Who is Romeo first in love with at the beginning of the play?
Rosaline
Where did Romeo and Juliet get Married?
Oh Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father, and refuse thy name: or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, and I'll no longer be a Capulet.
Juliet
Act 1 scene 1: Who is fighting at the beginning of the first scene?
What is true.
Which one of Juliet's cousins was always prepared to fight?
Tybalt
Where did Romeo and Juliet first meet?
At the Capulets' party
Who said to Romeo of Rosaline, "Compare her face with some that I shall show, and I will make thee think thy swan a crow". (Hint: His name means peace-maker.)
Benvolio
Who tries to break up the fight between the servants of both families?
Benvolio
Who develops a plan for Romeo to escape to Mantua and what is his relationship to Romeo?
Friar Lawrence, Romeo's friend.
Where did the most famous scene in the story take place? (hint: Wherefore art thou Romeo?)
On Juliet's balcony
To what does Romeo first compare Juliet during the balcony scene?
The morning sun
Act 1 scene 1: What threat does the Prince make to Lord Montague and Lord Capulet
That the next person to start a public brawl will be put to death
Who decides that Juliet should marry Paris and what is his/her relationship to Juliet?
Lord Capulet, Juliet’s father.
What does "Wherefore art thou Romeo" mean?
Why are you Romeo (a Montague)?
Right before he dies, who says, "A plague o' both your houses! They have made worms' meat of me!"
(3.1.95-6)
Mercutio
Act 1 scene 1: Benvolio and Montague describe the way Romeo has been acting. What do they say about him?
He has been gloomy, depressed, weepy, and is alone a lot.
“His temperament jumps up and down like the mercury in a thermometer.” Q: Which character does this describe?
Who is Mercutio?
In what city does this play take place?
In Verona
I tell thee what-get thee to church a Thursday or never after look me in the face. Speak not, reply not, do not answer me! My fingers itch. Wife, we scarce thought us blest That God had lent us but this only child; But now I see this one too much, And that we have a curse in having her. Out on her, hilding!
Capulet
Act 1 scene 1: Why is Romeo so sad?
He is in love with Rosaline, but she does not love him.