House of Capulet
Romeo goes to this place to die next to his beloved.
What is the "Capulet Monument or Capulet Tomb?"
Juliet uses this Elizabethan cliche to describe Romeo's kissing "skillz" after their first kiss.
What is "kiss by the book?
Romeo uses this literary device to compare his beloved, Juliet, to an angel.
Not realizing Romeo is hiding below in the Capulet's orchard, Juliet begins this famous soliloquy lamenting how she has fallen for a Montague.
(Answer is only the first line of the soliloquy)
What is “O Romeo, Romeo! Wherfore art thou Romeo?”
This servant to the Capulets bit his thumb at a servant to the Montagues, which instigated a fight between the feuding families in the beginning of Romeo and Juliet.
Although Romeo avoids a death sentence for Tybalt's murder, Romeo refers to this punishment from the Prince of Verona as "Hell itself."
What is being "banish'd"?
If you had an important assignment in your English class and Shakespeare was your teacher, he might say this if he wanted you to get right to work.
What is "Anon?"
Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet would be an example of this genre, which was also included in the original title of the play.
What is a tragedy?
(And for inquiring minds who want to know the original title, here it is: The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet)
In Act 1, Scene 1, when Abram asked Sampson if Sampson bit his thumb at Abram, Sampson offered this smart retort.
What is "I do bite my thumb, sir."
(Acceptable if the answer does not include "sir." Just need to be clear Sampson suggested he only "bit his thumb."
Mercutio wishes this upon the houses of the Capulets and Montagues after he is stabbed by Tybalt.
What is a "plague?"
This is the neighboring city where Romeo takes up temporary residence upon being "banish'd" by the Prince of Verona for the murder of Tybalt.
What is Mantua?
Considered a rude and offensive gesture during the Elizabethan era.
What is biting your thumb?
This literary device is used throughout Romeo and Juliet, but the consequence is most dire when Romeo kills himself unaware his beloved Juliet is faking her death.
What is dramatic irony?
"... see what a scourge is laid upon your hate, that heaven finds means to kill your joys with love.”
This character's admonishment leads to the end of the feud between the Capulets and Montagues.
The Apothecary in Romeo and Juliet is an old homeless man. Today, someone in this field must go to medical school, makes a nice living, and is referred to by this title instead of as an "apothecary."
This cousin of Romeo served as a personal dating coach, defended Romeo's vengeful murder of Tybalt to the Prince of Verona, and failed miserably at maintaining peace between the Capulets and Montagues.
Who is Benvolio?
If fast food restaurants existed in the 16th century, this salted fish might be on the menu.
What is a "poor-john"?
In Act I, Scene 4, this character blathered on about being Juliet's wet nurse and how Juliet once fell and hit her head when she was little and on and on and on... which is an example of this theatrical device often employed by Shakespeare.
When Tybalt sees Romeo at the Capulet's party, he asks a servant to "fetch" this for him.
What is a "rapier?"
Lady Montague was the only character to die naturally in Romeo and Juliet, but Lord Montague believed this event is actually what "stopped her breath."
He came to Mantua to bring Romeo what turned out to be #fakenews - with deadly consequences.
Who is Balthasar?
This polite farewell in #Elizabethanlingo translates to "God give you a good evening."
What is "God gi' go-den?
In the middle of Juliet's famous soliloquy from her balcony in Act II, Scene 2, Romeo demonstrates another one of Shakespeare's favorite theatrical devices when he says, "Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this?"
This character would not have been a follower of Romeo's Instagram in this day and age, referring to Romeo as a "villain" and as a "haughty" and "vile Montague."
Who is Paris?