| Romeo’s love for Rosaline is dying. This is foreshadowing that Romeo loves another girl(Juliet) | WHat does the ACt 2 Prologue say happened to Romeo’s love for Rosaline? How is this an example of foreshadowing |
| Romeo’s body feels lifeless | What does Romeo mean by “dull earth” in Scene 1, line 2 |
| Mercutio thinks that Romeo is in love with Rosaline. It’s funny because Romeo doesn’t love Rosaline | Who does Mercutio think that Romeo is in love with in his speech in Scene 1, lines 6-21? What’s funny about these lines? |
| Mercutio and Benvolio has never felt love and has never been hurt from it. | When Romeo says,” He jests at scars that never felt a wound,” what does he meant |
| The sun | What does Romeo compare Juliet to in his first speech in Scene 2, lines 2-3 |
| Roses are beautiful for its love not its name. Juliet loves Romeo even if he I’d a Montague. I wouldn’t change my name but names do matter in our lives | When Juliet says,”That which we call a rose/By any other word would smell as sweet,” what does she mean? Do names matter in our lives? If you had a different first name, do you think you might have grown up to be a slightly different person? |
| Juliet doesn’t want Romeo’s love to change every month like the moon | Why does Juliet ask Romeo not to swear his love’s allegiance by the moon |
| she instructs when and where they are going to get married | What does Juliet instruct Romeo to send her the next day |
| Juliet, this shows that she is obedient and honest | Which one is the first to mention marriage? What does this show us about this character |
| It means that juliet will Romeo because she loves him too much… This foreshadows how they would die because they love each other too much | What do lines 182-184 literally mean? Then explain how this bit of text is an example of foreshadowing |
| Talking about herbs and picking flowers in the garden | At the beginning of Scene 3, what is Friar Laurence doing |
| They are both good and evil | According to the Friar, how are humans like plants |
| Rosaline | with whom does Friar Laurence assume Romeo has spent the night |
| Romeo doesn’t understand love | In lines 87-88, the Friar says,”O, she knew well/Thy love did read by rote and cold not spell.” Explain what he means here |
| Friar wants to end the feud between the 2 families | Why does the Friar begrudgingly agree to marry Romeo and Juliet |
| … | Who are Laura, Dido, Cleopatra, Helen, and Hero? What does Mercutio say about them |
| Wall flowered/well flowered, courtsy and courtesy, sole and soul | Write down 3 subjects Mercutio and Romeo make puns about in Scene 4, lines 44-70 |
| He made rude jokes about her | How does Mercutio treat the Nurse |
| Romeo tells the Nurse to tell to meet him at Laurence’s cell for marriage | What instructions does Romeo tell the Nurse to pass on to Juliet |
| Paris wants to marry Julliet. Juliet doesn’t like Paris | Who does the Nurse say also wants to marry Juliet? What does she say Juliet’s feelings are for this other suitor |
| Noon | What time of day is it |
| 3 hours | How long has the Nurse been gone on her errand to find Romeo |
| The Nurse uses Juliet for back rubs | What’s humorous about the way the Nurse treats Juliet in this scene |
| … | Is Romeo fearful of the future? Why or why not |
| Romeo and Juliet get married | What happens at the very end of this scene |
| … | Explain this message,” Therefore love moderately; long love doth so: too swift arrives as tardy as too slow |
| … | Explain this message,”These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumph die like fire and powder, which, as they kiss, consume |
Romeo and Juliet Scene 2
July 18, 2019