1. Choose the best paraphrase for the sentence below.
"A pox on you for your loathsome chiding!"

Curse you for your hateful scolding!*
May you be diseased for your disgusting behavior!
I want to hit you because you’ve been hiding!

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the themes of the play? (1 point)
Good intentions always yield good results.*
Tragedy causes everyone involved to look intently at themselves.
True love requires risk.

3. What is the downfall of the hero in a tragedy? (1 point)
the actions of the villain
his own actions
a weak point in his char

William Shakespeare's Romeo and Ju li et deals with the illegal love of the two protagonists amidst their feuding families. Though at first unaware of their families' hatred for each other, they still went forward with their love and even got married, but tragedy led them to their own separate deaths.

1. A pox is a common way of cursing at someone who did things wrong. Chiding is an act of reprimanding or scolding someone for the mistake committed. So, the sentence may well mean "curse you for your hateful scolding".

2. Considering the play from which the given themes and sentences are based on, one theme that the play does not deal in is that "good intentions always yield good results". In fact, that is quite the opposite. Even with good intentions, Romeo still suffers.

3. The downfall of the hero in a tragic story is his own character's weak point, which in this case, is his unfailing love for Ju li et.