Quotables
“Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow!”
Juliet
Who promises to build a statue of Juliet?
Montague
A play on words in which one word has two meanings.
Pun
Why is Romeo depressed at the start of the play?
He loves Rosaline and she doesn't return the feeling.
I give Romeo Juliet's ring.
Nurse
“For never was there a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.”
Prince
Who is supposed to marry Juliet?
Paris
A comparison between two unlike objects using like or as.
Simile
After planning to marry Juliet, who does Romeo go see?
The Friar
I'm the nurse's servant.
Peter
“A plague a both your houses / They have made worms’ meat of me!”
Mercutio
Who killed Mercutio?
Tybalt
Words that say something opposite to what is meant; sarcasm.
Verbal Irony
How does Romeo die?
Self-inflicted poison.
I call Juliet “baggage”, “wretch”, and “whining mammet”.
Lord Capulet
“See what a scourge is laid upon your hate, / That heaven finds means to kill your joys with love.”
Prince
Who killed Paris?
Romeo
Describes an object in a way that isn’t literally true.
Metaphor
Why does the friar agree to marry Romeo to Juliet?
The marriage between the houses could stop the feud.
I'm 13 years old.
Juliet
“Talk not to me, for I'll not speak a word: / Do as thou wilt, for I have done with thee.”
Lady Capulet
Who persuades Romeo to check out the girls at the Capulet party?
When the text warns or hints at a future event.
Foreshadowing
How does Lady Montague die?
Grief over Romeo's banishment to Mantua.
I call Romeo a "villain" during a sword fight.
Tybalt