1. Why do Sampson and Gregory fight with Montague’s men? They fight because they think that they are better than the Montague’s men. When Montague’s men here this they provoke Sam and Greg and it turns into a Capulet and Montague brawl.
2. Benvolio and Tybalt come upon the servants fighting. Contrast their reactions to the fight. Benvolio tried to stop the fighting, but Tybalt calls Benvolio a coward for not wanting to fight.
3. When Montague and Caplet enter and see the disturbance, they want to fight, too. What do their wives say? Their wives tell them that it’s not worth it, and that this fighting is stupid.
4. What ended the opening skirmish? The prince came and ordered everyone to stop fighting and that the next person that …show more content…
For whom did Juliet decide to weep? Juliet actually weeps for Romeo, because the person she’s secretly married to is now banished from the city.
5. Why did Romeo’s killing Tybalt put Juliet in a bad position? What did she finally decide? It put her in a position of having to choose her family or to choose her husband. She choose her family at first, but later decide to go with her husband in the end.
6. Lady Capulet goes to tell Juliet about the plans for the marriage between Juliet and Paris. What is Juliet’s reaction? She is disappointed, because she doesn’t like Paris and her father does. She later confronts her father over the issue. Capulet tells her to marry him or he will disown her and make her leave the palace.
7. Who called Romeo a coward? Friar Laurence calls Romeo a coward for thinking that his life is over, when the punishment that the Prince gave wasn’t as bad as death.
8. Who is known as the prince of cats? Tybalt
9. What motivation does Friar have for marrying Romeo and Juliet? Friar is motivated to marry Romeo and Juliet for the glory of bringing the two houses together from enemies to friends and relatives.
10. How does Mercutio always act? Mercutio always acted like he was higher than somebody else and kind of had it coming to him with