The long speech Juliet makes before drinking the potion is what literary term?
What is a Soliloquy
100
What is the definition of personification?
What is giving human qualities to an inanimate object
100
What is the definition of an allusion?
What is an indirect reference to history, art, or mythology
100
What is the definition of a paradox?
What is a contradictory statement
100
What does Juliet threaten to do is Friar Lawrence doesn't help her?
What is kill herself with a knife
200
"Gentle Nurse please leave me to myself tonight. I've need of many prayers to persuade God to smile on me."
What is Juliet to the Nurse
200
What is the definition of an apostrophe?
What is a reference to someone who is absent, dead, or non-existent
200
What is the definition of imagery?
What is words that cause a picture to be formed in your head
200
What is the difference between a theme and a subject?
What is a theme is a statement that tells what lesson we can learn from the story; a subject is a one-word concept
200
Why does Friar Lawrence think that Juliet will go along with any plan he gives her?
What is she is desperate and in love with Romeo- she'll do anything to be with him
300
"Death is my son in low. Death is my heir" was said by whom?
What is Lord Capulet
300
Why is Paris in Friar Lawrence's cell at the beginning of Act IV?
What is to make wedding arangements
300
Who is Friar Lawrence going to send to Mantua with the letter to Romeo?
What is a friar
300
After the Capulets find out that Juliet is dead, Peter asks the musicians to play a song, and they get in a loud argument about whether or not it is appropriate. What literary term is this?
What is comic relief
300
What is ironic about the flowers in Act IV?
What is they were once being used for decorations for the wedding, and are now being used for decorations at a funeral.
400
What reason does Paris give as to why they should move the wedding date up?
What is Juliet is grieving over Tybalt and they should cheer her up
400
What literary term is being used in this quote: "Gentle Nurse please leave me to myself tonight. I've need of many prayers to persuade God to smile on me."
What is Ambiguous Language
400
When Juliet refers to Tybalt right before she takes the potion, what literary term is this?
What is an Apostrophe
400
"The heavens frown upon you for some wrong you've done: don't anger them further by antagonizing them."
What is Friar Lawrence to Capulets
400
Lord Capulet is VERY excited about Juliet's obedience in agreeing to marry Paris. He's SO excited that he says he will do something very out of his character- what is it?
What is "be the housewife"
500
"Your face is mine and you have slandered it"
What is Paris to Juliet (alive)
500
"Death lies upon her like an untimely frost upon the sweetest flower in all the field" is an example of what 5 literary terms?
What is
1) Dramatic Irony- she's not really dead
2) Alliteration- the "f" sound
3) Personification- death cannot lie
4) Simile- "Like" and untimely frost
5) Imagery- you can imagine the flower in the field
500
Explain, in detail, the plan the Friar Lawrence has for Juliet
What is ask to sleep alone, drink the potion, sleep for 42 hours, wake up in the tomb, I'll send a letter to Romeo and we will come get you, you'll escape to Mantua together
500
Who said "Death lies upon her like an untimely frost upon the sweetest flower in all the field"
What is Lord Capulet to Lady Capulet, Paris, and the Nurse
500
What 3/4 problems does Juliet see with Friar Lawrence's plan?
What is
1) The potion will not work and she'll have to marry Paris anyway
2) The potion is poison and it will kill her
3) She will wake up too early and suffocate in the tomb
4) Tybalt's ghost will haunt her in the tomb