SONNETS
How many lines are in a sonnet
14
In which country and city does the play take place?
Verona, Italy
Sampson says he won't "carry coals." What does this mean?
endure insults
suffer humiliation
Which Montague comes on the scene who wants to keep the peace?
Benvolio
How many civil brawls have there been?
3
How many syllables are in each line?
10
Why does Shakespeare begin with the prologue give at least one of the 3 reasons
1. provide background
2. foreshadow key events
3. It's the "trailer" engage or interest audience
How and why does the feuding between the two families affect the entire city?
1- people's businesses are ruined/affected 2- citizens are killing one another 3- old people are joining in the fighting
Which Capulet wants to kill Benvolio during the opening fight scene?
Tybalt
What does the line, "Your lives will shall pay the forfeit of the peace." mean?
The Prince will execute anyone who fights on Verona streets again
What are the last two lines of a sonnet called?
heroic couplet
The second quatrain of the prologue conveys the idea that ___ controls the lives of the main characters?
fate, destiny
What gesture starts the fighting among the men?
What are the names of the two servants in the opening fight scene?
Sampson and Gregory
Romeo and Tybalt tend to act without thinking. What content power words is defined by this?
impulsive
impetuous
Four rhyming lines of a sonnet is a
quatrain
The line "where civil blood, makes civil hands unclean" uses which literary device?
pun
Choler and collar are PUNS. What is the meaning of collar in the context of the scene?
hangman's noose
Who asks Lord Capulet if he can marry Juliet?
Paris
Romeo is not at the fight scene because he loves a girl who has rejected him and does not love him back, what power word reveals this condition?
unrequited love
What do you call a meter of poetry that has an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable?
Iambic
According to the prologue, what will end the strife between the Montagues and Capulets?
Their children's deaths; deaths of Romeo and Juliet
According to the Prince, what started the brawls?
airy words= meaningless words
What is the Prince's formal name?
Prince Escalus
Prince Escalus says, What ho you men, you beasts that quench the fire of your pernicious rage with purple fountains issuing from your veins." This passage uses 3 of which type of figurative language?
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
Prince Escalus says, What ho you men, you beasts that quench the fire of your pernicious rage with purple fountains issuing from your veins." This passage uses 3 of which type of figurative language?
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification