Topic - William Shakespeare (Romeo and Juliet) [#Q27/L/WS/260725]
1. How does Romeo’s reaction to Juliet’s supposed death reflect his tragic flaw?
2. What message fails to reach Romeo, causing the final tragedy?
3. Why is the apothecary hesitant to sell poison to Romeo?
4. What theme is emphasized through Romeo’s line: 'Then I defy you, stars!'?
5. What symbolic role does poison play in the final act?
6. Why does Paris confront Romeo at Juliet’s tomb?
7. What is Romeo’s attitude toward Paris during their confrontation?
8. How is Paris’s death ironic in the larger context?
9. What role does Balthasar play in the final act?
10. What is Friar Laurence’s final failure in Act V?
11. Why does Juliet kiss Romeo after awakening?
12. What does Juliet use to kill herself?
13. How is dramatic irony used in the final tomb scene?
14. What does Montague announce after Romeo’s death?
15. What structural role does the Prince play in the final scene?
16. What message does the play’s ending convey about love and hate?
17. What is the tone of the closing rhymed couplet: 'For never was a story of more woe / Than this of Juliet and her Romeo'?
18. How is Juliet’s death more active than Romeo’s?
19. Why is the ending considered cathartic in classical tragedy?
20. How does the tomb setting function symbolically in Act V?
