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Please be seated and take out
your homework, (Holt Reader and
Scene Design Worksheet).
I will check those assignments for
attendance and during our Warm
Up today, a Think/Pair/Share
activity.
First, think
Finally, we’ll
regroup as a
class and
share what
you came up
with together.
Act III, Scenes 2-5
Summary
Romeo and Juliet
Act III, Scene 2
The nurse tells Juliet someone is
dead.
For some time Juliet thinks that
someone is Romeo.
The nurse finally explains Tybalt is
dead and that Romeo killed him.
She tells Juliet Romeo is now
banished from Verona.
Act III, Scene 2 (cont.)
Juliet threatens to kill herself, but
the nurse comforts her, saying she
will go to Friar Laurence’s cell and
tell Romeo to come to Juliet’s
chamber that evening.
Act III, Scene 3
At Friar Laurence’s cell, the friar
tells Romeo of the prince’s
sentence of banishment.
When the nurse arrives she
reports Juliet is upset.
Romeo tries to stab himself.
The nurse prevents him.
Act III, Scene 3 (cont.)
So, the friar offers a plan.
Romeo will go to Mantua while the
friar works to reconcile the
feuding families, reveal the secret
marriage, and get a pardon from
the Prince for Romeo.
First Romeo will visit Juliet.
Act III, Scene 4
Parisvisits the Capulet house.
Lord Capulet tells him Juliet is
upset about Tybalt’s death, but he
promises Juliet will marry Paris in
three days.
Act III, Scene 5
In the final scene of Act III, Romeo
and Juliet spend the night
together.
Romeo leaves and the nurse and
Lady Capulet come in to tell Juliet
she will marry Paris in three days.
Juliet refuses to marry Paris, so
Lord Capulet gets angry at her.
Juliet decides she’ll visit Friar
Laurence for help.
Plot Pyramid
Romeo and Juliet
Plot Pyramid
Act III: Crisis or Turning Point
Tybalt kills Mercutio; Romeo kills
Tybalt; Prince banishes Romeo from
Verona; Capulet will allow Paris to
marry Juliet; Romeo and Juliet
spend night together; Juliet refuses
Act I: Exposition
Street fighting between
Capulets and Montagues;
Romeo loves Rosaline; Juliet
to marry Paris; Romeo and
Juliet meet at party and fall
THEMES FOUND WITHIN
THE PLAY
THEMES FOUND
WITHIN THE PLAY
Theme 1: LOVE
Romeo and Juliet is the most
famous love story in the English
literary tradition.
Love is naturally the play’s
dominant and most important
theme.
The play focuses on romantic
love, specifically the intense
passion that springs up at first
sight between Romeo and Juliet.
Theme 1: LOVE
At times love is described in the
terms of religion, as in the sonnet
when Romeo and Juliet first meet.
ESSAY ASSIGNMENT
3-Paragraph Essay
Introductory paragraph