Romeo and Juliet | Class 11: Act 2 (Scenes 4 through 6)

Comprehension Check for Act 2.4-6

1. Cite a few of the lines in which Friar Laurence acts against his own advice.

Possible responses: 2.2.15-18; 2.2.64-65; 2.2.76; 2.2.90

2.  Why do Mercutio and Benvolio feel free to act so unkindly and speak so bawdily to the Nurse?

Possible responses: The Nurse is of a lower class and not afforded the respect of elite women. Calling her “lady, lady, lady” is another way to taunt her. Everyone in the play knows she is no “lady” (2.4.141).

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