ACT THREE - SCENE ONE
(This scene marks the climax of the drama.)1. Tybalt, still enraged at Romeo's intrusion at the Capulet's ball, is determined to fight, but Romeo refuses. Why?
2. How does Mercutio get involved, and what happens to him?
3. How does Romeo react to this?
4. What decree does the Prince make?
5. Explain how this scene serves as the climax or turning point of the drama. (Think of all that has happened between Romeo and Juliet so far.)
ACT THREE - SCENE TWO
1. Complete this paraphrase of Juliet's soliloquy (lines 1-31)
Hurry up, _______ and set so that night will come and _____________ can leap into my ________ Lovers don't need _____________ to make love. If __________ is blind it best agrees with _____________. Come on, night, so I can learn to _________ the love game. I'll _________ to Romeo, and we'll both lose our ______________. Cover my blushing ____________ until I grow __________ enough to act out my true __________. Come night. Come _____________, and lie with me this night. Give me my ________ and when he ___________ cut him up into little ___________, and he will light the ________ so fine that all the _________ will be on love with ____________ and not ______. Oh, I have taken the _______________ vow, yet I am still a virgin. it's like a child who has new _______, but is not allowed to __________ them.
2. Explain the dramatic irony in the beginning of this scene.
3. How does Juliet react to the nurse's news?
4. What does Juliet plan to do with the cords? (See lines 132-137)
5. How does the nurse console her?
ACT THREE - SCENE THREE
1. How does Romeo react to the news of his banishment?
2. Complete this paraphrase of Friar Laurence's speech (lines 108-154).
Stop! - Are you a ______? You look like a man but you cry like a ___________ and act like a ___________. I'm surprised at you! I thought you were a better man than that. You already killed _____________. Will you now kill _____________ and by doing so kill __________ who loves you? What are you _____________ about? You're alive aren't you? ________ on you! You are a _________ to your manhood, trying to _________ yourself after vowing to love and _________ Juliet. Your ________ that should guide your body and your love is ________ like a _______ soldier trying to load his _______ and kills himself instead of the enemy. What's wrong with you ________? __________ is alive. There, you are lucky. ________ would have _______ you but instead you killed him. There, you are lucky. The Prince could have ________ you to ______, but he only _________ you. There, you are lucky. You have much to be ___________ for, but instead of counting your _________, you sulk and ________ like a spoiled child. Stop sulking, and go to your __________ and ____________ her. But don't __________ too long, or you won't be able to get pass the __________ to go to _________ where you can stay until I can tell your __________ about your ___________, reconcile them, and get the _________ to _________ you so you can come back and live happily. Go, __________ and tell ________ to go to bed early because ______ is coming.
ACT THREE - SCENE FOUR
1. How does the action in this scene complicate matters even further?
2. How does Capulet's attitude now differ from his attitude when Paris first came to ask for Juliet's hand in marriage?
3. Explain the dramatic irony in this scene.
ACT THREE - SCENE FIVE
Day breaks, and the two lovers must part after consummating their wedding vows. Juliet is very reluctant to have Romeo leave her and does not want to admit that it is morning. Finally Romeo leaves and Juliet's mother comes to her chamber. Their conversation about Tybalt's death has Juliet speaking in ambiguous terms.
1. Explain the paradoxical phrases in lines 94-103.
2. How does Capulet react to Juliet's refusal to marry Paris?
3. What advise does the nurse give Juliet?
4. What does Juliet decide to do?
5. Find one example in act three of each of the following literary devices: (EXTRA CREDIT)
1. Allusion
2. Simile
3. Apostrophe
4. Oxymoron
5. Conceit
6. Metonymy
7. Personification
8. Pun
9. Foreshadow
10. Irony
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