Name That Character
Who is Rosaline?
This character says these lines:
"A plague o' both your houses!
They have made worms' meat of me!"
Who is Mercutio?
It is the figurative device seen here:
"An hour before the worshiped sun peered forth."
What is personification?
This is the city where Shakespeare was born and died.
What is Stratford-upon-Avon?
This is the number of years Mr. Nilles has taught.
What is eight?
This character dies out of grief at the end of the play.
Who is Lady Montague?
This character says these lines:
"See how she leans her cheek upon her hand!
O that I were a glove upon that hand,
That I might touch that cheek!"
Who is Romeo?
It is the figurative device seen here:
"I’ll warrant him, as gentle as a lamb"
What is a simile?
This is the name of Shakespeare's theater.
What is the Globe?
Mr. Nilles has one published piece of academic writing. Who is that piece of writing about?
Who is Pocahontas?
This character beats Juliet.
Who is Lord Capulet?
This character says these lines:
"Give me my Romeo, and, when he shall die,
Take him and cut him out in little stars,
And he will make the face of heaven so fine
That all the world will be in love with night,
And pay no worship to the garish sun."
Who is Juliet?
It is the figurative device seen here:
"And to ’t they go like lightning"
What is a simile?
Romeo and Juliet is this type/category of play.
What is a tragedy?
This is our current room number.
What is A211?
This character breast-fed Juliet when she was a baby.
Who is the Nurse?
This character says these lines:
"These violent delights have violent ends.
And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,
Which as they kiss consume."
Who is Friar Lawrence?
It is the figurative device seen here:
"My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand"
What is metaphor?
This is the name of Shakespeare's wife.
Who is Anne Hathaway?
This is the year Mr. Nilles was born. It was also the year The Simpsons and Full House debuted on television.
What is 1987?
This character kills Mercutio.
Who is Tybalt?
This character says these lines:
"What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word,
As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee."
Who is Tybalt?
It is the figurative device seen here:
"The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars"
What is hyperbole?
This style of poetry - a favorite of Shakespeare's - sometimes ends in a couplet.
What is a Shakespearean sonnet?
This is the musical instrument Mr. Nilles played throughout elementary, middle, and high school.
What is the cello?