Romeo and Juliet - Study Guide Act II Study Questions



Romeo and Juliet - Study Guide Act II Study Questions Name: __________________________

English 9 - Mrs. Mace

Act II

Prologue:

“Old desire”

“young affection”

“…not fair”

“Passion lends them power”

Scene 1 Plot Summary

Questions to consider:

• What do Mercutio and Benvolio think Romeo is doing? Whom do they believe he is pursuing?

• Take note of the adolescent male “hormonal” innuendo.

• Why does Romeo return to the “center” of his world – the Capulet garden? Do you think it is a bit too early to be thinking of this as the “center” of his world? What does this indicate about him?

Literary Elements:

allusion

Scene 2 Plot Summary

Questions to consider:

1. What does Juliet wish Romeo would/could do?

2. Find examples of Rome’s using “lines” – “pretty words” or the “language of love” in hie early words to Juliet

3. When she discovers Romeo, Juliet expresses fear. Why should Romeo be fearful?

4. Find additional evidence of his impulsive behaviour.

5. Find evidence that Juliet is initially cautious about this new relationship.

6. Why does she tell Romeo NOT to swear by the moon?

7. What is her reaction when Romeo says “Wilt thou leave me so unsatisfied?”?

8. Why does she “throw caution to the wind” after that?

9. What is their plan?

Literary Elements:

Light motif

Dream motif

QUOTES:

• “But soft, what light through yonder window breaks…”

• “Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo…”

• “What’s in a name…”

• “I have no joy in this contract tonight… It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden…”

• “O wilt thou leave me so unsatisfied?”

• “O blessed, blessed night! I am afeard, that Being in night, all this is but a dream, Too flattering sweet to be substantial.”

Scene 3

Plot Summary

Scene 3

Questions to consider

10. What does Friar Lawrence’s speech about poison foreshadow/symbolize?

11. Where does he think Romeo has been?

12. Why is the Friar so surprised when he learns the truth?

13. Why did Rosaliine NOT “love” Romeo? What did she understand about him?

14. Why does the Friar agree to marry them? What is his hope?

15. Why is line 101 significant?

Literary Elements:

Imagery

Metaphor

Simile

Personification

Allusion

Symbolism

Reversal

Foreshadowing

QUOTES:

• “For naught so vile that on the earth doth live But to the earth some special good doth give; Nor aught so good but, strained from that fair use, Revolts from true birth, stumbling on abuse…”

• “Holy Saint Francis, what a change is here!”

• “For this alliance may so happy prove To turn your households’ rancor to pure love…”

• “Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast.”

Scene 4 - Plot Summary

Questions to consider:

16. Where do his friends think Romeo has been?

17. Explain the letter from Tybalt.

18. Note the adolescent punning (again)

19. What silly puns does Peter use in his speech to the Nurse?

20. How does Romeo describe Mercutio?

21. About what does the Nurse warn Romeo?

22. What is the plan?

Scene 5 - Plot Summary

Questions to consider:

23. Why is Juliet anxious?

24. Why does the Nurse hesitate when she returns?

25. What are the comic elements of this scene?

Scene 6 – Plot Summary

Find the foreshadowing and ominous lines in this short scene. Write them here and/or highlight them in your text.

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