Here are the questions for Act I. Provide a response for at least one of these. Answer thoroughly and use evidence from the text. Place the number of the question before your response.
*I expect depth in these answers. USE THE TEXT for support!*
1. In Scene 1, how does Romeo respond to Tybalt's insults? What is significant about these responses? Was this the appropriate way to respond? Why or why not?
2. Why do you think the Prince Escalus went back on his initial threat at the beginning of the play? What does this say about him?
3. When Mercutio says "a curse o' both your houses," he is really voicing one of the central themes of the play. Why is it ironic that he says this?
4. Romeo's refusal to fight Tybalt causes Mercutio to step in and defend his friend, which results in his death. Mercutio's death provokes Romeo and Tybalt's duel, which results in Tybalt's death. Are Romeo's actions justified? Are they right? Explain.
5. Describe the clashing emotions Juliet feels when the Nurse reports Tybalt's death and Romeo's banishment.
6. In his long speech to Romeo, Friar Lawrence repeats "There art thou happy" three times. He doesn't mean happy in the way we know the word "happy." What does he mean? To what things is he referring to? What is his motive for speaking this way to Romeo?
7. What is the Friar's plan for Romeo and Juliet that he divulges to Romeo in Scene 3?
8. As Romeo and Juliet are about to part, how do they differ in their views of the future?
9. Describe Juliet's reactions to both the news her parents bring to her about Paris, as well as the Nurse's advice on the subject.
10. Explain why you think Romeo and Juliet's troubles do or do not result primarily from fate. Support your answer with details from the play.
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9. Juliet doesnt take this too well. She tells her mom she is already married in a subtle way, by saying she wont marry and if she does marry it will be to Romeo. Her father says some cruel words to her, but i dont think she cared that much.
ReplyDeleteThe nurse agrees with Capulet. She knows that Juliet is already married, but since she cant ever see Romeo again, the nurse thinks Juliet should just marry Paris and get over Romeo
5. When the Nurse begins, she begins in such a frantic way that Juliet suspects Romeo's death. She herself begins to be frantic, begging the Nurse to tell her the story in it entirety. When the Nurse does tell the story, Juliet immediataly becomes relieved to hear that Tybalt, not Romeo is dead. However, when the Nurse tells that Romeo was the one who slayed Tybalt, and that Romeo was now banished as a result, Juliet, rather than becoming angry with Romeo over the death of her cousin, became rather distraught over the news of the banishment. After calming down a bit, realizing that she may still be able to see him, she justified her response of joy to Tybalt's death by stating "Shall I speak ill of him that is my husband? Ah, poor my lord, what tongue shal smooth thy name when I, thy three-hours wife, have mangled it? But wherefor, villain, didst thou kill my cousin? That villain cousin would have killed my husband." In other words, had Romeo not slain Tybalt, Tybalt would have slain Romeo, which in Juliet's mind, would have been the worse of the two outcomes.
ReplyDelete1. Romeo doesn't respond to Tybalt's insults in the 'usual' way at the beginning of scene I. He tells him stuff like 'your name is my name' and he Romeo wasn't mean to Tybalt--at all--but no one really picked up much on what Romeo was saying. The significance is that, in so many words, Romeo was almost saying he was married to Juliet. I think Romeo handled the situation well, because it seemed like he was TRYING to keep the peace--even though that didn't happen. In my opinion, if Romeo had started insulting Tybalt back, it would've been even worse because then Tybalt's personality probably would've kicked in even more and the fight might've been bigger than what it was (even though there were 2 deaths anyway).
ReplyDelete4) Yes i think romeos actions are justified because his friend just died because he didn't fight tybalt and now he wants revenge and the only way to do so in romeos mind is to kill tybalt.
ReplyDeleteHowever i don't think his actions are right, because if he wouldn't of killed tybalt then by law tybalt would of been killed anyway, but instead romeo kills tybalt and now romeos is banished as well as tybalt dying
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ReplyDelete#8 There views are different. Romeo decides that he can sneak back to see her every once and awhile. In the book Romeo is sure that they will meet again in Scene 5.
ReplyDeleteJuliet on the other hand is doubtful. In the book Juliet says her soul predicts evil things and she said "You look like someone dead in the bottom of a tomb." Also in Scene 5.
1. When the nurse began talking to Juliet, Juliet had assumed that Romeo had been killed because of the frantic nature the nurse had. But once the nurse had calmed down some Juliet had realized that Romeo wasn't killed, but banished instead. Then the nurse lead to the death of Tybalt and she told Juliet that Romeo was responsible for Tybalt's death. And it seemed that Juliet was more upset about Romeo's banishment, than Tybalt's death, even though she was related to Tybalt. So now that Juliet has received the news of Tybalt's death, and Romeo's banishment her emotions are mixed.Rather than being angry with Romeo, Juliet seems losed over his banishment, and it also seems that she isn't too upset about Tybalt's death.
ReplyDelete9) Juliet does not take this news well at all. She gets on her hands and knees and begs them to not make her marry paris. in a weird way she admits to her mother that she is already married to romeo and he is the one she loves. when she starts talking to her father about this he becomes extremely angry and ccalls her horrible names. But juliet just ignores them and keeps begging. Then the nurse comes in and tells her romeo is banished so its pointless to be married to him and should just marry paris and deal with it .
ReplyDelete7. So romeo is at the Friars right after he killed Tyblat. The Friar is telling romeo how he is being banished and Romeo doesnt want to accept it and is saying he would rather die than be away from Juliet. The friar mentions he has an antidote for trouble. So the plan they come up with is he sneaks into juliets room and they can spend one last night together. and then he can leave before anyone thinks he was even there
ReplyDelete4.I believe that Romeos action were justified because if it was me who lost my friend in a duel then i would want to kill the person who had killed my friend. So its only justified to me because in some ways it was for revenge.
ReplyDeleteAlso romeo could have done this because his adrenaline was putting during the whole duel.
But i also believe that romeos actions were wrong and that he shouldn't have had done the thing he did, because since tybalt already killed Mercutio then he would be killed for doing that instead romeo did it him self and doing that he was banished from his own town.
1) when tybalt calls romeo a villain he basically is saying i have no better term to use than a villain. romeo responds pretty much meaning Tybalt the reason that I have to love you
ReplyDeletedoes excuse very much the rage that i have
for saying this. I am not a villain.
so goodbye. I see that you dont really know who i am. another is he said back being nice isnt going to make up for what you have done so take out your weapon. romeo replies i love you more than you can understand tybalt im sure takes this as romeo joking around and smarting off. these are probably not the best way to respond because it makes his friends think he is just trying to be nice.
4. i believe that romeo's actions were justified because he was revenging his best friends death. Even in today's society, people get revenge whether it equals the crime first committed or not. Romeo was just doing his job as a best friend, he was also extremely angry and the revenge probably overpowered his thought process. He was hot for revenge and everything else was blocked out. But even so, he was justified because he was doing what any good best friend would.
ReplyDelete2) I think it's obvious why the Prince goes back to the threat he said at beginning of story because he doesn't want people looking at him as scared to keep to his word. He is the law inforcement, so he wants people to respect that position. But, due to the circumstances, rather than killing Romeo for the death of Tybalt, he banishes Romeo. This, however does stick to his threat to punish somebody for fighting.
ReplyDelete2) Well does the Prince really go back and keep his word that he made at the beginning of the story? Because from my understanding, the Prince in the beginning said that someone was going to pay with their life for the fighting, and now when the peace is disturbed again, he banishes Romeo? That's not really going back on his word that he said. By this action, I think the Prince is possibly a man of untruthfulness.
ReplyDelete5. At first juliet thinks that something bad had happened to her husband Romeo. She starts to panick a little then the nurse explains that it is her cuzin tybalt that had been killed. Juliet is some what releaved. Thats not saying she wasnt upset about her cuzins death. She was torn about what to do and say. Her cuzin was dead killed by her husband. The nurse and Tybalt were close and now the nurse thought Romeo was a terrible person but Juliet did not look at it like that. Juliet did not want to come across as not carrying for her cuzin but she also did not want to talk bad about her husband. she said "shall I speak ill of him that is my husband?" I think that means she doesnt know exactly what she should say. She feels like the everything is going wrong for her. She has tons of emotions in such a short time.
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ReplyDeleteNo I do not think that Romeo and Juliet’s situation is a result of following fate or is caused by fate because no matter how you look at it Romeo has made decisions whether he calls it fate or not it is always his decision. Main case in point is when he makes the decision to enter the party which in the end led to the marriage of Romeo and Juliet and the murder of Tybalt and Mercutio so he may call it fate but it has always been a cognitive decision.
4. i think Romeo's actions were justified because all he wanted was revenge. When someone kills your friend you want to hurt or kill the other person. That's what happens today in most fights that gets people in trouble. But maybe he didn't have to kill him, i think revenge was taking control of his mind.
ReplyDeleteI think his actions were wrong because if he just would have fought with him, then he would be killed anyway. Tybalt would have been the only one dead, but now he is dead and Romeo is banished. I think Romeo wasn't thinking he was just going with what he thought.
4. What Romeo did after his friends death is justified and totally right on his behalf. All he was doing was defending his friends honor and removing the burden that took his life. Romeo shouldn't be prosecuted for what he had done because during this time it was normal for someone to get revenge. I know if I was in this situation, I wouldn't let the killer get away. I would hunt him down and get severe revenge for what he done.
ReplyDelete3. From the time he says "a curse o' both your houses" everything goes downhill. Romeo then kills Tybalt and is banished. But i believe the more ironic part is that Romeo and Juliet are each from a separate house, and their parents have no other kids. So when they die, it's like a curse upon the houses. They shall never have children or grandchildren, and will probably never be happy again. Formally ending the feud, and beginning a lifetime of depression.
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ReplyDeleteJuliet loves Romeo but Tybalt was her cousin so she still feels sorrow for him.She thinks she has to defend her husbands decisions and assume that he did what he did for a valid reason unlike how her mother and father were telling her it happened. Even though she agrees with Romeo's decisions she mourns her dear cousin. She uses this mourning as an excuse to get Romeo in her bedroom without her parents suspecting anything.
3. It's ironic when Mercutio says "curse both your houses because Mercutio was never part of the fight at all. The Capulets and Montagues were fighting and Mercutio died because of it. Also both their families will be ended because Romeo and Juliet both kill themselves and they won't have kids so their families did get cursed.
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