Activities:

⮚ 6.1 Research about the following lines from Romeo and Juliet and briefly explain their
significance/meaning:

PROLOGUE Where we lay our scene " essentially alludes to the area where
Two households, both alike in dignity, the story takes place, which as we've as of now found, is Verona.
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, " The preface moreover says that there's a two family and the
From ancient grudge break to new both family has ancient feelings of resentment to each other,
mutiny, abruptly there childs got fallen in cherish to each other and the
Where civil blood makes civil hands both of them commit suicide, but the hard feelings in both
unclean.
family will not end not until their child will be put into passing.
From forth the fatal loins of these two
And it essentially tells us that love is chaos, love is unrestricted
foes
A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their and love incorporates me and you against the world.
life;
Whose misadventured piteous
overthrows
Do with their death bury their parents'
strife.
The fearful passage of their death-
mark'd love,
And the continuance of their parents'
rage,
Which, but their children's end, nought
could remove,
Is now the two hours' traffic of our
stage;
The which if you with patient ears
attend,
What here shall miss, our toil shall
strive to mend.
Romeo: In this scene, Romeo as of now knows that their cherished story
I fear too early, for my mind misgives; will come into a conclusion; the passing. Since he knew that
Some consequence, yet hanging in the Julliet was the daughter of his father's foe
stars,
Shall bitterly begin. (I.iv)
Juliet: This line is closely associated to "A rose by any other title would
What’s Montague? It is nor hand nor scent as sweet," as both relate to the thought that one's title holds
foot, small significance within the issues of fondness.
Nor arm nor face nor any other part
Belonging to a man. Oh, be some other
name!
What’s in a name? That which we call
a rose
By any other word would smell as
sweet. (II.ii)
Friar Lawrence: In this scene, Friar Lawrence say that he will offer assistance to
For this alliance may so happy prove, romeo and juliet with their marriage since he knows that the
To turn your households’ rancor to marriage can unravel their family fight
pure love. (II.iv)
Mercutio: This implies that Mercutio says he is done for and calls for a
A plague o’ both your houses. torment on both of the families. He faults his passing on the
They have made worms’ meat of me. quarrel between the families, saying he has ended up
(III.i.) nourishment for worms.
Romeo: Romeo said he is planning to take his life into his claim hands,
I defy you, stars! (V.i.) rather than letting destiny control him.
Prince: Prince Escalus underscores this solidarity of adore and passing
when he chastises Capulet and Montague, he says “See what a
Where be these enemies? Capulet!
excoriate is laid upon your abhor, / That Paradise finds implies
Montague!
See, what a scourge is laid upon your to slaughter your delights with love!”
hate,
That heaven finds means to kill your
joys with love.
And I for winking at your discords too
Have lost a brace of kinsmen: all are
punish'd. (V.iii)
⮚ 6.2 Provide a two to five sentence summary of the events of

Act 1 Scene 1 Montague and Capulet hirelings clash within the road, the Sovereign debilitates
critical discipline in the event that another such brawl ought to take put, and Romeo
tells his companion, Benvolio, of his fixation with Rosaline.

Scene 2 Paris visits Lord Capulet to inquire for Juliet’s hand in marriage. Ruler Capulet
considers Juliet is as well youthful to wed saying to Paris ‘Let two more summers wilt
in their pride, / Ere we may think her ready to be a bride’. In any case, he afterward
energizes Paris to charm her at a ball at his house. Master Capulet sends a delivery
person to welcome other visitors to the ball. The delivery person bumps into Romeo
and Benvolio uncovering to them the ball is taking put which Rosaline is one of the
visitors. Benvolio proposes they go to the ball so Romeo can discover somebody else
to drop in adore with. Romeo concurs to go – not to discover a modern cherish but to
demonstrate that Rosaline is the prettiest saying ‘I'll go along, no such locate to be
appeared, / But to celebrate in splendor of mine own.’
Scene 3 Lady Capulet is searching for her daughter who is getting ready for the ball. Together
with the Nurse she tries to convince Juliet that Paris is a good match in marriage,
praising him and saying ‘Verona's summer hath not such a flower’. The Nurse talks
about a memory she has of Juliet when she was a little girl saying ‘Thou wast the
 prettiest babe that e'er I nursed: / And I might live to see thee married once, / I have
my wish.’ and is also keen for Juliet to marry Paris and to be happy.

Scene 4 Romeo is persuaded to attend a masked party at the Capulet household. Not knowing
who she is, he falls in love with Juliet the moment he sees her, and she, equally
ignorant that he is a Montague, falls just as instantly for him (this is Act 1, Scene 5 in
many editions).

Scene 5 The servants in the Capulet household are getting ready for the ball before Capulet
welcomes all the guests. Tybalt sees Romeo and is offended by his presence at the ball
claiming ‘I'll not endure him’ and viewing his presence as an insult. Lord Capulet
stops him from confronting Romeo which makes Tybalt feel even angrier and he vows
to seek revenge. Meanwhile, Romeo meets Juliet at the ball and they kiss, with Juliet
saying ‘You kiss by the book’. They then both find out who the other is and are
separated, with Juliet remarking ‘My only love sprung from my only hate! / Too early
seen unknown, and known too late!’

Act 2 Scene 1 When everyone has left the party, Romeo creeps into the Capulet garden and sees
Juliet on her balcony. They reveal their mutual love and Romeo leaves, promising to
arrange a secret marriage and let Juliet's messenger, her old Nurse, have the details the
following morning. This famous scene, known as the Balcony Scene, is numbered Act
2, Scene 2 in many editions.

Scene 2 Juliet appears at her window, sometimes a balcony, and Romeo watches her from
below saying, ’But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? / It is the east,
and Juliet is the sun’. Romeo listens as she talks about him and eventually speaks to
her. They tell each other that they love each other with Juliet asking him for ‘The
exchange of thy love's faithful vow for mine’. Whilst they are talking the Nurse calls
Juliet from inside which hurries their decision to meet the next day and get married
with Juliet saying ‘If that thy bent of love be honourable, / Thy purpose marriage,
send me word to-morrow’.
Scene 3 Friar Laurence is collecting herbs and plants that he uses for making medicines and
potions saying ‘I must up-fill this osier cage of ours / With baleful weeds and
precious-juiced flowers’. Romeo joins him and tells him he wants to marry Juliet. At
first, Friar Laurence is dismissive of Romeo’s request as it was only yesterday that he
was talking about his love for Rosaline asking ‘Is Rosaline, whom thou didst love so
dear, / So soon forsaken?’. However, he agrees, believing the marriage might help end
the feud between the two families.
 Scene 4 Mercutio and Benvolio are still looking for Romeo, who has not yet returned home.
They reveal that Tybalt has challenged Romeo to a duel. Mercutio tells Benvolio that
Tybalt is a very good swordsman claiming ‘O, he is the courageous captain of
compliments’. Romeo arrives and is in a very good mood and the three friends tease
each other saying to Romeo ‘Why, is not this better now than groaning for love? Now
art thou sociable, now art thou Romeo’. The Nurse enters and asks to speak to Romeo.
He tells her his intentions are true, saying ‘Nurse, commend me to thy lady and
mistress’, and that Juliet should visit Friar Laurence that afternoon so they can marry.

Scene 5 Juliet tells her parents she is going to make her confession to Friar Laurence, meets
Romeo there and, despite some personal misgivings, the friar marries them
immediately.

Act 3 Scene 1 Romeo meets Tybalt in the street, and is challenged by him to a duel. Romeo refuses
to fight and his friend Mercutio is so disgusted by this 'cowardice' that the takes up the
challenge instead. As Romeo tries to break up the fight, Tybalt kills Mercutio and,
enraged, Romeo then kills Tybalt. The Prince arrives and, on hearing the full story,
banishes Romeo rather than have him executed.

Scene 2 Juliet waits for Romeo to join her after their marriage impatiently saying ‘Gallop
apace, you fiery-footed steeds, / Towards Phoebus' lodging’, but the Nurse arrives
with news of Tybalt’s death. At first, Juliet curses Romeo’s name but when she
discovers what happened she asks ‘Shall I speak ill of him that is my husband? / Ah,
poor my lord, what tongue shall smooth thy name, / When I, thy three-hours wife,
have mangled it?’ and realises she needs to stand beside her husband. The Nurse
agrees to get a message to Romeo.

Scene 3 Romeo is hiding at Friar Laurence’s cell and is given the news he has been banished.
He is distraught and says that being banished is worse than being killed as he won’t be
able to see Juliet, telling the Friar ‘There is no world without Verona walls, / But
purgatory, torture, hell itself’. The Nurse arrives with news that Juliet still loves him
and the Friar convinces Romeo to run away to Mantua while things settle down in
Verona. He tells him to go to Juliet first, to consummate their marriage, saying ‘Go,
get thee to thy love, as was decreed, / Ascend her chamber, hence and comfort her”.

Scene 4 Paris visits Lord Capulet to seek Juliet’s hand in marriage. At first Capulet suggests
 that everyone is too full of grief to entertain the idea of a wedding. But as Paris is
about to leave he has a change of heart and suggests they get married in three days'
time 'Thursday be it, then. / Go you to Juliet ere you go to bed, / Prepare her, wife,
against this wedding-day'.

Scene 5 Arranged by the Friar and the Nurse, Romeo and Juliet have spent their wedding night
together. They are immediately parted though, as Romeo must leave for banishment in
Mantua or die if he is found in Verona. Believing her grief to be for the death of her
cousin, Juliet's father tries to cheer Juliet by arranging her immediate marriage to
Paris. He threatens to disown her when she asks for the marriage to be at least
postponed, and she runs to the Friar for advice and help.

Act 4 Scene 1 Juliet arrives at the Friar's to be met by Paris, who is busy discussing their wedding
plans. She is so desperate that she threatens suicide, and the Friar instead suggests that
she takes a potion that will make her appear to be dead. He promises to send a
message to Romeo, asking him to return secretly and be with Juliet when she wakes,
once her 'body' has been taken to the family crypt.

Scene 2 Juliet returns to the family home and begs forgiveness from her father. He is
overjoyed and decides to move the date of the wedding to the very next day
exclaiming ‘my heart is wondrous light, / Since this same wayward girl is so
reclaim’d’.

Scene 3 Due to the change in the date of the wedding, Juliet is forced to take the potion a night
early. At first she worries that maybe the Friar has given her a poison so his marrying
her to Romeo won’t be discovered, asking herself ‘What if it be a poison, which the
friar / Subtly hath ministered to have me dead, / Lest in this marriage he should be
dishonour'd, / Because he married me before to Romeo?’. She takes the potion
anyway and immediately appears dead.

Scene 4 The Nurse discovers Juliet 's 'body' dead' when she goes to wake her for her marriage
to Paris. Friar Laurence is called, counsels the family to accept their grief, and
arranges for Juliet to be 'buried' immediately.

Scene 5 The Nurse discovers the body of Juliet and exclaims ‘She's dead, deceased, she's dead;
 alack the day!’ Lady Capulet, Lord Capulet, and finally Paris then also see the body
one after the other throughout the scene. Lord Capulet says everything that was made
ready for the wedding should now be for her funeral and her body is then taken to the
Capulet family tomb.

Scene 1 Romeo's servant, Balthasar, reaches Mantua before the Friar's messenger and tells
Romeo that Juliet is dead. Romeo buys poison and leaves for Verona, planning to die
alongside Juliet's body.

Scene 2 Friar John uncover to Friar Laurence that due to an outbreak of disease he was
stopped from leaving Verona. As a result Romeo did not get the message letting him
know that Juliet isn’t really dead. Friar Laurence worries about what may happen as a
result and says ‘Unhappy fortune! By my brotherhood, / The letter was not nice but
full of charge / Of dear import, and neglecting it / May do much danger’. He then
quickly hurries to the Capulet tomb.

Act 5
Scene 3 Trying to break into the Capulet crypt, Romeo is disturbed by Paris and they fight.
Romeo kills Paris and reaches Juliet's body. He drinks the poison, kisses his wife for
the last time, and dies. Having learned that Romeo never received his message, the
Friar comes to the crypt to be with Juliet when she wakes. He finds Paris's body and
reaches Juliet just as she revives. He cannot persuade her to leave her dead husband,
and runs away in fear. Juliet realises what has happened, takes Romeo's knife and
stabs herself to death with it. The watchmen discover the gruesome sight and call the
Prince, to whom Friar confesses everything. Having heard the full story, the
Montagues and Capulets are reconciled. Peace has been achieved, but the price has
been the lives of two innocent young lovers.

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