Summary: Act 1, scene 3 Juliet enters, and Lady Capulet dismisses the Nurse so that she might speak with her daughter alone. An embarrassed Juliet forcefully commands that the Nurse stop. Lady Capulet asks Juliet what she thinks about getting married. Juliet replies that she has not given it any thought.
Q. How is Romeo and Juliet a comedy?
Not only does Romeo and Juliet deviate in many ways from the tragic genre, the first two acts of the play are structured much more like a comedy. Shakespeare’s comedies often feature lovers being kept apart by misguided authority figures, just as Romeo and Juliet’s love is thwarted by their feuding parents.
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- Q. How is Romeo and Juliet a comedy?
- Q. What happened in Act 1 Scene 4 of Romeo and Juliet?
- Q. Why does Juliet not want to get married?
- Q. Was Romeo and Juliet marriage legal?
- Q. What was the poison that killed Romeo?
- Q. What two families are fighting in Romeo and Juliet?
- Q. Why does Benvolio fight Tybalt at the end of this scene?
Q. What happened in Act 1 Scene 4 of Romeo and Juliet?
Summary: Act 1, scene 4 Romeo, Benvolio, and their friend Mercutio, all wearing masks, have gathered with a group of mask-wearing guests on their way to the Capulets’ feast. Still melancholy, Romeo wonders how they will get into the Capulets’ feast, since they are Montagues.
Q. Why does Juliet not want to get married?
Lord Capulet is sad that Juliet never married Paris because he thinks that it would have made her happy. Lady Capulet acts as Paris. Lord Capulet promises Paris that the wedding will be on Thursday. Lady Montague acts as Juliet and Lord Montague acts as Romeo.
Q. Was Romeo and Juliet marriage legal?
In Romeo and Juliet’s case none of them had any of their parents to agree, therefore this marriage is illegal. Their parents could fight upon that fact and get the Friar into some very serious trouble. Although if you see it from a religion point of view, then it is legal./span>
Q. What was the poison that killed Romeo?
potassium cyanide
Q. What two families are fighting in Romeo and Juliet?
In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare presents two families to the audience: the Montagues and the Capulets. These two families, despite their similarities, despise each other and continually battle. The conflict between the two families is almost presented to be natural until Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love.
Q. Why does Benvolio fight Tybalt at the end of this scene?
A verbal confrontation quickly escalates into a fight. Benvolio, a kinsman to Montague, enters and draws his sword in an attempt to stop the confrontation. Benvolio explains that he is merely trying to keep the peace, but Tybalt professes a hatred for peace as strong as his hatred for Montagues, and attacks.
