Period 3:
Background for ROMEO and JULIET
Setting:
Hot Sunday afternoon in Verona, Italy
Sampson and Gregory are servants of the house of the
Capulets
Gang War between the Capulets and the Montagues
Benvolio: the cousin of Romeo; he is peace loving and hates
to fight; he tries to break up the fight
Tybalt: likes to fight; is of the house of the Capulets
Prince: tries to break up the fight
What is Benvolio trying to do when he encounters the brawl
between the servants of the Houses of Capulets and Montagues?
Benvolio is trying to break it up.
What does Tybalt hate?
Peace, Hell, Montagues, and thee – Benvolio
Lynn – points!!!!
But what does he so clearly love?
Fighting
Kristina – points
Why does Lady Capulet tell her husband he needs a crutch,
not a sword?
Because he is old!!!
Cooper – half a point
How many fights have there been so far between the Capulets
and the Montagues?
“Three civil brawls”
And what started the fights?
“Borne of an airy word” -
The Prince threatens to do what if there is another street
fight between the two houses?
“If every you disturb our streets again,
Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace”
What are Romeo’s parents worried about?
According to Lord Capulet, what is Romeo doing?
What emotional state does Romeo say he is in?
Why is he in that emotional state?
What cure does Benvolio suggest for Romeo?
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