romeo is leading Juliet into a “fool’s paradise” and trying to take advantage of her. Romeo says no that his feelings are genuine.

Lines 150-166

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8. Romeo’s message is that Juliet needs to pretend to come for confession so that they can be married.

Lines 167-170

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9. Romeo’s man is bringing a rope ladder to hang from Juliet’s balcony.

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Created by M. Riddell

March 2017