Romeo and Juliet Death Scene

How does Romeo contribute to Mercutio’s death?

• He says he won’t defend him

• He steps in between Mercutio and Tybalt

• He looks away at the worst moment

What is the outcome of the fight between Romeo and Tybalt?

• Romeo kills Tybalt

• Tybalt kills Benvolio

• Romeo surrenders

Why does Juliet defend Romeo’s actions?

• She feels loyal to him because of marriage

• She didn’t like Tybalt anyway

• She is angry at Mercutio

In scene one, Balthasar comes to tell Romeo that Juliet is dead, and “her immortal part with angels lives” (5.1.20). The audience knows this is not true, but Romeo does not, causing tension and becoming an example of this term:

• allusion

• dramatic irony

• simile

• pun

How does each character die in Act 5?

• Stabbed by someone else

• Juliet

• Died of a broken heart

• Romeo

• Trick question! This person did not actually die

• Lady Montague

• Stabbed self with a dagger

• Friar Lawrence

• Drinks Poison

• Paris

Who died in act 5?

• Tybalt, Romeo, Balthasar

• Paris, Romeo, Juliet, and Lady Montague

• Paris, Tybalt, Romeo, Lady Montague, Juliet

• Lady Montague, Lord Montague, Paris, Romeo, and Tybalt

Who all died in act 5?

• Tybalt, Romeo, Balthasar

• Paris, Romeo, Juliet, and Lady Montague

• Paris, Tybalt, Romeo, Lady Montague, Juliet

• Lady Montague, Lord Montague, Paris, Romeo, and Tybalt

In scene two, the friar realizes that he must go get Juliet since his message did not reach Romeo. He says of Juliet, “Poor living corpse,* closed in a dead man’s tomb!” (5.2.30) Referring to Juliet as a “living corpse”* is an example of:

• oxymoron

• allusion

• simile

• Pun

At the beginning of scene one, Romeo tells that he “dreamt my lady came and found me dead” (5.1.6). This is a hint of what is to come and therefore an example of:

• allusion

• foreshadowing

• simile

• metaphor

In scene three, Romeo threatens Balthasar saying, “I will tear thee joint by joint/ And strew this hungry churchyard with thy limbs” (5.3.35-36). The phrase “this hungry churchyard” is an example of:

• allusion

• simile

• metaphor

• personification