Romeo & Juliet Structure

Question 1

Act 1, Scene 1

Answer 1

• Fight between Montaue and Capulet, stopped by the Prince
• Romeo obsesses over Rosaline

Question 2

Act 1, Scene 2

Answer 2

• Capulet arranges for Paris to come to a feast to woo juliet
• Romeo and Benvolio plan to attend it too

Question 3

Act 1, Scene 3

Answer 3

• Lady Capulet asks Juliet to consider Paris as a husband

Question 4

Act 1, Scene 4

Answer 4

• Mercutio mocks Romeo and speaks about Queen Mab
• Romeo senses that the night will set fate in motion

Question 5

Act 1, Scene 5

Answer 5

• Romeo and Juliet fall in love
• Tybalt wants to harm Romeo as he came to the feast

Question 6

Act 2, Scene 1

Answer 6

• Romeo looks for Juliet, leaving Benvolio and Mercutio

Question 7

Act 2, Scene 2

Answer 7

• Romeo stands below Juliet’s balcony
• Profess love for each other
• Juliet promises to send a messnger the next day to confirm Romeo’s intention to marry her

Question 8

Act 2, Scene 3

Answer 8

• Romeo asks Friar Lawrence to marry him and Juliet
• He is skeptical, but agrees as it may settle the feud

Question 9

Act 2, Scene 4

Answer 9

• Tybalt challenges Romeo to a duel
• The nurse agrees to send Juliet to Friar Lawrence

Question 10

Act 2, Scene 5

Answer 10

• The nurse tells Juliet Romeo is waiting with Friar Lawrence to get married

Question 11

Act 2, Scene 6

Answer 11

• Friar Larence marries them, but warns Romeo not to get too intense in his love

Question 12

Act 3, Scene 1

Answer 12

• Romeo refuses to fight Tybalt, so Mercutio fights him instead
• Mercutio gets killed and Romeo kills Tybalt and runs away
• Prince Escalus exile Romeo

Question 13

Act 3, Scene 2

Answer 13

• The nurse tells Juliet what happened to Romeo, but syas she will bring him round (as it’s their wedding night)

Question 14

Act 3, Scene 3

Answer 14

• The nurse gives Romeo a ring from Juliet
• Friar Lawrence suggests to Romeo that he should sped the night with Juliet then flee to Mantua

Question 15

Act 3, Scene 4

Answer 15

• The Capulets tell Paris that he will marry Juliet in three days

Question 15

Act 3, Scene 5

Answer 15

• Romeo leaves Juliet after their wedding night
• The Capulets tell Juliet she must marry Paris
• Juliet goes to Friar Lawrence for help

Question 16

Act 4, Scene 1

Answer 16

• Paris bumps into Juliet and shows affection
• Friar Lawrence suggests that Juliet should take a sleeping potion, to fake her death and then flee to Mantua

Question 17

Act 4, Scene 2

Answer 17

• Juliet agrees to marry Paris

Question 18

Act 4, Scene 3

Answer 18

• After a lot of worrying Juliet drinks the sleeping potion

Question 19

Act 4, Scene 4

Answer 19

• The Capulets prepare for the wedding

Question 20

Act 4, Scene 5

Answer 20

• The nurse, the Capulets and Paris discover that Juliet is dead

Question 21

Act 5, Scene 1

Answer 21

• Balthasar tells Romeo that Juliet is dead
• Romeo buys poison

Question 22

Act 5, Scene 2

Answer 22

• Friar Lawrence learns his letter never reached Romeo

Question 23

Act 5, Scene 3

Answer 23

• Romeo kills Paris, finds Juliet and then drinks the poison
• Juliets wakes next to Romeo and stabs heself
• Friar Lawrence explains what happened
• The Capulets and Montagues agree to end their feud