Close Reading #3- Act I Scene I Name____________________ Date____________

ROMEO
Well, in that hit you miss. Shell not be hit
With Cupids arrow. She hath Dians wit.

Unknown words with

And, in strong proof of chastity well armed

definitions:

From loves weak childish bow, she lives uncharmed.

She will not stay the siege of loving terms,
Nor bide th' encounter of assailing eyes,

1.
2.

Nor ope her lap to saint-seducing gold.

3.

Oh, she is rich in beauty, only poor

4.

That when she dies, with beauty dies her store.

BENVOLIO

5.

Then she hath sworn that she will still live chaste?

6.

ROMEO

7.

She hath, and in that sparing makes huge waste,

For beauty, starved with her severity,

8.

Cuts beauty off from all posterity.

9.

She is too fair, too wise, wisely too fair,

10.

To merit bliss by making me despair.

She hath forsworn to love, and in that vow
Do I live dead that live to tell it now.
Literary definitions:
Allusion:____________________________________________________________________________________________
Cupid:____________________________________________________________________________________
Diane: ____________________________________________________________________________________
Oxymoron: _________________________________________________________________________________________
Example: ____________________________________________________________________________________
Example: ____________________________________________________________________________________
Theme: By using these allusions and oxymorons, Romeo is saying that Rosalines vow to
________________________________ is making him _______________________________________ because he
wants to ___________________________________.
Circle the theme this passage corresponds to:
Lust

Love

Fate
Freewill

Explain why: Your explanation should directly cite specific words/phrases from the passage to
strengthen your explanation of your theme.

Passage

Connection to other parts of play

Connect the Dots: Select a small portion of the passage (being sure to cite properly) and explain how
it connects to another part of the play.