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Romeo and Juliet

Study Guide
Act II – Complications

Literary terms to know:

soliloquy:

monologue:

aside:

dramatic foil:

dramatic irony:

personification:

hyperbole:

Act II, scenes i-ii

  1. How does Mercutio’s attitude toward love differ from Romeo’s?

 

  1. In what terms does Romeo describe Juliet?
  1. What solutions does Juliet suggest to deal with the problem of their families’ enemy?

 

  1. Explain why Romeo is in real danger?
  1. What explanation can be given for Romeo and Juliet falling in love so quickly?

 

  1. Who is more practical of the two (Romeo or Juliet)?
  1. What is it that Juliet demands of Romeo?  Why does she describe the moon as “inconstant”?

 

  1. Why is Juliet concerned about his love?  What promise is I that she wants from him?
  1. Why is the subject of names so important to these lovers?

 

Act II, scene iii

  1. What is the Friar’s avocation?

 

  1. Why is Friar Lawrence concerned about Romeo’s change of heart?  Why does he mistrust it?
  1. What is Romeo’s explanation?

 

  1. Why does Friar Lawrence agree to marry the couple?  Do you find his reasons justified?  Explain?
  1. Look at lines 93-94.  What do they say about the two men’s differences in attitudes?

 

Act II, scene iv

  1. What do we learn about Tybalt?

 

  1. Why does Mercutio think Romeo is no the person to meet Tybalt?
  1. How has Romeo’s mood changed?

 

  1. Why is Mercutio especially pleased by Romeo?
  1. What kind of person is the Nurse?

 

  1. What message does Romeo give to the Nurse for Juliet?
  1. Is the Nurse a person who can keep secrets?  Explain.

 

Act II, scene v

  1. What is Juliet’s attitude?

 

  1. Is the Nurse teasing Juliet, is she behaving as she usually does?  Explain.

 

Act II, scene vi

  1. How is the Friar a dramatic foil to Romeo?  (Think about Romeo’s traits and state of mind.)

 

  1. What is going to happen next?