Act III: Romeo & Juliet Reading Guide Questions

TASK: Answer each question independently & with complete sentences.

Incomplete sentences will lose .25 a point. Please type your answers in a different color :)
(20-point classwork grade assignment – due on day of Act 3 Quiz)

1. What causes the fatal sword fight between Mercutio and Tybalt (scene 1)?
it started because Tybalt was angry and wanted revenge.

2. Why does Romeo kill Tybalt (scene 1)?

he kills him because of Mercutio's death.

3. Why does Juliet’s joy suddenly turn to despair (Scene 2)?

because she just learned of the fight that just happened.

4. What oxymorons does Juliet use to express that Romeo betrayed her (scene 2 lines 75-79)?
she says "A damned saint, an honorable villain"

5. According to Juliet in lines 121-124, how bad is Romeo’s banishment (scene 2)?
she says that saying he is banished is like saying her whole family is dead.

6. How does Romeo react that the Prince has banished him instead of sentencing him to death
(scene 3)?
he says a banishment is worse than death because it will separate him from Juliet

7. Why do Juliet’s parents think she has shut herself up in her room? What is the real reason she’s
in her room? (scene 4)?
they think she is grieving over her cousins death. she is really just upset over Romeos banishment.

8. What bold offer does Capulet make to Paris (scene 4)?

he says that Paris and Juliet can het married.

9. Juliet appeals to the Nurse for help. What advice does the Nurse give her (scene 5)?
forget Romeo and agree to marry Paris like her parents want.

10. After the Nurse leaves, what does Juliet reveal as her true decision (lines 236-244)?
she says that she will stay with Romeo even if it means death.