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AQA English Literature Paper 1: Section A

Shakespeare – ‘Romeo and Juliet’

At the end of the tasks for each chapter, give yourself a level based on the information below.

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6Simple Relevant Explained Clear Thoughtful Convincing

Romeo: son of a wealthy Veronese family a serious young man acts as much with his heart as with his head completely committed to Juliet

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Proclaims his love for Juliet in the balcony scene (2.2)

Marries Juliet (2.6)

Falls in love with Juliet at the ball (1.5)

Romeo is infatuated with Rosaline (1.1)

Kills Paris and dies in Juliet’s tomb (5.3)

Returns to Verona unaware of Juliet’s true state (5.1)

Kills Tybalt in a duel and is exiled (3.1)

Juliet: young, sensitive, resourceful unafraid to give herself completely to Romeo (love) daughter of the Capulets

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Marries Romeo without telling her parents (2.6)

Disobeys her parents when she refuses to marry Paris (3.5)

Proclaims her love from Romeo from her balcony (2.2)

Meets and falls in love with Romeo at the ball (1.5)

Wakes in the tomb and, seeing Romeo’s dead body, kills herself (5.3)

Takes the potion the Friar has supplied (5.1)

Spends a first and last night with Romeo, knowing he is banished for murder (3.5)

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Mercutio: one of the Prince’s kinsmen and Romeo’s friend a lively passionate man killed in a duel with Tybalt which fatally changes the course of

Romeo’s love

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Accompanies Romeo to the masked ball (1.4) Is stabbed as a result of Romeo’s intervention (3.1)

Attempts to cheer up Romeo who is suffering because of his love (1.4)

Curses both the Capulets and the Montagues in his dying words (3.1)

Duels with Tybalt (3.1)

Benvolio praises Mercutio’s courage (3.1)

The Nurse: has brought up Juliet from a baby and is Juliet’s closest friend passes messages between Romeo and Juliet betrays Juliet’s trust when she is forced to marry Paris

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Arranges for Romeo to come to Juliet after he has been banished (3.3)

discovers the apparently dead body of Juliet (4.5)

Is sent to Romeo to organise the marriage ceremony (2.4)

Is involved in the first discussions about Juliet’s marriage to Paris (1.3)

Unwisely suggests that Juliet marry Paris after Romeo’s exile (3.5)

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Friar Laurence: a friar, a friend and advisor respected by Romeo persuades himself that Romeo and Juliet’s marriage will end the conflict a skilled herbalist who makes medicines from plants and herbs

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Agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet (2.3) Gives Juliet the drug to make her appear dead (4.1)

Shelters Romeo after his fight with Tybalt and his banishment (3.3)

Is unable to send news of his plan to Romeo in Mantua in time (5.2)

Conceives a plan to help the lovers reunite at some point in the future (3.3)

Is unable to stop Juliet killing herself (5.3)

Benvolio: part of the Montague family mild-mannered, well-intentioned young man kind peacemaker comforts Romeo in his unfulfilled love for Rosaline

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Listens to Romeo and tries to make him feel more positive about his disappointment in love (1.1)

Tries to help Lady Montague find out what is upsetting Romeo (1.1)

Tries to stop the first street fight (1.1. 62-3)

Tries to avoid the second, more serious fight but Tybalt and Mercutio will not listen to him (3.1)

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Tybalt: Juliet’s fiery cousin swift to feel angered and insulted by the Montagues aggravates the fighting in the opening scene causes the trouble in Act 3 that fatally changes the course of

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Insists on fighting (1.1)

Kills Mercutio and is killed by Romeo in revenge leading to Romeo’s banishment (3.1)

Overhears Romeo at the ball: he has to be stopped from challenging him by Capulet (1.5)

Challenges Romeo in the street, which is met by Mercutio instead (3.1)

Tybalt’s dramatic function:

represents violence

his death drives forward the pace of the action

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Lord Capulet: at first Lord Capulet seems concerned and caring, jovial and sociable.

He enjoys the feast and the wedding preparations. he can also be domineering and gives orders to both Lady Capulet and

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Reluctantly discusses the possibility of Paris marrying Juliet (1.2)

Insists that Juliet marry Paris following Tybalt’s death and arranges her marriage the same week (3.5. 125-95)

Invites Paris to his party that evening so he can meet and woo Juliet (1.2)

Prevents Tybalt from challenging Romeo at the party (1.5. 125-95)

Lady Capulet: supposedly much younger than Lord Capulet spends less time with her daughter than the Nurse she represents the life of a wealthy woman.Choose at least two quotes for each box and research www.sparknotes.co.uk to find deeper meanings to each event.

Asks Juliet about how she would feel about marrying Paris (1.3)

Informs Juliet of her marriage to Paris (3.5)

Makes preparations for Juliet’s wedding (4.4.) Is grief stricken at Juliet’s death (5.5)

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Stretch and Challenge

What is an epithalamium and why is it used in Romeo and Juliet?

Why does Shakespeare choose to kill Mercutio off less than half way through the play?

Juliet lives in a patriarchal society. How does this affect the way that other characters treat her?

Romeo and Juliet choose to die in different ways. What does this tell you about the way their love affair ends?

How would an Elizabethan audience view suicide?

Makes preparations for Juliet’s wedding (4.4.) Is grief stricken at Juliet’s death (5.5)