What happened in Act 3 Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet?
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What happened in Act 3 Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet?
A fight between the Montagues and the Capulets ends in bloodshed. Mercutio accepts Tybalt’s challenge to a fight. He is fatally stabbed by Tybalt and dies cursing the feud between the Capulets and Montagues. Benvolio tries his best to avoid a fight but is unable to stop the brawl that ensues.
What does Juliet see that frightens her?
As Romeo descends the balcony, Juliet experiences a frightening vision of Romeo “as one dead in the bottom of a tomb.” This prophetic image will prove true in the final scene when Juliet awakens from her drug-induced slumber to find Romeo dead on the floor of the Capulet tomb.
What does Benvolio suggest Romeo should do Act 3 Scene 1?
What does Benvolio suggest Romeo should do? Why? He needs to leave/ run away.
Who started the fight in Romeo and Juliet Act 3 Scene 1?
Tybalt
After Benvolio explains what happened, Lady Capulet demands to Romeo be killed. But Lord Montague argues that Tybalt got what was coming to him for killing Mercutio. The Prince comes up with a solution: because Tybalt started the fight, he’ll spare Romeo’s life. But he rules that Romeo must be banished from Verona.
How does Juliet feel at the end of Act 3?
Juliet is appalled. She rejects the match, saying “I will not marry yet; and when I do, I swear / It shall be Romeo—whom you know I hate— / Rather than Paris” (3.5. 121–123).
What does Juliet decide at the end of Act 3?
What does Juliet decide to do at the end of Act 3 Scene 5? Juliet decides to go to Friar Lawrence for advice. She tells the Nurse to tell her parents she is going to confession. Juliet decides that if all else fails, she will kill herself.
What does Romeo fear at the end of the scene?
Romeo voices one last concern: he has a feeling that the night’s activities will set in motion the action of fate, resulting in untimely death.
Why does Juliet threaten to end her own life at the end of Act 3?
When Juliet misunderstands the Nurse and thinks that Romeo is dead, she does not think that he was killed, but that he killed himself. And thinking that Romeo is dead, Juliet quickly decides that she too must die. Her love for Romeo will allow no other course of action.
