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Romeo and Juliet Act I, scene 3 It should be noted that Juliet is polite and obedient to her parents. Chastity, silence, and obedience were three virtues expected of both daughters and wives in the Elizabethan period. Juliet’s defiance later in the play becomes a sign of the unconventionality of her love and its transforming powers. In Act I, Juliet respects the wishes of her parents and strives to please them, even if it means marrying someone they have chosen for her. When her mother discusses marriage with her, she is respectful, obedient, but indifferent. Her attitude will change as the play progresses and she becomes more of a woman.
Act I, scene 3 24. Why do you think Lady Capulet asks the Nurse to leave and then asks her to come back in the room? • At the beginning, she wants to have a private conversation with her daughter , but she might feel uncomfortable without the Nurse. The Nurse is the one who has raised Juliet.
Act I, scene 3 pg. 35 25. What happened to the Nurse’s daughter? • Her daughter, Susan, died. 26.Describe the Nurse’s relationship with Juliet. • The nurse is like a second mother to Juliet. She has essentially raised her.
Act I, scene iii pg. 37 • 27. Characterize the Nurse on the basis of her long speech in this scene. • The Nurse is talkative and coarse. She equates a good marriage to ‘good sex.’ She says, “women grow by men,” and “go girl, seek happy nights to happy days.”
Act I, scene 3 pg. 39 28. What would you guess to be the age of Juliet’s mother? Since she says that she was Juliet’s age when she gave birth to Juliet, she is about 26. She says, “Well, think of marriage now. Younger than you /Here in Verona, ladies of esteem, Are already mothers.
Act I, scene 3 pg. 39 29. How does Juliet feel about getting married? • She is not enthusiastic. She says, it is an honor that I dream not of.”
Scene 3, pg. 39 30. What is a ‘man of wax’? • A man that looks as though he were carved from wax.
Act I, scene 3 pg. 41 31. Lady Capulet says this about Paris: “So shall you share all that he possess, /By having him making yourself no less.” What is her idea of a good marriage? • To Lady Capulet, a good marriage equals money, status, and power. She says, “That book in many’s eyes doth share the glory/That in gold clasps locks in the golden story.
