Part 1: Understanding Sacrifice

1. What does the word 'sacrifice' mean to you? Write your definition below:

2. Circle all the words that relate to sacrifice:

Giving up something important

Selfishness

Loss

Greed

Putting others first

Making difficult choices

Part 2: Key Moments of Sacrifice

3. Match each character with their main sacrifice in Romeo and Juliet:

1. Romeo

2. Juliet

3. Friar Laurence

4. Mercutio

A. Takes the potion to fake death

B. Dies defending Romeo's honour

C. Risks his reputation to help the lovers

D. Kills Tybalt and faces banishment

4. Which sacrifice do you think had the most serious consequences? Circle one:

Romeo killing Tybalt

Juliet taking the potion

Romeo drinking poison

Juliet stabbing herself

5. Explain your choice from question 4:

Part 3: Love as Motivation

6. Complete the sentences about how love motivates sacrifice in the play:

Romeo kills Tybalt because his love for _____________ makes him feel he must _____________ her family's honour.

Juliet agrees to take the potion because her love for _____________ is stronger than her _____________ of death.

The young lovers choose death rather than _____________ because they believe their love cannot _____________ without each other.

7. Find a quotation that shows how love motivates a character to sacrifice. Write it below and explain what it reveals:

Quotation: "___________________________________________"

Part 4: Shakespeare's Language and Techniques

8. How does Shakespeare use language to present sacrifice? Tick all techniques that apply:

Dramatic irony (audience knows more than characters)

Religious imagery (death, heaven, saints)

Light and dark imagery

Soliloquies revealing inner thoughts

Metaphors comparing love to death

9. Choose one technique from question 8 and explain how Shakespeare uses it to show sacrifice:

Part 5: Consequences and Themes

10. What are the main consequences of the lovers' sacrifices? List three:

1. _________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________

3. _________________________________________________

11. What do you think Shakespeare is trying to teach us about love through these sacrifices?

True love requires great sacrifice

Love can lead to destructive choices

Young love is often impulsive and dangerous

Love is more powerful than family hatred

12. Write a paragraph explaining how Shakespeare uses sacrifice to show the power and consequences of love in Romeo and Juliet. Include at least one quotation:

Part 6: Personal Response

13. Do you think the lovers' sacrifices were worth it? Explain your opinion:

14. One new insight I gained about love and sacrifice from this lesson:

15. One question I still have about the theme of sacrifice in Romeo and Juliet:

Love and Sacrifice Analysis

Love and Sacrifice Analysis

Part 1: Understanding Sacrifice

Part 2: Key Moments of Sacrifice

Part 3: Love as Motivation

Part 4: Shakespeare's Language and Techniques

Part 5: Consequences and Themes

Part 6: Personal Response

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