Act 2, scenes 4-6 Reading Response Questions
Please answer these questions in COMPLETE SENTENCES.
1. From what you've read so far (including Act 2), how would you describe MERCUTIO? What are some of his PERSONALITY TRAITS?
2. In scene 4, what is the Nurse worried that Romeo might be doing?
3. In scene 4, what message does Romeo send to Juliet through the Nurse?
4. What is Juliet waiting for in scene 5?
5. What IMAGES does Juliet use to describe LOVE in lines 4-8 of scene 5?
6. What is Romeo going to do with the rope ladder?
7. In scene 6, what does the Friar warn Romeo about in terms of love? (lines 14-15)
8. Do you think Romeo and Juliet are paying attention his warning? In other words, how would you characterize their love?
1. From what you've read so far (including Act 2), how would you describe MERCUTIO? What are some of his PERSONALITY TRAITS?
2. In scene 4, what is the Nurse worried that Romeo might be doing?
3. In scene 4, what message does Romeo send to Juliet through the Nurse?
4. What is Juliet waiting for in scene 5?
5. What IMAGES does Juliet use to describe LOVE in lines 4-8 of scene 5?
6. What is Romeo going to do with the rope ladder?
7. In scene 6, what does the Friar warn Romeo about in terms of love? (lines 14-15)
8. Do you think Romeo and Juliet are paying attention his warning? In other words, how would you characterize their love?
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1. He is mischievous. He also cares a lot for Romeo.
2. She is worried that Romeo is stealing Paris' bride.
3. He is saying to her that he wants to be married to her.
4. she is waiting for Romeo's message.
5. She uses Sun beams, shadows, doves and cupid's wings.
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7. Gettind to emotional is just as bad as being unemotinal.
8. They are blind lover's. That is they are blind to everything except there love.
1) Mercutio is a very cynical character. He displays a lot of wit and satire during the play. I mostly think he's perverted, displaying sexual innuendo whenever he can. He doesn't like love and I think he is a realist.
2) The nurse is worried that Romeo is tricking Juliet and using her. She thinks that he will hurt her.
3) Romeo tells the nurse to ask Juliet to sneak out and come to Friar Lawrence's church so that they can become married. He said for her to act like she is going to confession. He also asked her to lay out a rope ladder so that he may climb up and see her.
4) Juliet is waiting for the nurse to tell her any good or bad news in scene 5.
5) Juliet decribes love with images of sun beams, doves, cupis, and shadows over hills. It seems that Juliet thinks of love as something beautiful and natural. Maybe she thinks love is full of life.
6) Romeo is going to sneak up to Juliet's room and see her after they were married. Now he should be going there to say goodbye.
7) Friar Lawrence tells Romeo that the key to long-lasting love is moderation, and not too rush into things.
8) I do not think that Romeo and Julir=et listen to his warning. They got maried immediatley after meeting and are definitly rushing into these things. I think that most of this love is in their imaginations. Romeo broke up with Rosaline just about a week or so ago. He is heartbroken. He doesn't think he can find love again but he hopes. He suddenly finds a girl who he thinks is attractive and starts giving her qualities that he couldn't have proved yet. Juliet did not really want to marry Paris. She was searching for anyone. Once someone came up to her, she probably thought of him as her savior from Paris and decided that this was love even though I do not think she knows very well what love is.
Mercutio is one of Romeo's close friends and a kinsman t the prince. Through act one and two Mercution seems very clever and imaginative. It also seems like mnay things bother and annoy him. For example he hates it that Romeo is so passionate about love. Mercutio also makes fun of a lot of people and jokes around a lot.
In scene four the nurse is worried that Romeo might 'deal double' Juliet.
Romeo asks the Nurse to tell Juliet to come to a meeting with friar Lawrance's cell so they can be married there.
In scene five Juliet is waiting for the nurse to tell her what Romeo 's message was for her. The nurse tells Juliet shes too tired to tell her but Juliet is anxious to know so the nurse eventually tells her.
At the beggining of scene five Juliet uses sun beams, shadows of hills,doves, and cupids wings as images of love.
Romeo is going to climb up the rope ladder to get to Juliets chamber to see her on their wedding day.
In scence six Frair warns Romeo to "love mderately".
No i don't believe that Romeo and Juliet are paying attention to his warning. Romeo and Juliet are "star-crossed lovers" meaning that they aren't supposed to be together but they love eachother and they are fighting fate.
1) Mercutio is kind of synical, and he is a bit rude when talking about other people.
2) I think that the nurse is worried that Romeo might be leading Juliet into "fools" paradise because the girl is so young.
3) Romeo tells the nurse to tell Juliet to make a plan to go out of the house and make a confession at the abbey in Friar Lawerence's cell to be married.
4) In scene 5 Juliet is waiting for the Nurse to return to give her Romeo's message. Juliet is frustrated becasuse the nurse takes a while to deliver Romeo's message. Juliet learns that if she wants to get married, all she has to do is go to Friar Lawerence.
5) Juliet says that love is "ten times faster glide than the suns beams, driving back shadows over louring hills. Therefore do nimble-pinioned doves draw love".
6) Romeo is going to use the rope ladder to climb over the walls at night and meet Juliet in secret.
7) Friar Lawerence tells Romeo that him and Juliet should love each other in moderation. The key to long lasting love is loving each other in moderation. Sudden joys have sudden endings.
8) I don't think that Romeo and Juliet are paying attention to his warning. They don't love each other in moderation. Everything is happening very fast in their relationship. This is sort of the opposite of what Friar Lawerence told them.
I would describe Mercutio as a non caring person. He seems to follow his own path and do what he wants to. He is sort of impatient and kind of mean.
In scene 4 the message that Romeo sends to juliet through the Nurse is to get out of the house and to go to confession at the abby that afternoon. And that at Friar Lawrence's cell she can make confession and be married.
In scene 5 Juliet is waiting for the nurse to return.
Love's heralds
Which ten times faster glide than the sun's beams
louring hills.
nimble-pinioned doves
wind-swift Cupid wings.
What romeo is going to do with the rope ladder is climb up to Juliets window while it's dark
He tells them to love each other moderatly and that to fast comes as late as to slow
I would chharacterize there love as real love. They trully are in love that they would secretly get married and sneak out.
1.Mercutio is very playful and "loves too here himself talk"
2. The nurse checks Romeo to see if he is a good man for Juliet.
3. Romeo tells the nurse to tell Juliet where they will meet and what time.
4.Juliet is awaiting the nurse's arrival in the beggining of scene 1.
5. "Love's heralds should be thoughts which move ten times faster than the sun's beams." Juliet is saying love should be quick.
6. I could not find this in the reading
7. The Friar thinks love should be in moderation.
8. Juliet and Romeo are not paying attention to the Friar. There love is taking them by storm, and they won't have it moderated.
1.Mercutio is a dark manly character that does not have the patience to deal with Romeo and his love drama.
2.The nurse worries that romeo is misleading juliet, that he will use her then trash her.
3. Romeo tells the nurse how she and juliet will be married for juliet.
4. Juliet waits for the nurse with news of her and romeos marrige
5. Juliet uses the sun killing darkness as her image for love
6. Romeo wants to use the ladder to get into the church secretly
7.The Frair worns To love moderatly, dont give everything away, wait dont rush.
8. Romeo and Juliets relashonship is as rushed as it can be, after a day of meeting each other and short dialouge they are to be married, rushed indeed
1. Mercutio is a romantic, kind, but conceited person. Although he is romantic, though, he sees Romeo with Juliet and finds their family name more important.
2. The nurse is worried that Romeo is trying to take advantage of Juliet? I am not sure.
3. He says he protests to their possible seperation.
4. Juliet is waiting for the nurse to return.
5. Juliet says that thoughs go faster than the suns beams (which is untrue- technically, they are equal, that love drives back darkness, that doves symbolize love, and that they use cupids wings to fly.
6. He is going to climb up to Juliets bedroom.
7. The Friar says that these loves end violently.
8. They do not heed his warning. They are in love, and dont care if they might die as a result.
1. Mercutio is jolly and rash. He is sort of witty, likes to make jokes and puns.
2. The nurse is worried that Romeo will leave Juliet soon after getting married and will leave Juliet heartbroken.
3. Romeo sends the message that to get married she would meet him in friar Lawrence’s cell.
4. Juliet is waiting for the nurse to bring her Romeo’s word. When the nurse comes she is then waiting for the nurse to actually tell her what Romeo says.
5. Juliet has the suns beams and the wings of doves as images of love.
6. Romeo uses the rope ladder to climb up to Juliet.
7. The advice from Lawrence don’t love her too much and love her for ever.
8. They are not paying much attention to his warning. They do love each other too much, and might not love each other forever.
Mercutio is a comical, sometimes rude character. He likes to joke around, and make fun of people. This might be a sign of insecurity.
When the nurse first meets Romeo, she is worried that he might play with Juliet's heart, or be with another girl as well. But, Romeo well assures her that he will take care of Juliet, and that he will love her as his one-and-only. Romeo also tells the Nurse that he and Juliet are to meet at the priest's cell for "confession," but that they really will be married at that time.
When this is all happening, Juliet is sitting anxiously back at the Capulet home, waiting for her nurse to come back with news of Romeo and her marriage. When the nurse finally comes back, Juliet talks with her, and brings up many images in their conversation, such as:
love's heralds,
sun's beams,
shadows,
louring hills,
nimble-pinioned doves,
and wind-swift Cupid wings.
Romeo, that night, will use the rope ladder provided by Juliet to climb up to her room when it is good and dark.
The Friar warns Romeo right before he is to be married that he must not fall in love too fast, too rushed, for his love relationship will end faster that way.
Upon hearing this, Romeo and Juliet pay no attenion whatsoever, because they are too excited about being married, and having found each other.
Mercutio seems to be a guy who doesnt care to much about love, but more about having fun. He's an all around guy and doesn't think much of Romeo's "love" for Rosaline or Juliet.
Nurse is afraid that Romeo is using Juliet, or leading her on. SHe does not want Juliet to be hurt by this boy who claims that he loves her. She is also afraid that Romeo will take advantage of Juliet, leaving her emotionally(and possibly phisycally) scarred.
Romeo sends to Juliet through the Nurse that they are to be wed that afternoon and that Friar Lawrence will do it for them in his cell.
Juliet is waiting for Nurse to tell her of her meeting with Romeo. Juliet wishes to know what he said to her and what he says about their marriage, while Nurse protests saying that she is out of breath and that Juliet must wait.
Juliet compares love to the bright sunbeams, driving away darkness and shadows and also to the wind under cupid's wings.
Romeo wishes to take the rope ladder so that he may climb up Juliet's balcony and be with her in secret.
Friar warns Romeo that love that is moving to quickly can quickly come to an end. This implys that Romeo and Juliet should slow down, and not be in such a rush to get married.
Romeo and Juleit are not paying attention to Friar's warning. I would characterise their love as childish, and blind. Much like the love of young teenagers(which they happen to be).
1. Mercutio has a big imaginiation, is funny, and can be hot headed.
2. The nurse is worried that Romeo might “double cross” Juliet. The nurse is worried that Romeo won’t marry Juliet.
3. The nurse tells Juliet that Romeo is waiting at Friar Lawrence’s cell to marry her.
4. Juliet is waiting for the nurse to return.
5. The images Juliet uses to describe love are the sun’s beams, doves, and Cupid’s wings.
6. Romeo is going to climb up to Juliet’s bedroom with the rope ladder.
7. Friar warns Romeo to love moderately and not with too much intensity.
8. No, because they are getting married too quickly and they are being inpatient.
1. Mercutio is very witty with a strange imagination and melancholy. He seems to like wordplay like metaphors and similes. He can become quite angry with people who pretend to be fashionable.
2. The nurse warns Romeo not to lead Juliet to a fool's paradise and treat her badly.
3. Romeo tells the nurse to tell Juliet that he is waiting to marry her at Fair Lawrence’s cell.
4. Juliet is waiting for the nurse to return with news about Romeo.
5. Juliet talks about flying doves that are in love.
6. Juliet has to use the rope letter to climb back to her room at night.
7. Friar Lawrence tells Romeo to love moderately because it last longer than short swift love.
8. Romeo and Juliet aren’t paying attention to Friar Lawrence warnings about love. Thier love is more passionate and swift love which doesn’t very long.
1. Mercutio seems to be sortof an aggressive person that you'd have to be on the good side of.
2. The nurse is afraid Romeo does not mean what he says and he is going to somehow hurt Juliet.
3. Romeo tells Juliet to meet her at the priest's cell in the afternoon to marry him.
4. Juliet is waiting for the news from the nurse.
5. Juliet uses Cupid's Wings and the sun when describing love.
6. Romeo is going to climb the rope up to Juliets room to consummate their marriage.
7. Friar tells them that the more exciting their love is, the worse the end will be.
8. Romeo and Juliet definately arent paying attention to Friar's warning. They are in such a trance there is no way for anything to affect what they do. Ever.
1. He is quick in his mouth and he don't show so much respect.
2. That Romeo was just joking about their love.
3. That they should meet in the confession center.
4. She wants the nurse to tell what Romeo said.
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6. Climb to the topgallant of joy.
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1. Mercutio is a very witty guy. He is very directional in his speaking. He is kind of nosy too, like when in Scene 4 he know where everyone is. He is a bit of a jokester.
2-The nurse is worried that if Romeo and Juliet get married Roemeo won't be able to provide for Juliet, that he just tricked her from the beginning.
3. Romeo wants Juliet to come to Friar Lawrence's room at the church so they can get married.
4. Juliet's waiting for her nurse to come back with news from Romeo.
5. Juliet describes love as faster than sunlight and stronger than pending shadows. She talks about the love-giving doves and the agile wings of cupid.
6. Romeo is going to climb to Juliet's room.
7. The Friar says to be careful because you two might comet to hate each other.
8. Romeo and Juliet are having a silly kiddy romance. They're being stubborn and listsening to no one.
1. I think that mercutio is witty, and likes to joke around. Instead of telling Romeo that dreams were foolish he went into the queen mab thing.
2. the nurse is worried that Romeo might not really be in love with juliet.
3. Romeo tells the Nurse to tell Juliet to meet him this afternoon at Friar Laurence's cell. he tells her to bring a rope ladder.
4. for the nurse to come back after she talked to romeo.
5. ?
6. Romeo will climb the ladder to juliet's chamber.
7. to note love each other too much. if you love to fast, it arrives as tardy as too slow.
8. No, they didnt heed his warning at all. They are blindly in love.
From what I have read so far I would describe Mecutio as loyal, brave, and rude. He is loyal to Romeo which he shows by trying to help him out of his misery and sticking up for him in arguements. he is brave becuase he takes the threat of a fight with little care and he is rude because he says things without consideration to other people's feelings like with the nurse.
The nurse when meeting Romeo is worried he might mistreat her or is only leading her on and is not actually interested in her. Later she comes to the descion that he will not do that.
Romeo uses the nurse as a messanger to Juliet telling her to meet him at Friar Lawrences' cell and there they will get married.
Juliet is waiting impatiently for her nurse to return and give her Romeo's message.
When Juliet is describing love with images of light and dark but love is overcoming the dark. SHe uses the sun beams, shadows, dark hills, wings of cupid.
Romeo is giving the rope ladder to the nurse to help Juliet escape so she can meet him.
Friar Lawrence is warning Romeo that intense love ends badly and he should love moderately. This is a form of foreshadowing.
Romeo and Juliet are not paying any attention to Frair Lawrences warning. From this I would say their love is deep, unstoppable, unpredictable and misguided.
Mercutio likes to tell alot of jokes so i think he is humorus. Romeo tells the nurse to have juliet meet him at Friar Larwences cell.Juliet is waiting for the nurse to return. Qupid , speed ,the sun ,hills shadows dove.He is saying that love should be slow an d not rushed. I dont think they are listening to the friars warning and the y have jjust a physicsl atraction and not a mental one.
1. From what I have read so far I would describe Mercutio as a little self centered and care free. In some ways he only cares about himself, and if he is worried about someone else it’s only because they way they are acting bothers him. He is care free in the sense that he doesn’t really seem to care what he is doing with his life.
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3. Romeo tells her to ask Juliet to meet him to be married,
4. In scene 5 Juliet is waiting for the message from the nurse.
5. Juliet uses images such as cupid’s wings and doves drawn love to describe love.
6. Romeo is going to leave the rope ladder for Juliet to climb down when she leaves to meet him to be married.
7. He warns Romeo that in short time he may lose Juliet’s love.
8. I think that Romeo and Juliet aren’t actually in love. I think that they are rebelling against their families wishes. I think that their love isn’t real.
1. MErcution is cocky and self-centered. He doesn't really care about others, and easily dismisses others when disagreed with. He also likes to make sexual suggestions towards the Nurse.
2. The nurse is afraid that Romeo will try to trick Juliet and break her heart.
3. IN scene 4, Romeo tells the Nurse to tell Juliet where to meet him so that they can get married.
4. Juliet is waiting for Romeo to come meet her so they can be married.
5. Juliet is saying that love should be like little messengers that travel back and forth to the lovers that go quickly, and can climb over hills. SHe uses the imagery of sunbeams, shadows, dark hills, doves, wings of doves, and Cupid.
6.Romeo is going to hang the rope ladder down from Juliets window, so she may climb down it to meet him.
7. Friar Lawrence warns Romeo that his love and marriage may end badly, and that they should take things slow, so that they don't rush things to quickly, and ruin their relationship.
8.I don't think ROmeo and Juliet really care nor hear what Friar Lawrence has to say to them about being careful, they are just interested in each other, and the fact that they are about to be wed. This says that they are naive, and a little careless in their planning.
1. So far mercutio seems arrogant and seems to make fun of people a lot. He is not completely mean but he is closer to the mean side than the nice side.
2. The Nurse does not want Romeo to, after he marries Juliet, abandon her and leave her heart-broken.
3. His message is that he will be waiting a Friar Lawrences house where they will be married.
4. Juliet is waiting for the Nurse to come back from talking with Romeo. She becomes impatient as the clock ticks by.
5. Juliet is describing love as if you glide faster than the suns beams reach earth. Love is so powerful that it will drive back darkness anywhere.
6. To get Romeo in Juliets room so that they can get married.
7. Romeo is told by the Friar that he should not rush things or an unhappy ending is inevitable.
8. No they are not paying attention to his warning because all that they are rushing and trying to get married as fast as they can.
1. He likes to tease people. And he is very moody. He may be helping Romeo one day and making fun of him the next. He is very funny with people he does not know or like. For example with the nurse, he was very meaqn and flirty with her.
2. That he may waste Juliet's time. Like mess with her head.
3. That they are getting married at Friar Lawrences cell that day.
4. Waiting for the nurse to tell her what Romeos message was.
5. Hills and the sun,s beams, while cupid draws his arrow opon her.
6. He uses the rope so he can get up to juliet's balcony.
7. There is a bit of good and bad in everyone, and that he shouldn't give up one girls. That love my bring that two fueding family's together.
8. They may not be the ones for each other. They are just going with what they feel right now.
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