Scene I page 9 Two servants precipitate violence and an important pronouncement.

1. What is the mood of these men?
2. What is the tone of their conversation? To what or whom might you compare them?
3. Notice how the fight builds -- from servants to Tybalt and Benevolio, to Lady and Lord Capulet and Lady and Lord montague.
4. What is the difference between Tibet and Benevolio’s responses? It is a difference they will preserve throughout the play. What might it show about their characters? How is Tybalt, for instance, characterized by Benevolio?
5. The prince speaks. Read carefully and learn what he threatens. Might this be foreshadowing?
6. Following the resolution of the brawl, we hear Romeo talked of by Benevolio and Montague (Romeo’s father). What do we learn about Romeo here?
7. From Romeo, page 21, we learn the cause of his strange behavior, what is it? Find the OXYMORON, a form of PARADOX in which two contrasting terms are used together in his speech.
8. What has been the lady’s response to Romeo? What ALLUSION (page 21) helps to communicate her character?

Scene I page 9 Two servants precipitate violence and an important pronouncement.

1. What is the mood of these men?
2. What is the tone of their conversation? To what or whom might you compare them?
3. Notice how the fight builds -- from servants to Tybalt and Benevolio, to Lady and Lord Capulet and Lady and Lord montague.
4. What is the difference between Tibet and Benevolio’s responses? It is a difference they will preserve throughout the play. What might it show about their characters? How is Tybalt, for instance, characterized by Benevolio?
5. The prince speaks. Read carefully and learn what he threatens. Might this be foreshadowing?
6. Following the resolution of the brawl, we hear Romeo talked of by Benevolio and Montague (Romeo’s father). What do we learn about Romeo here?
7. From Romeo, page 21, we learn the cause of his strange behavior, what is it? Find the OXYMORON, a form of PARADOX in which two contrasting terms are used together in his speech.
8. What has been the lady’s response to Romeo? What ALLUSION (page 21) helps to communicate her character?

Scene I page 9 Two servants precipitate violence and an important pronouncement.

1. What is the mood of these men?
2. What is the tone of their conversation? To what or whom might you compare them?
3. Notice how the fight builds -- from servants to Tybalt and Benevolio, to Lady and Lord Capulet and Lady and Lord montague.
4. What is the difference between Tibet and Benevolio’s responses? It is a difference they will preserve throughout the play. What might it show about their characters? How is Tybalt, for instance, characterized by Benevolio?
5. The prince speaks. Read carefully and learn what he threatens. Might this be foreshadowing?
6. Following the resolution of the brawl, we hear Romeo talked of by Benevolio and Montague (Romeo’s father). What do we learn about Romeo here?
7. From Romeo, page 21, we learn the cause of his strange behavior, what is it? Find the OXYMORON, a form of PARADOX in which two contrasting terms are used together in his speech.
8. What has been the lady’s response to Romeo? What ALLUSION (page 21) helps to communicate her character?

Scene I page 9 Two servants precipitate violence and an important pronouncement.

1. What is the mood of these men?
2. What is the tone of their conversation? To what or whom might you compare them?
3. Notice how the fight builds -- from servants to Tybalt and Benevolio, to Lady and Lord Capulet and Lady and Lord montague.
4. What is the difference between Tibet and Benevolio’s responses? It is a difference they will preserve throughout the play. What might it show about their characters? How is Tybalt, for instance, characterized by Benevolio?
5. The prince speaks. Read carefully and learn what he threatens. Might this be foreshadowing?
6. Following the resolution of the brawl, we hear Romeo talked of by