HW 4/7

Homework

1: We are becoming lazy with Active Reading notes. Here are some study questions for you to consider for tomorrow.

Act 3
Scene 1:
1. At the beginning of the scene, why does Benvolio think that there will be a fight?

2. What does Mercutio accuse Benvolio of doing/being?

3. When Tybalt and Mercutio first begin arguing, what does Benvolio try to get them to do?

4. What does Tybalt call Romeo?

5. Why won’t Romeo fight Tybalt?

6. What does Mercutio think is the reason Romeo refuses to fight?

7. Why does Mercutio keep repeating, “A plague o’ both your houses”?

8. What does Romeo say that Juliet’s love has done to him?

9. Why does Romeo call himself “fortune’s fool”?

10. When Benvolio relates to the Prince what happened, what does he say Romeo tried to do before Mercutio was killed?

11. What does Lady Capulet accuse Benvolio of? Why?

12. What are the Prince’s punishments for the dual deaths?

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