Romeo and Juliet Act 5 Review

Romeo and Juliet:
Act 5 Review

​Character Map

Word Families

​Word Study

A group of words that share the same root make up a word family. The word desperate, for example, is a part of a word family that includes despair and depression.

Recognizing that an unfamiliar word may be in the same word family as a familiar word can help you determine its meaning.

Multiple Choice

What other two words are in the same word family as desperate?

• determined

• despondent

• despairingly

• dismissive

Multiple Choice

What other two words are in the same word family as misery?

• miserly

• misuse

• misinformed

• miserable

Everyone is in a rush!

​What role does timing play in this story?

In Act IV of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, we see Juliet's funeral being planned. While Juliet is being carried to her family's resting place, Balthasar discovers that Juliet is being buried. He rushes to tell Romeo the news.

• Take a moment to consider how many characters seem to rush into things in this story.

• Many characters tend to act on impulse which causes the action of the play to go quickly.

• In the final scene of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, pay close attention to how timing plays a key role in the outcome of the plot.

Dramatic Structures:

Soliloquy - A soliloquy is a speech in which a character who is alone on stage reveals private thoughts and feelings to the audience.

Monologue - A speech made by a character that is NOT alone on the stage.

Stage Directions - Directions for the actors/actresses on stage. These are often in parentheses.

Aside - A comment to the audience, and it not meant to be heard by other characters on the stage.

Dialogue - a conversation between characters

Multiple Choice

When Juliet tells the audience her feelings about Romeo's death, this is an example of...

• dialogue

• monologue

• aside

• soliloquy

Multiple Choice

When Friar Lawrence explains the secret marriage and the disasters that followed to the characters remaining on stage, this is an example of...

• soliloquy

• dialogue

• monologue

• aside

In a tragedy...

...a tragic hero, through both his or her own actions and circumstance, ends up meetings with great misfortune.

Elements of a tragedy include:
The hero is a person of noble birth and admirable character

• The hero is a victim of fate, the prearranged destiny that was “meant to be”

• The hero's motives, or reasons for doing something, are usually good, but often misguided

• The hero suffers from a tragic flaw: a character defect of some type such as jealousy, or hot-headedness. The tragic flaw inevitably leads to the hero's downfall.

​A Tragic Hero...

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes a person who is meager in appearance?

• slender and graceful

• broad and heavy

• thin and gaunt

Multiple Choice

Which situation is most likely to provoke misery in the participants?

• eating a hearty meal in a restaurant

• losing one’s home in a severe flood

• packing one’s suitcase for vacation

Multiple Choice

A synonym is a word that has the same meaning as another. Which of the following is a synonym for penury?

• loyalty

• privacy

• poverty

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences contains an example of parallelism?

• The ending of the play implies that in the future, the two families will be friends.

• Romeo falls in love, marries Juliet, kills Tybalt, and poisons himself.

• 
  Friar Lawrence cannot control events, and the Nurse is equally incapable of helping the lovers.

Multiple Choice

In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act V, scene i, what message does Balthasar report to Romeo?

• 
  Friar Lawrence is on his way to Mantua.

• 
  Juliet will definitely marry Paris.

• 
  Juliet is dead and has been laid to rest in the Capulets’ tomb.

Multiple Choice

In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act V, scene i, why does Romeo seek out an apothecary?

• to poison himself later

• to get a special medical pass to return to Verona

• 
  to get a medical expert to confirm that Juliet is really dead

Multiple Choice

In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act V, scene ii, why is Friar Lawrence upset when he learns that Friar John has not yet been to Mantua?

• 
  He fears that Friar John may have been exposed to the plague.

• 
  He is fearful that failure of his message to reach Romeo may result in disaster.

• 
  He fears that the Prince may punish both him and Friar John.

Multiple Choice

In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act V, scene iii, what motivates Paris to visit the churchyard at night?

• his resentment of the Prince

• his wish to spy on Romeo

• 
  his grief over Juliet’s death

Multiple Choice

According to Montague in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act V, scene iii, what is the cause of Lady Montague’s death? 

• grief over Romeo’s banishment

• 
  grief over the death of Juliet

• 
  sorrow about the continuing feud

Multiple Choice

In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act V, why does the apothecary bend to Romeo’s pressure and agree to break the law?

• 
  The apothecary sympathizes with Romeo’s loss.

• 
  The apothecary badly needs the money.

• 
  The apothecary works for Romeo’s family.

Multiple Choice

Which choice best states one of Romeo’s motives for drinking poison in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act V?

• He believes that it is only through his death that Juliet will find happiness in life.

• 
  He is plagued by guilt over Tybalt’s death.

• He believes Juliet is dead and wants to spend eternity with her.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best supports the answer to Part A as it relates to the form of drama known as tragedy?

• The hero’s motives are good and noble, but they are also misguided.

• 
  The hero’s motives are blocked by the intentions of his enemies.

• The hero lets his anger over his own punishment motivate his revenge.

Multiple Choice

Which of these choices most clearly expresses Romeo’s tragic flaw in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act V?

• 
  his failure to remain trustworthy

• 
  his tendency to be impulsive

• 
  his history of aggression

• his lack of imagination

Open Ended

Is there anyone who could have stopped this tragedy? Who do you think could have prevented this tragedy? Why?