Key Ideas and Details 1. (a) What do yoû know about Romeo's and Juliet's lives at this point in
the play? Explain, citing details from the play that support your answer.
(b) Compare and Contrast: How are their circumstances both similar
and different? Explain.
2. Analyze: What threats to Romeo and Juliet's love are evident in Act I?
Support your answer with details from the play.
3. (a) What information about the two feuding households is presented
in the Prologue? (b) Connect: How does Juliet's comment in Act I,
Scene v, lines 137-138, echo the Prologue? Explain your response.
4. Summarize Refer to the glosses to clarify details. Then, summarize
Capulet's scolding of Tybalt in Act I, Scene v, lines 77-87.
5. Summarize (a) Explain Juliet's play on words in her speech from Act I,
Scene v, lines 96-99. (b) Write a summary of her speech.