Enlgish: Romeo and Juliet Act 3 (copy) (copy)

Is Mercutio related to the prince

* yes theyre cousins
* “This gentleman, the Prince’s near ally,”(3.1, 114)
* “My blood for your coth brawls lie a-bleeding”(3.1, 199)

what does mercutio refer to his wound to and what is his statement called

* a mere scratch
* understatment

“I pray thee, good Mercutio, let’s retire.  The day is hot, the Capels are abroad.”

* **Benvolio**
* **Benvolio and Mercutio are walking together and joking around with each other as they usually do**
* **Since it’s hot, there are many Capulets around, and Mercutio, Benvolio, and friends are more on the Montague side; they don’t want to get into a fight. It foreshadows the fight that will take Mercutio’s life.**
* **Theme: With love comes death -->** ==**LOVE and VIOLENCE**==

“A plague on both your houses!”

* **Mercutio**
* **after Tybalt stabs Mercutio in another fight**
* **It shows Mercutio losing his patience with both the families because it ended up being their feud that killed him.**
* **Foreshadows the bad things that happen to both families in the future of this play (romeo & juliet’s death)**

“Oh, I am fortune’s fool!”

* Romeo
* **A fight breaks out between Mercutio and Tybalt/Tybalt stabbed Mercutio. Romeo then kills Tybalt out of revenge.**
* **This is important because it reveals how Romeo thinks Fortune is cruel to him (he just got married, and he might be put to death).**

“O serpent heart, hid with a flowering face! Did ever dragon keep so fair a cave?”

* **juliet**
* **nurse just told Juliet how Romeo killed tybalt**
* It is Juliet’s first reaction to the news, and she says that Romeo is a bad person disguised as a good one. She is mad at him at first.

“O, find him! Give this ring to my true knight and bid him come to take his last farewell.”

* Juliet
* **nurse just told Juliet how Romeo killed tybalt**
* **shows how much Juliet loves Romeo because even though she was upset she still wanted to see him.**

“Ha, banishment? Be merciful, say ‘death’ For exile hath more terror in his look. Much more than death.”

* Romeo
* **to friar Lawrence trying to find a way to stay**
* **friar is expecting relief from Romeo because he’s not being killed but Romeo is saying that it would be better to die than have to be away from Juliet**
* **Shows R’s immaturity - the way he thinks about love and relationships** 

“Be patient, for the world is broad and wide.”

* **Friar Lawrence**
* **Romeo and Friar talk about how Romeo is banished**
* **Friar explains that Romeo will be okay since the world is wide and he will find a place to stay, even though Romeo wants to stay with his dear Juliet**

“I think she will be ruled in all aspects by me.”

* Capulet
* **Capulet talks to Paris about him marrying Juliet expecting Juliet will listen to him as always**
* **shows the power Capulet holds since Juliet always listened to him. This is the first time Juliet stands up for herself**

“I must be gone and live or stay and die”

* Romeo
* talking to Juliet ^^after^^ their night together
* **Romeo explains how he has to leave Verona to Juliet so he can live and hopefully return to her later. If he doesn’t leave he’ll be killed by the prince**

“O, thinkest thou we shall ever meet again?”

* Juliet
* **juliet and Romeo are talking the next morning about how he needs to leave**
* **juliet asks if he will ever return after being banished - foreshadows their later meeting and death**

“I would the fool were married to her grave.”

* lady Capulet
* **capulets are talking to Juliet about her marriage**
* **lady Capulet = mad at Juliet because she won’t marry Paris**
* **Lady Capulet thinks J is immature and disobedient, so she’d rather have J be unmarried**

“I think you are happy in tis second match, For it excels your first”

* nurse
* **juliet asks nurse what she should do to prevent having a forced marriage to Paris - nurse says that she should marry Juliet**
* **nurse tries to be optimistic in the situation because of her caring for Juliet and the nurses want for the best for her**

What punishment did Prince give to Romeo after killing Tybalt

banishment

Romeo wishes it would’ve been death

What does Romeo think abt his punishment

he doesn’t want to leave bc he loves juliet too much

What do the Capulets think after the fight vs what Juliet thinks

Capulets: think their daughter is distraught by tybalts death so marrying her off to the Prince is a good idea

Juliet: is distraught bc of Romeo being banished so her marrying Paris will make it worse off

What does Juliet say Romeo looks like while leaving down he rope ladder

that he looks like a dead person in a grave- foreshadows their death

What is lady Capulet’s purpose in coming into Juliet’s room

she tells Juliet to get married to Paris

How does Juliet respond to her mother saying she wants Juliet to marry Paris

she say nuh-huh

What does Capulet say to Juliet not wanting to be married to Paris

he says that he will kick her out of the house and will never talk to her again

What does the nurse think Juliet should do in the situation of marrying Paris

nurse wants her to marry Paris because she cares for Juliet so much

What can we infer Juliet will do by the end of act 3

she lies to the nurse about going to Friar because she wants to be with Romeo

pernicious

malicious/wicked

cunning

sly/clever

procure

to secure/obtain

gallant

noble; brave;honorable

vial

a small tube

dismal

dreary/gloomy

pilgrimage

a journey

haughty

arrogant;conceited

sepulture

a burial tomb

ambiguity

vagueness; uncertainty

augment

increase; make larger

heretic

unbeliever

fray

fight;struggle;disagreement - invovles many people

tedious

boring; dull

abhor

hate

grievance

complaint'

vile

very unpleasent; foul

agile

quick

fickle

irregular; undependable

pensive

thoughtful; thinking

transgression

wrongdoing;mis behavior

lamentable

unsatisfactory; upsetting