Romeo and Juliet | Class 27: Love-Based Marriages in Act 5

Comprehension Check for Act 5

1.  Why does Romeo not receive Friar Laurence’s letter of explanation?

Possible answers: Balthasar, Romeo’s friend, has witnessed Juliet’s funeral and rushes to tell Romeo the grim news. Balthasar, in his haste, reaches Romeo first.

2.  What does Romeo purchase at Mantua and why?

Possible answers: Romeo is disgusted by life and purchases a vial of poison while in Mantua. He tells the apothecary that money is “worse than poison to men’s souls” (5.1.80). He blames...

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