Questions and Answers on Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet – William Shakespeare
Act I
1) What dramatic functions are served by the Prologue?
They talk about the suicides of Romeo and Juliet and how tragic it is. They bring it up in the prologue because they want to get the reader interested and curious about what happens in the story.
2) How does the feud begin in the first scene in the play?
The servants of the House of Montague and those of the House of Capulet meet in the street and the servants of Montague are giving the Capulet’s a rude gesture and it turns into a fight.
3) What does the first scene of the play reveal about Romeo’s behaviour?
He is heartbroken, withdrawn and depressed. He is still pining over his previous love and his friend is telling him to move on and find another girl but he doesn’t want to because he is still in love.
4) What contrasting concepts of love are presented in Scene I?
Benvolio has a more common sense about love, he doesn’t think that Romeo should get so carried away and attached to women. Romeo always dives in head first and becomes infatuated with women and then becomes depressed when he is heartbroken.
5) What is learned about the Capulet’s father-daughter relationship during scene II?
Capulet doesn’t seem to care what his daughter thinks about the marriage to Paris. When Juliet refuses to marry to Paris, he becomes violent and screams at Juliet.
6) What complications of the plot arise in scene II?
The servant is given a list of guests to invite to dinner but he can’t read so he asks Romeo and Benvolio if they can read and invites them to dinner as long as they are friendly with the Capulet’s.
7) What concepts of love do the female characters in scene III present?
Both Lady Capulet and the Nurse both agree that it is the respectful thing for Juliet to get married at the age she is so that she can become a mother like Lady Capulet who married Capulet when she was young as well.
8) In what ways does Capulet
Act I
1) What dramatic functions are served by the Prologue?
They talk about the suicides of Romeo and Juliet and how tragic it is. They bring it up in the prologue because they want to get the reader interested and curious about what happens in the story.
2) How does the feud begin in the first scene in the play?
The servants of the House of Montague and those of the House of Capulet meet in the street and the servants of Montague are giving the Capulet’s a rude gesture and it turns into a fight.
3) What does the first scene of the play reveal about Romeo’s behaviour?
He is heartbroken, withdrawn and depressed. He is still pining over his previous love and his friend is telling him to move on and find another girl but he doesn’t want to because he is still in love.
4) What contrasting concepts of love are presented in Scene I?
Benvolio has a more common sense about love, he doesn’t think that Romeo should get so carried away and attached to women. Romeo always dives in head first and becomes infatuated with women and then becomes depressed when he is heartbroken.
5) What is learned about the Capulet’s father-daughter relationship during scene II?
Capulet doesn’t seem to care what his daughter thinks about the marriage to Paris. When Juliet refuses to marry to Paris, he becomes violent and screams at Juliet.
6) What complications of the plot arise in scene II?
The servant is given a list of guests to invite to dinner but he can’t read so he asks Romeo and Benvolio if they can read and invites them to dinner as long as they are friendly with the Capulet’s.
7) What concepts of love do the female characters in scene III present?
Both Lady Capulet and the Nurse both agree that it is the respectful thing for Juliet to get married at the age she is so that she can become a mother like Lady Capulet who married Capulet when she was young as well.
8) In what ways does Capulet