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Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet . Act I Group Questions. Reading Check. What does the prologue say ends the rage between two families? Who is Tybalt? What does he do that is dangerous? What warning does Prince Escalus give the street brawlers in Scene 1? Where do Romeo and Juliet first meet?.

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Romeo and Juliet

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  1. Romeo and Juliet Act I Group Questions

  2. Reading Check • What does the prologue say ends the rage between two families? • Who is Tybalt? What does he do that is dangerous? • What warning does Prince Escalus give the street brawlers in Scene 1? • Where do Romeo and Juliet first meet?

  3. Scene I (and others) shows how information can be conveyed through dialogue, or conversation between characters. Look at the dialogue and interactions of the following characters: Benvolio Tybalt Lord Montague Gregory and Sampson Write down adjectives and adverbs that describe each of these characters (4 minimum) based on their dialogue and actions. These descriptive words should also be written down on your character description sheet. Thinking Critical

  4. Thinking Critically • Before Romeo and Juliet meet in Scene 4, Shakespeare must set up obstacles to their love so that when they do meet, we will groan at the problems they are going to face. What problem, or complication, is presented in Scene 2 and 3?

  5. Thinking Critically • Mercutio is used as a character foil to Romeo. In drama a character foil is a character who sets off another character by strong contrast. In what way is Mercutio a foil to Romeo?

  6. Thinking Critically • The title of this play tells us that it is a tragedy—a play in which the main characters come to an unhappy end. How do Romeo’s and Juliet’s reactions in Scene 5, when they learn each other’s identity, foreshadow, or give clues to, their tragic end?

  7. Thinking Critically • Shakespeare usually inserts comic elements into his tragedies. His servants and workers, for example, often tell funny stories, make puns, and kid around. List three examples of scenes from Act I that show comic elements.

  8. Extending and Evaluating • Although the action of this play takes place in Italy in the fourteenth century, we can recognize similarities between the culture of that time and that of our own. Which conflicts in Act I could you imagine taking place today? What details would have to change, if any?

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