Romeo and Juliet
Act V Study Guide (Resolution)

Scene i

What did Romeo dream?

Who brings Romeo news of Juliet’s death?

Why does Romeo have to bribe the apothecary?

What substance does Romeo think is more harmful than poison? Why?

Scene ii

What messenger fails to deliver Friar Lawrence’s letter to Romeo? Why?

Scene iii

What reason does Romeo give Balthasar for entering the Capulet’s tomb?

What does Romeo ask Balthasar to deliver to his father?

Why has Paris come to Juliet’s tomb?

When Paris sees Romeo in the tomb, what does he assume?

What effect does Paris’s last request have on Romeo?

Whose forgiveness does Romeo ask before he kills himself?

Why does the Friar run away, leaving Juliet behind?

How are Juliet’s last actions in this play typical of her?

Where else is the play has she acted with such decisiveness?

What suspects do the watchmen bring before Prince Escalus?

What does the Prince mean when he says “all are punished”?

What does he (the Prince) see as his own mistake?

Which of Prince’s kinsmen have died?

How does Montague plan to honor Juliet?

What good has come from the deaths of Romeo and Juliet?

Name all who have died in this play in order of death. (total of six characters)

Scene iv

What are Lady Capulet, the Nurse, Capulet, and the servants doing as the scene opens?

What mood are all of the people mentioned in the previous question in?

What is the dramatic irony of this scene?

Scene v

Capulet uses figurative language to describe his dead daughter in lines 27-29. What kind of figure of speech does he use, and what does it mean?

In lines 65-70, Friar Lawrence chides Juliet’s family for something. What is it, and what reasons does he give?

The Capulets were ready to have a wedding feast. How will all of the preparations for the feast be changed by Juliet’s “death”?