Events
The day that Paris tells Friar Lawrence he is supposed to marry Juliet in scene 1.
What is Thursday?
Who is Paris?
The character who said, "On Thursday, sir? That's very soon" (4.1.1).
Who is Friar Lawrence?
When the audience knows something that the characters do not.
What is dramatic irony?
The item Friar Lawrence gives to Juliet in scene 1.
What is a vial/sleeping potion?
Juliet says she would rather sit in a field of these poisonous animals than marry Paris
What are snakes?
The character that makes the potion for Juliet to fake her death.
Who is Friar Lawrence?
The character who said, "I'm happy to meet you, my lady and my wife" (4.1.18).
Who is Paris?
When the audience or character expects one thing to happen, and another thing happens instead.
What is situational irony?
The weapon Juliet threatens to use if Friar Lawrence doesn't help her get out of her marriage to Paris.
What is a knife?
Friar Lawrence gives Juliet a potion that will make it appear as though she is asleep for this length of time.
What is 42 hours?
The character who calls Juliet a "stubborn little brat" or "peevish, self-willed harlotry."
The character who said, "Oh, you can tell me to jump of the battle posts of any tower, or to walk down the crime-ridden streets of a slum" (4.1.78-80).
Who is Juliet?
When someone says one thing, but means something else.
What is verbal irony?
One of the servingmen says a bad cook can't lick these.
What are fingers?
Juliet goes to her parents and asks for this in scene 2.
What is forgiveness?
The character whose ghost Juliet thinks she sees before she takes the potion.
Who is Tybalt?
The character who said, "Our supplies will be short for the party. It's already almost night" (4.2.40-41).
Who is Lady Capulet?
The type of irony Juliet uses when she talks to her parents about Romeo and when she talks to Paris about their wedding.
What is verbal irony?
Juliet asks the Nurse to help her pick out the best of these for her wedding.
What are clothes?
The day that Lord Capulet moves the wedding to after Juliet tells him she will marry Paris.
What is Wednesday?
The character discovers Juliet's "corpse" on Wednesday morning.
Who is the Nurse?
The character who said, "Help, help! My lady's dead! Oh curse the day that I was born! Ho! Get me some brandy! My lord! My lady!" (4.5.14-16).
Who is the Nurse?
The type of irony used when the Capulets think Juliet is dead, but the audience knows she is alive.
What is dramatic irony?
Lord Capulet sends a servant to ask Peter to find drier ones of these for the party.