Romeo and Juliet Act III Review

1. Why does Romeo first refuse to fight with Tybalt?

2. Who do you think is to blame for the fight between Mercutio and Tybalt?

3. Explain why Romeo chooses to fight Tybalt after all. In your opinion, was he justified in killing Tybalt? Discuss why or why not.

4. What is the Nurses advice to Juliet about Romeo? Does this advice surprise you? Explain.

5. How does Juliet change at the end of Act III from what she was like in the beginning of the play?

6. Review the Friar’s plan in Scene iii. List each step of the plan in the left column of a chart like the one below. Next to each step, write things that could go wrong.

PLAN	THINGS THAT COULD GO WRONG

7. What, if anything, prevents Juliet from simply joining Romeo in Mantua?

8. What occurs in Scene v to alienate Juliet from her family?

VOCABULARY

novice exile disposition sullen decrees

1. I thought you had a more even-tempered ____________.

2. Your intelligence is like gunpowder in a ____________ soldier’s powder horn.

3. The law that threatened your death became your friend and gave you ____________.

4. You behave badly like a ____________ maid, you frown at your good fortune.

5. Get to your love as our marriage ____________ that you should do.

6. hostile and silent ____________

7. commands, announces, orders ____________

8. to be forced to live out of one’s country ____________

9. a person’s character, temper ____________

10. beginner, trainee ____________