In what city does this play take place? | Verona, Italy |
Why are Romeo and Juliet called ‘star-cross’d” lovers? | Their families are enemies, fate aligned them to be doomed from the start. |
Who is Fighting at the beginning of the first scene? | Gregory, Sampson, Tybalt and Abram |
Who tries to break the fighting? | Benvolio and the Prince |
What threat does the Prince make to Lord Montague and Lord Capulet? | He will have them executed if they don’t stop fighting. |
Benvolio and Monatague describe the way Romeo had been acting. What do they have to say about him? | Romeo has been crying and hiding and locking himself into his room. |
Why is Romeo sad? | He is out of love. (Rosaline) |
What is Benvolio’s advice to Romeo? | Do not think about Rosaline and to find another girl. |
Romeo and Juliet Act 1 prologue/scene 1
July 23, 2019