Romeo and Juliet 2023 Workbook

St Bernadette English
Department
Romeo and Juliet

2023 - 2024
Question - How does Shakespeare present ____________ in Romeo and
Juliet?
Introducing your response to any question on Shakespeare:
Shakespeare, in his tragic love story, Romeo and Juliet presents…First,____;

then, ___; finally, ______.
Themes: Love, Death, Fate, Civil War
Daily Review using Carousel KO quizzes to embed knowledge.
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The Prologue
The Prologue is an introduction to the events in the play by the Greek Chorus.
Task: Working as a class we’ll translate the prologue into modern language.
1. Two households, both alike in dignity,

2. In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
3. From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
4. Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
5. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
6. A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;
7. Whose misadventured piteous overthrows
8. Do with their death bury their parents' strife.
9. The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love,
10.And the continuance of their parents' rage,
11.Which, but their children's end, nought could remove,
12.Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage,
13.The which if you with patient ears attend,
14.What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.
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The prologue is an example of DRAMATIC IRONY (where the audience know more than
the characters)
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Questions for comprehension of the prologue:
1. How many families are fighting?
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2. Where does the story take place?
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3. What is the fight about?
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4. What happens to the star cross’d lovers?
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5. What do the parents do?
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6. What do you have to do if you have missed anything here?
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Introducing the characters:
LORD MONTAGUE: HEAD OF THE LORD CAPULET: HEAD OF THE
CAPULET
HOUSEHOLD
MONTAGUE HOUSEHOLD
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ROMEO - son of Lord Montague JULIET - daughter of Lord Capulet
BENVOLIO - Romeo’s cousin LADY CAPULET
MERCUTIO
- Romeo’s
friend
TYBALT
THE NURSE
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THESE CHARACTERS ARE NOT MEMBERS OF EITHER FAMILY
PARIS (WANTS TO MARRY JULIET) FRIAR LAURENCE WANTS TO HELP

ROMEO AND JULIET
PRINCE ESCALUS RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING AND MAINTAINING THE

PEACE IN VERONA
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SUMMARY: Based on the characters and the prologue. Use these questions to help
you write a summary of what happens in the story.
Who are members of the two families?

Who is fighting against who?
Which characters fall in love and eventually die?
Sentence starters:
The first family is…
The second family is…
The … are fighting against the…
The characters who fall in love are…
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MODEL: How does Shakespeare present the story of the play ‘Romeo and Juliet’ in
the prologue?
WHAT: Answer the question

HOW: Include methods and evidence from the prologue
WHY: explain the meaning of the evidence and why it is important?
Shakespeare presents the story of Romeo and Juliet by telling us the story in the
prologue. First, the two similar families are fighting: ‘Two families both alike in
dignity’ is a metaphor to show that the families are like each other and ‘from ancient
grudge break to new mutiny’ are adjectives which describe the fact they dislike each
other a lot and they have started fighting again, because they can’t move on from
their old hatred of each other. Then, we learn that two characters from each family
fall in love ‘two star cross’d lovers’ shows that they are not supposed to be together,
but are. They die as a result of suicide ‘take their lifes’ which is upsetting and a
horrible death. However, the ‘ancient grudge’ is stopped because of their deaths
implying that the old arguments could have been stopped a long time ago and they
might have avoided the deaths of both their children. Shakespeare’s dramatic irony
shows us the tragic ending before we have watched Romeo and Juliet fall in love.
Exploring the model together:
1. Where is the question answered? (WHAT)

2. What are the pieces of evidence from the prologue? (HOW)
3. What methods have been used in the model? (HOW)
4. Where does the meaning of the evidence get explained? (WHY)
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5. What adds information to the meaning?
6. How does the model move onto the next piece of information about the
prologue?
Effect in The Prologue

What is effect when analysing?
When we discuss events in the play, we try to include how we feel and why we feel
it? This is to show that we have engaged with the characters and events and
understand how they create an effect.
Effect = Emotions created by the events in the play
Choose the words that are most appropriate for the effects below and enter them
into the sentences:
angry hopeful shame interested waste despair
sadness confused intrigued regret upset devastating
1. When we hear that there is an ‘ancient grudge’ between the two houses
we feel ____________ and ______________ because we wonder how
the original ‘grudge’ started and why the families cannot move on from
their angry feelings.
2. When we learn that there are ‘two star cross’d lovers’ we feel
_________ and _____________ about why their fates are twisted
together.
3. ‘Take their life’ creates an effect of ____________ and _____________

because the characters feel as though they have no choice but to kill
themselves and this is never an easy option.
4. The end of the ‘parents’ strife’ makes me feel ____________ and

___________ as their continued rage against each other has meant the
death of both their children which feels like a great ___________ and a
__________ of their lives.
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5. The prologue introduces the play to the audience and tells us what will
happen and creates a sense of ____________ as Romeo and Juliet’s fate
is already decided and nothing they can do will change the tragic
outcome, which is ____________ for them and their families.
Context in Elizabethan Times

Task 1: Read the information below
Men and Teenage Boys in the 1500s
● Free to roam the streets (roam - walk around)
● Free to drink and party
● Free to have sex and visit prostitutes
● In charge of their sisters and, once they became adults, in charge of

their mums.
● Father – head of the house
● Kept the “honour” of the family. Any insult was treated with violent
reactions.
Other points
● Catholics were persecuted and many were executed or tortured.

Priests were subjected to hanging, drawing and quartering.
● Children were regarded as the property of their parents.
● Juliet was written as being 13.
Answer the question:

What was it like to be a man or a teenage boy in the 1500s?
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Task 2: Women in Shakespeare’s Time

• Women had to obey their husbands, brothers and fathers. This is why
Queen Elizabeth always refused to marry.
• Women, especially those with high status, would have had to stay in
the family home.
• Women, especially those with high status, would have had to dress
modestly in public and cover their heads.
• Women were subject to patriarchal rule where men were more
important in society than women.

What was it like to be a woman or teenage girl in the 1500s?
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What was the difference for men and women?
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Act One: Summary Guide
We will read act one together and watch the scene.
Act 1 Scene 1:
● The Capulet servants start a fight with the Montagues in the street.
● The Prince breaks up the fight.
● Romeo’s parents are worried about his strange behaviour and ask Benvolio
to find out what is wrong.
● Romeo tells Benvolio he is in love but she doesn’t feel the same.
Act 1 Scene 2:
● Paris asks Lord Capulet if he can marry Juliet.

● Lord Capulet invites him to meet Juliet at a family ball so that Juliet can see
if she likes him.
● Romeo and Benvolio are asked by the Capulet servant to read the invite for
them.
Act 1 Scene 3:
● Lady Capulet tells Juliet and the Nurse that Paris has proposed.
Act 1 Scene 4:
● Benvolio and Mercutio convince Romeo to go to the Capulet ball with them
as they will have masks hiding their faces.
Act 1 Scene 5:
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● Romeo goes to the ball and immediately falls in love with Juliet when he
sees her.
● Tybalt (Juliet’s cousin) wants to fight Romeo as he recognises him as a
Montague.
● Romeo and Juliet talk to each other.
● Juliet asks who Romeo is to the Nurse and realises he is a Montague and the
enemy.
Methods and Vocabulary for Act One
Methods
Dramatic Irony – The audience being more aware of what is happening on
stage than the characters
Pathetic Fallacy – The weather reflecting the mood
Rhetorical Question – a question that leaves the reader wondering about the
answer
Soliloquy – The character speaks directly to the audience (on stage alone)
Repetition – words, phrases and ideas (themes)
Oxymoron - words close together that contrast each other
Metaphor - a comparison of something as if it is something else
Connotations - implied meanings of a word or phrase - what is suggested by
the word or phrase
Vocabulary
Protagonist - the main character who drives the action forward

Antagonist - the character who opposes the protagonist
Melancholic - a deep sadness
Unrequited Love - A love that is not returned
Fate - events that are outside of your control that appear to have been decided
upon by a supernatural power
Strong willed - having your own mind and making your own decisions
Bawdy - sexually rude or crude talk often between men about women
Enthralled - captured the attention of someone
Masculinity - qualities that we expect men to have
Stereotype - assumed behaviours based on predetermined assumptions about
a person or group of people
Civil War: fighting between two opposing parties within the same country or
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region - The Capulets and Montagues are involved in a civil war
Analytical Verbs to help analyse

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Act 1: Masculinity
What characters are behaving in a stereotypically masculine way in Act 1 and
how?
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What characters are behaving in a non - stereotypically masculine way in Act

1 and how?
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How does Shakespeare present masculinity at the start of the play?

We will make notes under each example together.
Benvolio: ‘I do but keep the peace.’
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Tybalt: ‘… peace? I hate the word, as I hate hell, all Montagues and thee …coward.’
The Prince: If ever you disturb our streets again,

Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace.’
Lord Montague:
‘Thou villain Capulet! –Hold me not, let me go.’
Lord Capulet:
‘My sword, I say! Old Montague is come,
And flourishes his blade in spite of me.’
Fill in the gaps with the words underneath the paragraph:

_________________ in Act 1 is shown as very ________________ when a ________ breaks
out in the streets of Verona. Both households: Capulet and Montague get involved and the
Prince has to break up the ___________. However, Romeo is _______________ and upset
over his ________________ _____________ and is not behaving in a stereotypically
masculine way. When Mercutio and Benvolio are trying to cheer up Romeo, they are acting
in a _________ way and manage to ___________ Romeo to go to the Capulet ball. When
they are at the ball, Tybalt recognises Romeo and wants to start a ___________ but is
stopped by Lord Capulet. He says that Romeo has a good _____________ and that the ball is
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not the place to start a ___________ . Romeo immediately falls in __________ with Juliet at
the ball and shows himself to be romantic and __________.
stereotypical masculinity bawdy fight x 4 loving

melancholic unrequited love persuade reputation love
Act 1: Love
What three types of love have we seen in Act 1?
Think about Juliet, Romeo, Paris, Lord and Lady Capulet and the Nurse,
Benvolio and Lord Montague.
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Guided Quotation Selection and linking these to methods from page 11:
What evidence can we find from Act 1 Scene 1 that shows Romeo has an
unrequited love for Rosaline?
What evidence can we find from Act 1 Scene 2 that shows Lord Capulet thinks
carefully about Juliet’s feelings?
What evidence can we find from Act 1 Scene 3 that shows Juliet wants to
choose her own husband and has her own mind?
What evidence can we find from Act 1 Scene 4 that Romeo is finding love
difficult?
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What evidence can we find from Act 1 Scene 5 that Romeo has fallen in love at
first sight with Juliet?
What evidence can we find from Act 1 Scene 5 that Juliet has fallen in love at
first sight with Romeo?
Summary: What happens in Act 1?
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Practising writing about love:
MODEL: How does Shakespeare present Romeo’s unrequited love ‘Romeo and Juliet’ in
Act 1 Scene 1?
WHAT: Answer the question focus

Could you focus on one word and explain why it is important?
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Could you include a context idea from page 8 or 9?
Shakespeare implies that Romeo is feeling unrequited love. The metaphor ‘tears
augmenting the morning dew’ implies that Romeo is feeling sad and melancholic,
because he loves a woman who does not love him back. His sadness is further shown
when he uses repeated oxymorons ‘O brawling love, O loving hate’ which suggest
that his emotions are confused. ‘Brawling’ is an argument or fight and a direct
opposite to ‘love’. Contextually, teenage boys were free to roam the streets so
Romeo has been able to see someone who he thinks is beautiful and fall in love with
her.
We will label the model together.
Together we will work on a model for this question.
How does Shakespeare present Romeo’s love for Juliet in Act 1 Scene 5?
Shakespeare presents Romeo’s love for Juliet as __________________________.

The _______________ in ‘____________________________________________’
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Your turn:
How does Shakespeare present Juliet’s love for Romeo in Act 1 Scene 5?
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Challenge yourself - can you cover 2 or 3 pieces of evidence?
Sentence starters and guidance:

Shakespeare shows us that Juliet…
The (method) in (evidence) suggests…because…
Connotations of (one word from the evidence) are … to suggest…
Contextually, Shakespeare might have been showing us…
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Effect in Act One

Task - Answer the following questions using emotions to explain how you might feel
about the characters and events at that point in the play (use the emotions wheel to
help you):
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How do you feel when the servants Sampson and Gregory are rude, insulting and
looking for a fight?
When Sampson and Gregory are rude, insulting and looking for a fight, we
feel__________________________________________________________, because
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How do you feel when Romeo confesses his unrequited love to Benvolio and is
acting sad and melancholic?
When Romeo confesses his unrequited love to Benvolio and is acting sad and
melancholic, we feel___________________________________________,
because_________________________________________________________.
How do you feel when Juliet decides to consider Paris’ proposal instead of being
giddy and excited about the marriage proposal?
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How do you feel when Romeo first meets Juliet and is over the top and
exaggerated in his expression of love about her?
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How do you feel when Romeo and Juliet first meet at the ball?
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How do you feel when Juliet realises that Romeo is a Montague?

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How do you feel when Romeo realises that Juliet is a Capulet?
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How do you feel about Lord Capulet stopping Tybalt from fighting with Romeo at
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Act Two: Summary Guide
Act 2 Scene 1:
● Romeo hides from his friends after the Capulet ball and they joke about his
love for Rosaline
Act 2 Scene 2:
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● The famous balcony scene where Juliet is saying a soliloquy about her love for
Romeo
● Romeo is listening but she doesn’t know this
● He interrupts her and they reveal their feelings.
● Juliet asks Romeo to marry her and the nurse will act as a go between to
arrange the details
Act 2 Scene 3:
● Romeo convinces Friar Laurence to help him marry Juliet in secrecy
Act 2 Scene 4:
● Benvolio and Mercutio discuss Tybalt’s challenge from the ball

● Romeo joins in the laughter
● The nurse arrives and they tease her
Act 4 Scene 5:
● The nurse tells Juliet about Romeo’s arrangements to marry her.
Act 4 Scene 6:
● Romeo and Juliet are married.
Methods and Vocabulary for Act Two
Methods
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Celestial imagery - imagery that links to the stars and the heavens
the word or phrase
Vocabulary
Bawdy - sexually rude or crude talk often between men about women
Exaggerated - implying something is larger or better than it is
Reciprocal - done, given or felt equally by both sides
Besotted - Completely obsessed with someone
Secretive - concealing information
Sceptical - not being easily convinced or having doubts
Trusting - believing in a person’s honesty
Complicit - being involved with an activity that is illegal or morally wrong

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Act Two: Analysis

We will annotate this together:
Act 2 Scene 2
{Romeo comes forward.}
ROMEO: He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
⌜Enter Juliet above.⌝
But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?
It is the East, and Juliet is the sun.
Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,
Who is already sick and pale with grief
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That thou, her maid, art far more fair than she.
Be not her maid since she is envious.
Her vestal livery is but sick and green,
And none but fools do wear it. Cast it off.
It is my lady. O, it is my love!
O, that she knew she were!
She speaks, yet she says nothing. What of that?
Her eye discourses; I will answer it.
I am too bold. ’Tis not to me she speaks.
Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven,
Having some business, ⌜do⌝ entreat her eyes
To twinkle in their spheres till they return.
What if her eyes were there, they in her head?
The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars
As daylight doth a lamp; her eye in heaven
Would through the airy region stream so bright
That birds would sing and think it were not night.
See how she leans her cheek upon her hand.
O, that I were a glove upon that hand,
That I might touch that cheek!
JULIET: Ay me.
ROMEO: , ⌜aside⌝
She speaks.
O, speak again, bright angel, for thou art
As glorious to this night, being o’er my head,
As is a wingèd messenger of heaven
Unto the white-upturnèd wond’ring eyes
Of mortals that fall back to gaze on him
When he bestrides the lazy puffing clouds
And sails upon the bosom of the air.
JULIET: O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?

Deny thy father and refuse thy name,
Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,
And I’ll no longer be a Capulet.
ROMEO: ⌜aside⌝
Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this?
JULIET: ’Tis but thy name that is my enemy.

Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.
What’s Montague? It is nor hand, nor foot,
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Nor arm, nor face. O, be some other name
Belonging to a man.
What’s in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other word would smell as sweet.
So Romeo would, were he not Romeo called,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes
Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name,
And, for thy name, which is no part of thee,
Take all myself.
ROMEO: I take thee at thy word.

Call me but love, and I’ll be new baptized.
Henceforth I never will be Romeo.
Bullet point list words to describe Juliet from the start of the play till now.
Bullet point words to describe Romeo from the start of the play till now.
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Summarise the events in Act 2 Scene 2 in a paragraph using the questions to help
you:
● Who speaks first?
● Who is listening?
● What does Juliet say about Romeo?
● What does Romeo say about Juliet?
● What do they agree to do?
● What would happen if Romeo was caught sneaking around in the Capulet
orchard?
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Model Paragraph: How does Shakespeare present Juliet’s love in Romeo and
Juliet?
Juliet shows a strong love at first sight in Act 2 Scene 2 when she is speaking her
soliloquy. Romeo is listening, but she is unaware of this dramatic irony. She exclaims
‘Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?’ with the repetition of his name
implying that she wants to say his name and that she is completely besotted with
him. She also states ‘Deny thy father and refuse thy name’ which is against
patriarchy as the verb ‘Deny’ indicates that she will go against her father. Juliet
knows that Romeo is a Montague and she is willing to do anything to be with
Romeo, even ignoring the fact that he is the enemy of her family.
Model Paragraph: How does Shakespeare present Romeo’s love in Romeo and
Juliet?
First: Decide how Romeo’s love is shown?

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Then, choose the quotations that you will use?

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Now, decide which methods the quotations use (annotate next to them)
Finally, start writing your analysis paragraph.
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Act 2 Scene 3: How does Shakespeare present Friar Laurence?

Include the following words in your response: fatherly, caring, opportunistic and
religious.
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Act 2.4 - 2.6: Romeo and Juliet marry in secret. Why do you think this is
important?
The secret marriage between Romeo and Juliet is important because
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By the end of Act 2. Which themes have been revealed?

Where have they been shown?
What events link to the theme?
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Before we move onto Act 3. What can you remember about the play without
looking?
● Events
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● Themes
● Quotations
● Context
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BEAT THE TEACHER QUOTATIONS
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Effect in Act Two

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Task - Mind Map all the emotions you might have when Romeo has ‘o’er perched the
wall’ to see Juliet and they decide to marry.
Emotions created and why?
How do you feel when Friar Laurence agrees to help them and why?
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How do you feel when Romeo and Juliet have gone off stage and got married?
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Act Three Summary
Act 3 Scene 1:
● Romeo is challenged to fight by Tybalt but refuses

● Mercutio is outraged by this and fights instead
● Tybalt kills Mercutio while they are fighting because Romeo steps in to stop it
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● Tybalt is killed by Romeo as he was angered by the death of Mercutio
● The Prince banishes Romeo from Verona to Mantua
Act 3 Scene 2:
● Juliet eagerly waits for Romeo

● The nurse brings bad news
● Juliet first thinks that Romeo is dead
● Then she realises that Tybalt is dead not Romeo but that Romeo is banished
Act 3 Scene 3:
● Friar Laurence tries to console Romeo and to come up with a plan that will
mean he can be with Juliet
Act 3 Scene 4:
● Lord Capulet makes plans for Juliet to marry Paris

● Lord Capulet does not know that Juliet is already married to Romeo
Act 3 Scene 5:
● Romeo comes to Juliet’s room and they consummate their marriage (have
sex)
● The Nurse interrupts before Romeo leaves warning Juliet that her mother has
news for her and is on her way
● Romeo leaves for Mantua not knowing when he will see Juliet again
● Lady Capulet tells Juliet that she is to marry Paris
● Juliet refuses to marry Paris
● Lord Capulet loses his patience with Juliet and insults her and demands that
she marry Paris
Methods and Vocabulary for Act Three
Methods
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the word or phrase
Foreshadowing - hints that something will happen later in the story
Vocabulary
Antagonism - active hostility or opposition

Bravado - a bold manner intended to impress or intimidate
Arrogant - an exaggerated sense of your own importance or abilities
Despair - the complete loss or absence of hope
Distress - extreme anxiety, upset or pain
Bigamy - being married to more than one person at the same time (a sin in
religion)
Banishment - to be sent away and banned from returning
Consummate - have sex

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Act Three: Analysis - Civil War

Earlier in the play, during the Capulet ball, who was unhappy with Romeo and
what did he want to do? (Fill in the gaps with your knowledge)
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Who are the three young male Montague characters?
How would you describe their character?
Who is the young male Capulet character?
How would you describe his character?
In the prologue it says ‘from ancient grudge breaks to new mutiny’. What does this
mean?
Have we seen the ‘new mutiny’ yet? YES/NO
The phrase ‘from ancient grudge break to new mutiny’ means

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Act Three: Analysis - Civil War
We will work on this scene together, annotating what happens:

Act 3 Scene 1: A street in Verona
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Enter Romeo.
TYBALT: Well, peace be with you, sir. Here comes my man.
MERCUTIO: But I’ll be hanged, sir, if he wear your livery.
Marry, go before to field, he’ll be your follower.
Your Worship in that sense may call him “man.”
TYBALT: Romeo, the love I bear thee can afford
No better term than this: thou art a villain.
ROMEO: Tybalt, the reason that I have to love thee
Doth much excuse the appertaining rage
To such a greeting. Villain am I none.
Therefore farewell. I see thou knowest me not.
TYBALT: Boy, this shall not excuse the injuries
That thou hast done me. Therefore turn and draw.
ROMEO: I do protest I never injured thee
But love thee better than thou canst devise
Till thou shalt know the reason of my love.
And so, good Capulet, which name I tender
As dearly as mine own, be satisfied.
MERCUTIO : O calm, dishonorable, vile submission!
Alla stoccato carries it away.He draws.
Tybalt, you ratcatcher, will you walk?
TYBALT: What wouldst thou have with me?
MERCUTIO : Good king of cats, nothing but one of your
nine lives, that I mean to make bold withal, and, as
you shall use me hereafter, dry-beat the rest of the
eight. Will you pluck your sword out of his pilcher
by the ears? Make haste, lest mine be about your
ears ere it be out.
TYBALT: I am for you. He draws.
ROMEO: Gentle Mercutio, put thy rapier up.
MERCUTIO Come, sir, your passado. They fight.
ROMEO: Draw, Benvolio, beat down their weapons.
Romeo draws.
Gentlemen, for shame forbear this outrage!
Tybalt! Mercutio! The Prince expressly hath
Forbid this bandying in Verona streets.
Hold, Tybalt! Good Mercutio!
Romeo attempts to beat down their rapiers.
Tybalt stabs Mercutio.
PETRUCHIO: Away, Tybalt!
Tybalt, Petruchio, and their followers exit.
MERCUTIO: I am hurt.
A plague o’ both houses! I am sped.
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Is he gone and hath nothing?
BENVOLIO: What, art thou hurt?
MERCUTIO: Ay, ay, a scratch, a scratch. Marry, ’tis enough.
Where is my page?—Go, villain, fetch a surgeon.
Page exits.
ROMEO: Courage, man, the hurt cannot be much.
MERCUTIO: No, ’tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as
a church door, but ’tis enough. ’Twill serve. Ask for
me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man. I
am peppered, I warrant, for this world. A plague o’
both your houses! Zounds, a dog, a rat, a mouse, a
cat, to scratch a man to death! A braggart, a rogue, a
villain that fights by the book of arithmetic! Why the
devil came you between us? I was hurt under your arm.
ROMEO: I thought all for the best.
MERCUTIO: Help me into some house, Benvolio,
Or I shall faint. A plague o’ both your houses!
They have made worms’ meat of me.
I have it, and soundly, too. Your houses!
All but Romeo exit.
ROMEO: This gentleman, the Prince’s near ally,
My very friend, hath got this mortal hurt
In my behalf. My reputation stained
With Tybalt’s slander—Tybalt, that an hour
Hath been my cousin! O sweet Juliet,
Thy beauty hath made me effeminate
And in my temper softened valor’s steel.
Enter Benvolio.
BENVOLIO: O Romeo, Romeo, brave Mercutio is dead.
That gallant spirit hath aspired the clouds,
Which too untimely here did scorn the earth.
ROMEO : This day’s black fate on more days doth depend.
This but begins the woe others must end.
Enter Tybalt.
BENVOLIO: Here comes the furious Tybalt back again.
ROMEO: Alive in triumph, and Mercutio slain!
Away to heaven, respective lenity,
And fire-eyed fury be my conduct now.—
Now, Tybalt, take the “villain” back again
That late thou gavest me, for Mercutio’s soul
Is but a little way above our heads,
Staying for thine to keep him company.
Either thou or I, or both, must go with him.
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TYBALT : Thou wretched boy that didst consort him here
Shalt with him hence.
ROMEO : This shall determine that.
They fight. Tybalt falls.
BENVOLIO: Romeo, away, begone!
The citizens are up, and Tybalt slain.
Stand not amazed. The Prince will doom thee death
If thou art taken. Hence, be gone, away.
ROMEO : O, I am Fortune’s fool!
What are the consequences for Mercutio and Tybalt of fighting?
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What is the consequence of fighting for Romeo?
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How will this affect Juliet?
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Are Romeo and Juliet completely married at this point?
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Act 3 Scene 2:
JULIET: What storm is this that blows so contrary?

Is Romeo slaughtered and is Tybalt dead?
My dearest cousin, and my dearer lord?
Then, dreadful trumpet, sound the general doom,
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For who is living if those two are gone?
NURSE: Tybalt is gone and Romeo banishèd.
Romeo that killed him—he is banishèd.
JULIET: O God, did Romeo’s hand shed Tybalt’s blood?
Who does Juliet think is dead and how does she feel?
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Who is actually dead and how does she feel?
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Act 3 Scene 3:
Select evidence to show that Romeo is in despair over his banishment:
Select evidence to show that Friar Laurence is trying to reassure Romeo that all will be
well:
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Act 3 Scene 4:
When is Juliet supposed to marry Paris?
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Why is this not possible?
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How is this dramatic irony?
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Summary: What happens in Act 3?
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Act 3 Scene 5: Analysis to unpick:

How does Shakespeare present events in Act 3 Scene 5?

Shakespeare, in the Elizabethan tragic love story, Romeo and Juliet presents events
unfolding terribly for Juliet. First, Romeo leaves her for his banishment in Manua; then,
her mother tells her she must marry Paris; finally, she is so upset and angered that she
rejects the marriage offer going against her father’s wishes and patriarchy.
Romeo and Juliet repeatedly make references to the ‘lark’ and the ‘nightingale’. The lark
symbolises the break of day which is ironic as this means that their short time together as
a married couple is over. The nightingale symbolism is darkness and night time so Juliet’s
insistence that it is not the lark implies that she does not want her time with Romeo to be
over. Romeo leaves with Juliet foreshadowing his death ‘As one dead in the bottom of a
tomb.’ which is upsetting for both her and Romeo as they have just spent the night
together and consummated their marriage, which should be a happy time, instead she is
left with the thought that Romeo will die before she sees him again. Shakespeare could be
implying that rejecting patriarchy is problematic and that Romeo and Juliet have set their
own fate.
As soon as Romeo has left, The Nurse arrives and warns Juliet that her mother is coming.
Lady Capulet has ‘joyful tidings’ which are ironic because Juliet would love to hear that
Romeo is allowed to stay in Verona, rather than being banished to Mantua, however her
heart’s desire is not to be granted. Instead she is told she is to: ‘Marry, my child, early next
Thursday morn’ with the imperative telling Juliet what she is to do, without asking her or
giving her a choice and without considering her feelings. The dramatic irony is clear as we
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know she cannot marry Paris despite the triplets describing him as ‘The gallant, young,
and noble gentleman,’ which suggests he is moral, kind and a great match in both status
and respect for Juliet. The audience might feel worried for Juliet as they know she cannot
marry Paris and that she is trapped by her secret relationship with Romeo. Her rebellion is
now causing her pain and trauma that she would not have thought possible.
Juliet’s reaction is to immediately reject the proposal. The first person ‘I will not marry,
yet’ is imperative and tells her mother exactly what she proposes to do. She is strong
minded and strong willed and knows her own mind. Her father is at first concerned about
her with the metaphor ‘How now a conduit, girl?’ implying that he is surprised to see her
still crying over the death of Tybalt, when he has planned her wedding to Paris as a way to
cheer her up. He is angry and insulting towards Juliet ‘Or I will drag thee on a hurdle
thither’ implying that if she does not follow his commands he will embarrass her in the
streets in front of the whole town. Shakespeare makes Juliet break patriarchal rules as she
is already married to Romeo and to marry again would be to become a bigamist and break
the christian religious rules. The audience might understand Juliet’s conflict as she can’t
possibly confess to her father that she is already married after his terrible temper when
she refused to marry Paris.
It is clear that Juliet is presented as strong willed, determined and independent at this
point in the play, but events have overtaken her and she is not in control of what is going
to happen next. She has experienced emotional trauma with Romeo’s banishment,
emotional shock with Paris’ proposal and emotional upset with her father’s anger and
outrage at her refusal to marry as he wishes. Perhaps, Shakespeare was showing Juliet’s
rebellion as a way to flatter the monarch, Queen Elizabeth, who was a feisty independent
Queen in charge of herself and her subjects.
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Task - Decide which emotions might fit in each of the blank spaces. You decide the
emotions.
When Tybalt is angry and looking for a fight we feel ____________ and _________
because he is clearly not willing to back down. When Romeo refuses and tries to
convince Tybalt that he loves him and can’t say why we might feel ___________ and
__________ with Romeo and ____________ and ______________ with Tybalt,
because he is not listening and is intent on fighting. However, the fight might seem
___________, because it was foreshadowed in Act one at the masquerade ball when
Tybalt was made to stop being antagonistic by Lord Capulet. After the death of
Mercutio and the death of Tybalt we feel _______________ and ______________
because Romeo realises that he is in a mess and he can’t easily fix the situation.
Romeo realises that he has made a mistake and being with Juliet will be difficult
which makes us feel ___________. Mercutio’s dying act of placing ‘a plague on both
your houses’ makes us feel ___________ and ____________ as he was a good friend
to Romeo and although he was the one who wanted to fight and defend the honour
of the Montague family name, he is now blaming Romeo for this, which seems unfair
although it is understandable.
Juliet’s reaction makes us feel ___________ and _________ as she first thinks Romeo
is dead and then she seems ___________ when she realises that it is her cousin
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Tybalt and not Romeo. We feel ___________ towards Juliet because she cannot tell
anyone the real reason she is sad as only the nurse and Friar Laurence know that she
is married to Romeo. When her father decides that she should marry Paris we feel
____________ and ___________ as we know that this is impossible and she would
be committing bigamy if she did marry Paris. We feel ___________ and
_____________ towards her father Lord Capulet but can understand why he is trying
to find a solution to her anguish. Her father cares about her and is angry with her for
not being grateful that he has arranged for her to marry Paris. Her reaction is
understandable to the audience as we know that she is already married and we feel
____________ and _______________ towards her.
Methods and Vocabulary for Act Four
Methods
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answer
the word or phrase
Vocabulary
Frustration - the feeling of being upset or annoyed as a result of being unable
to change or achieve something
Defiance - open resistance; bold disobedience
Infuriated - make (someone) extremely angry and impatient:
Relief/relieved - a feeling of reassurance and relaxation following release from
anxiety or distress
Deceitful - guilty of or involving deceit; deceiving or misleading others
Mourning - the expression of sorrow for someone's death
Grieving - feeling very sad because someone has died
Lamenting - to express sadness and feeling sorry about something

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Act Four: Analysis

Act 4 Scene 1: We’ll annotate this together.
How does Juliet feel about marrying Paris?
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PARIS: God shield I should disturb devotion!—
Juliet, on Thursday early will I rouse you.
Till then, adieu, and keep this holy kiss.
He exits.
JULIET: O, shut the door, and when thou hast done so,
Come weep with me, past hope, past care, past help.
FRIAR LAWRENCE: O Juliet, I already know thy grief.
It strains me past the compass of my wits.
I hear thou must, and nothing may prorogue it,
On Thursday next be married to this County.
JULIET: Tell me not, friar, that thou hearest of this,
Unless thou tell me how I may prevent it.
If in thy wisdom thou canst give no help,
Do thou but call my resolution wise,
And with this knife I’ll help it presently.
⌜She shows him her knife.⌝
God joined my heart and Romeo’s, thou our hands;
And ere this hand, by thee to Romeo’s sealed,
Shall be the label to another deed,
Or my true heart with treacherous revolt
Turn to another, this shall slay them both.
Therefore out of thy long-experienced time
Give me some present counsel, or, behold,
’Twixt my extremes and me this bloody knife
Shall play the umpire, arbitrating that
Which the commission of thy years and art
Could to no issue of true honor bring.
Be not so long to speak. I long to die
If what thou speak’st speak not of remedy.
Act 4 Scene 2:
How does Capulet feel now that Juliet has agreed to marry Paris?
Capulet: ‘…Well, I will walk myself

To County Paris, to prepare up him
Against tomorrow. My heart is wondrous light
Since this same wayward girl is so reclaimed.’
Act 4 Scene 3: We’ll read and annotate this soliloquy together.
Juliet: Farewell.—God knows when we shall meet again.

I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins
That almost freezes up the heat of life.
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I’ll call them back again to comfort me.—
Nurse!—What should she do here?
My dismal scene I needs must act alone.
Come, vial.She takes out the vial.
What if this mixture do not work at all?
Shall I be married then tomorrow morning?
She takes out her knife
and puts it down beside her.
No, no, this shall forbid it. Lie thou there.
What if it be a poison which the Friar
Subtly hath ministered to have me dead,
Lest in this marriage he should be dishonored
Because he married me before to Romeo?
I fear it is. And yet methinks it should not,
For he hath still been tried a holy man.
How if, when I am laid into the tomb,
I wake before the time that Romeo
Come to redeem me? There’s a fearful point.
Shall I not then be stifled in the vault,
To whose foul mouth no healthsome air breathes in,
And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes?
Or, if I live, is it not very like
The horrible conceit of death and night,
Together with the terror of the place—
As in a vault, an ancient receptacle
Where for this many hundred years the bones
Of all my buried ancestors are packed;
Where bloody Tybalt, yet but green in earth,
Lies fest’ring in his shroud; where, as they say,
At some hours in the night spirits resort—
Alack, alack, is it not like that I,
So early waking, what with loathsome smells,
And shrieks like mandrakes torn out of the earth,
That living mortals, hearing them, run mad—
O, if I wake, shall I not be distraught,
Environèd with all these hideous fears,
And madly play with my forefathers’ joints,
And pluck the mangled Tybalt from his shroud,
And, in this rage, with some great kinsman’s bone,
As with a club, dash out my desp’rate brains?
O look, methinks I see my cousin’s ghost
Seeking out Romeo that did spit his body
Upon a rapier’s point! Stay, Tybalt, stay!
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Romeo, Romeo, Romeo! Here’s drink. I drink to
Thee.
She drinks and falls upon her bed within the curtains.
1 - What does Juliet worry about Friar Laurence?

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2 - How would you describe Juliet here?
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3 - What is she worried about happening to her in the vault?
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4 - What does Juliet do, despite her fears?
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Act 4 Scene 5:
‘Death’ is repeated 14 times in A4S5. What effect does the repetition of this have?
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NURSE: O woe, O woeful, woeful, woeful day!

Most lamentable day, most woeful day
That ever, ever I did yet behold!
O day, O day, O day, O hateful day!
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Never was seen so black a day as this!
O woeful day, O woeful day!
PARIS: Beguiled, divorcèd, wrongèd, spited, slain!
How do the Nurse and Paris react to the death of Juliet?
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Summary:
What happens in Act 4?
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Task
Explain your feelings about Friar Laurence’s plan and why?
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Explain your feelings about Juliet’s soliloquy and her taking the poison and why?
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Explain your feelings about Juliet’s pretend death and the reactions that her nurse and
family have about her death?
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Independent Practice: How does Shakespeare present the fake death of Juliet?
We will do this in our exercise books
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Use the framework for an introduction from page one

We will try to include three ideas:

1. Before - Juliet’s refusal to marry and the dramatic irony
2. Juliet’s Soliloquy - Her thoughts and feelings about taking the potion and her
worries
3. After - The Nurse and her family's reaction
Sentence starters:
Before Juliet pretends to… The (method) in (evidence) suggests/implies…because…

Connotations of (one word) could be… to show… Contextually, this might show…
Shakespeare may be intending…
Furthermore, during…(repeat the analysis above) Finally, when…(repeat the analysis
above)
Planning: What quotations will you use? What methods are in the quotations?
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Methods and Vocabulary for Act Five
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Methods
answer
the word or phrase
Vocabulary
Despair - the complete loss or absence of hope
Distress - extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain
Suicidal - deeply unhappy or depressed and likely to take your own life
Poison - a substance that is capable of causing illness or death
Apothecary - a person who prepared and sold medicines and drugs
Plague - a contagious bacterial disease which causes a fever and delirium
Reconciliation - the restoration of friendly relations

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● Suggests
● implies
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Act Five: Analysis

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Act 5 Scene 1: How does Romeo react to Juliet’s death?
We will annotate this soliloquy together.
ROMEO: No matter. Get thee gone,

And hire those horses. I’ll be with thee straight.
Balthasar exits.
Well, Juliet, I will lie with thee tonight.
Let’s see for means. O mischief, thou art swift
To enter in the thoughts of desperate men.
I do remember an apothecary
(And hereabouts he dwells) which late I noted
In tattered weeds, with overwhelming brows,
Culling of simples. Meager were his looks.
Sharp misery had worn him to the bones.
And in his needy shop a tortoise hung,
An alligator stuffed, and other skins
Of ill-shaped fishes; and about his shelves,
A beggarly account of empty boxes,
Green earthen pots, bladders, and musty seeds,
Remnants of packthread, and old cakes of roses
Were thinly scattered to make up a show.
Noting this penury, to myself I said
“An if a man did need a poison now,
Whose sale is present death in Mantua,
Here lives a caitiff wretch would sell it him.”
O, this same thought did but forerun my need,
And this same needy man must sell it me.
As I remember, this should be the house.
Being holiday, the beggar’s shop is shut.—
What ho, Apothecary!
Act 5 Scene 2:
● What has gone wrong with the letter to Romeo?

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● What is the plague?
● Why did this stop the Friar from going to Mantua?
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Act 5 Scene 3: What order do the deaths of the characters happen in and how do they
die?
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PARIS: I do defy thy commination

And apprehend thee for a felon here.
ROMEO: Wilt thou provoke me? Then have at thee, boy!
They draw and fight.
ROMEO: In faith, I will.—Let me peruse this face.

Mercutio’s kinsman, noble County Paris!
What said my man when my betossèd soul
Did not attend him as we rode? I think
He told me Paris should have married Juliet.
Said he not so? Or did I dream it so?
Or am I mad, hearing him talk of Juliet,
To think it was so?—O, give me thy hand,
One writ with me in sour misfortune’s book!
I’ll bury thee in a triumphant grave.—
He opens the tomb.
A grave? O, no. A lantern, slaughtered youth,
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For here lies Juliet, and her beauty makes
This vault a feasting presence full of light.—
Death, lie thou there, by a dead man interred.
Laying Paris in the tomb.
How oft when men are at the point of death
Have they been merry, which their keepers call
A light’ning before death! O, how may I
Call this a light’ning?—O my love, my wife,
Death, that hath sucked the honey of thy breath,
Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty.
Thou art not conquered. Beauty’s ensign yet
Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks,
And death’s pale flag is not advancèd there.—
Tybalt, liest thou there in thy bloody sheet?
O, what more favor can I do to thee
Than with that hand that cut thy youth in twain
To sunder his that was thine enemy?
Forgive me, cousin.—Ah, dear Juliet,
Why art thou yet so fair? Shall I believe
That unsubstantial death is amorous,
And that the lean abhorrèd monster keeps
Thee here in dark to be his paramour?
For fear of that I still will stay with thee
And never from this palace of dim night
Depart again. Here, here will I remain
With worms that are thy chambermaids. O, here
Will I set up my everlasting rest
And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars
From this world-wearied flesh! Eyes, look your last.
Arms, take your last embrace. And, lips, O, you
The doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss
A dateless bargain to engrossing death.
Kissing Juliet.
Come, bitter conduct, come, unsavory guide!
Thou desperate pilot, now at once run on
The dashing rocks thy seasick weary bark!
Here’s to my love. Drinking. O true apothecary,
Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die.
He dies.
Friar Laurence is sent away by Juliet before she kills herself.
JULIET: Yea, noise? Then I’ll be brief. O, happy dagger,

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This is thy sheath. There rust, and let me die.
She takes Romeo’s dagger, stabs herself, and dies.
After Friar Laurence confesses to the gathered family and the Prince what he had done
to try to allow Romeo and Juliet to be together and how it went wrong, the Capulet and
Montague family are reconciled.
CAPULET: O brother Montague, give me thy hand.

This is my daughter’s jointure, for no more
Can I demand.
MONTAGUE: But I can give thee more,
For I will ray her statue in pure gold,
That whiles Verona by that name is known,
There shall no figure at such rate be set
As that of true and faithful Juliet.
CAPULET: As rich shall Romeo’s by his lady’s lie,
Poor sacrifices of our enmity.
PRINCE: A glooming peace this morning with it brings.
The sun for sorrow will not show his head.
Go hence to have more talk of these sad things.
Some shall be pardoned, and some punishèd.
For never was a story of more woe
Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.
All exit.
Summary:
What happens in Act 5?
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How do you feel about the ending of the play and why?
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Task
Bullet point list all the emotions and why we might have these at the end of the play?
Theme Work
Bullet point list all examples where death plays a role in the play:
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Bullet point list all examples where love plays a role in the play:
Bullet point list all examples where fate plays a role in the play:
Bullet point list all examples where civil war plays a role in the play:
Extract to whole text Essay Skills

How does Shakespeare present young people in the play ‘Romeo and Juliet’?
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The extract is from the start of the play in Act 1 Scene 5 where Romeo has first seen
Juliet and fallen in love with her and Tybalt has recognised Romeo’s voice and is angry
with him for gatecrashing the masquerade ball.
Romeo: O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!

It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night
As a rich jewel in an Ethiop’s ear—
Beauty too rich for use, for Earth too dear.
So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows
As yonder lady o’er her fellows shows.
The measure done, I’ll watch her place of stand
And, touching hers, make blessèd my rude hand.
Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight,
For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night.
TYBALT: This, by his voice, should be a Montague.—
Fetch me my rapier, boy.Page exits.
What, dares the slave
Come hither covered with an antic face
To fleer and scorn at our solemnity?
Now, by the stock and honor of my kin,
To strike him dead I hold it not a sin.
CAPULET: Why, how now, kinsman? Wherefore storm you so?
TYBALT: Uncle, this is a Montague, our foe,
A villain that is hither come in spite
To scorn at our solemnity this night.
CAPULET: Young Romeo is it?
TYBALT: ’Tis he, that villain Romeo.
We will do this in our exercise books.

Use the framework for an introduction from page one

We will need to include three ideas from across the play and place the extract
chronologically into the essay (since it is from the start of the play it will be paragraph 1):
Planning three ideas (start/middle/end):
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1
2
3
Sentence starters:
Before Juliet pretends to… The (method) in (evidence) suggests/implies…because…

Connotations of (one word) could be… to show… Contextually, this might show…
Shakespeare may be intending…
Furthermore, during…(repeat the analysis above) Finally, when…(repeat the analysis
above)
Planning: What quotations will you use? What methods are in the quotations?
1
2
3
4
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8
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Explaining how to approach a Shakespeare

question
Example question: How does Shakespeare present the theme of love across Romeo
and Juliet?
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When you get given the question and the extract, explain what you should do to help
you write an essay.
1 - What do you do first? _________________________________________________
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2 - How many ideas do you try to plan? _____________________________________

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3 - What do you include in an introduction?__________________________________

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4 - What do you include in your main paragraphs _____________________________

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5 - How many quotations do you use? ______________________________________

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6 - Where do you place the extract in your essay?_____________________________

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7 - How do you conclude your essay?_______________________________________

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Romeo and Juliet

Introducing your response to any question on Shakespeare:

Shakespeare, in his tragic love story, Romeo and Juliet presents…First,____;

Themes: Love, Death, Fate, Civil War

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1. Two households, both alike in dignity,

1. How many families are fighting?

2. Where does the story take place?

3. What is the fight about?

4. What happens to the star cross’d lovers?

5. What do the parents do?

6. What do you have to do if you have missed anything here?

Introducing the characters:

LORD MONTAGUE: HEAD OF THE LORD CAPULET: HEAD OF THE

BENVOLIO - Romeo’s cousin LADY CAPULET

PARIS (WANTS TO MARRY JULIET) FRIAR LAURENCE WANTS TO HELP

PRINCE ESCALUS RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING AND MAINTAINING THE

Who are members of the two families?

WHAT: Answer the question

Exploring the model together:

1. Where is the question answered? (WHAT)

Effect in The Prologue

3. ‘Take their life’ creates an effect of ____________ and _____________

4. The end of the ‘parents’ strife’ makes me feel ____________ and

Context in Elizabethan Times

● Free to roam the streets (roam - walk around)

● Free to drink and party

● Free to have sex and visit prostitutes

● In charge of their sisters and, once they became adults, in charge of

● Catholics were persecuted and many were executed or tortured.

● Juliet was written as being 13.

Answer the question:

Task 2: Women in Shakespeare’s Time

Answer the question:

Answer the question:

Act One: Summary Guide

We will read act one together and watch the scene.

● Paris asks Lord Capulet if he can marry Juliet.

Methods and Vocabulary for Act One

Protagonist - the main character who drives the action forward

Analytical Verbs to help analyse

What characters are behaving in a non - stereotypically masculine way in Act

How does Shakespeare present masculinity at the start of the play?

Benvolio: ‘I do but keep the peace.’

The Prince: If ever you disturb our streets again,

Fill in the gaps with the words underneath the paragraph:

over his ________________ _____________ and is not behaving in a stereotypically

the ball and shows himself to be romantic and __________.

stereotypical masculinity bawdy fight x 4 loving

Summary: What happens in Act 1?

Practising writing about love:

WHAT: Answer the question focus

We will label the model together.

Together we will work on a model for this question.

Shakespeare presents Romeo’s love for Juliet as __________________________.

Sentence starters and guidance:

Effect in Act One

How do you feel when Juliet realises that Romeo is a Montague?

3. ‘Take their life’ creates an effect of and _

over his ____ _ and is not behaving in a stereotypically

with Romeo and and ____ with Tybalt,

Mercutio and the death of Tybalt we feel _ and

and ___ towards her.