R and J, Act 3
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 soliloquy | in drama, a character speaks alone on stage to allow his/her thoughts and ideas to be conveyed to the audience |
| aside | a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage |
| monologue | a long, uninterrupted speech presented in front of other characters |
| reason that there is not a prologue beginning Act 3 | it would ruin the flow of the play |
| benvolio and mercutio's opening remarks | benvolio doesn't want to stay because he doesn't want to start a brawl with the capulets. |
| mercutio and benvolio's discussion on who is more quarrelsome | mercution says benvolio would fight just like any other man would |
| reason tybalt and mercutio brawl | tybalt is looking to fight with romeo and mercutio believes that romeo is not yet strong enough so he wanted to defend the honor of the montagues for him |
| romeo's response to tybalt's insults | says he otherwise would be angry, but, because of his recent marriage to juliet, loves him because they are now related |
| misunderstanding of the brawl including tybalt mercutio and romeo | mercutio wants to protect romeo and his familt, tybalt doesn't know that romeo went to the capulet feast to see rosaline not to mock his family, tybalt and mercutio do not know that romeo is married to juliet, romeo and mercutio do not know that tybalt saw them "crashing" the banquet |
| plague given by mercutio | a curse because of the bad blood between Romeo and tybalts houses |
| Reason mercutio blames romeo for his death | romeo came between mercutio and tybalt during the fight and mercutio was cut under romeo's arm |
| reason romeo thinks mercutio died | he thinks it is because he has fallen in love with juliet; he has become weak and was too accepting of the capulet's (tybalt) |
| romeo's prediction | from the day of mercutio's death and onward, more woe will come; romeo promises to kill tybalt |
| romeos resolution when he again meets tybalt | tybalt will be killed, he himself will die, or both will die; someone will be joining mercutio |
| after tybalt is killed romeo makes a remark | he says he is doomed; he is a victim of fate; he has played right into the hands of fate |
| benvolio's summary of the fight to the prince | he gave a factual, dramatic, accurate account of the fight |
| Lady Capulet's insistance that it took 20 men to kill tybalt | she says romeo would not be strong enough to kill him; she thinks benvolio lied in his account because he is a kinsman of the montague and gave romeo favor to protect him (this is not true) |
| why does juliet call for night? | she wants to spend it with her new husband, romeo |
| juliets comparisonof her anxiety for the arrival of night | she compares herself to a child who has gotten new clothing but cannot were them yet because they are for a festival; she has impatience |
| juliets confusion about the nurses grief | juliet thinks the nurses is saying romeo has died; later she thinks both romeo and tybalt are dead |
| juliets response to learning that romeo killed tybalt | she is conflicted and torn; she speaks in contradictory terms; she says he is beautiful, honest and courteous but inside he is violent, cruel, vengeful. she is confused because he is her husband but he is also a murderer |
| juliets sudden attitude change towards romeo | her love and feelings for romeo have over powered her anger, shock, and sense of betrayal |
| juliets expressions of sadness for romeo | regrets saying terrible things against her husband; asks who will stand by his side when his own wife has accused him; says his banishment has given her indescribable and limitless pain |
| reason nurse goes to find romeo | she wants to see juliet comforted; she cares about her and does not want her to stay upset |
| major decision capulet makes about paris and Juliet | Paris and Capulet agree that the time is not appropriate to court juliet because tybalt has just died. Capulet decides that Juliet will marry him that thursday. he does this in hopes of bringing her joy. (the play started on a sunday) |
| Capulet's inconsistency | he is going against his past decision of waiting for juliet to fall in love with paris |
| Capulet's suggestion of a small party after the wedding | he wants to respect the recent death of tybalt. A huge celebration would show disregard for him. |
| Romeo and Juliet's concerns with signs of day | When they hear the Lark, they know romeo must go. If they hear a mockingbird, then romeo can stay longer. |
| Juliet's view of the future at her separation | she is pessimistic; thinks it will be years before they meet again (she will be much older when they next meet); she also foreshadows the death of romeo |
| romeo's view of the future at his separation | he is optimistic; he says they will see each other soon and he will talk with her every opportunity that he gets; he says the reason each seems pale is because of sorrow, not coming death |
| people who have betrayed juliet | Her father, her mother, and the nurse |
| how juliet was betrayed by her mother, father, and nurse | her mother wished juliet were dead; her father threatens to disown her; the nurse tells juliet to forget romeo and marry paris |
| wht juliet swears at the end of act 3 | she swears that she will kill herself if the friar cannot help her out of her marriage to paris; also, she says she no longer trusts the nurse |
| how juliet talks about romeo to her mother | she gave everything double meanings. It sounded as if she was scorning romeo, but, in actuality, she was confessing he love for him. |
| capulets response to juliets denial of marriage | he said he put a lot of time into picking a good match for juliet and he is angry that she rejected it |
| juliets response to the wedding | she says if it is not postponed, she will die |
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