Play Terms
Choir who review important events and hint at future events (first introduce at the start of Act 2)
Chorus
What is Friar Lawrence's plan for Juliet to escape her impending marriage to Paris?
1) agree to marriage with Paris
2) drink a potion the night before the wedding that will make it same like Juliet's dead
3) Juliet will be placed in her family's tomb
4) FL will tell Romeo the plan
5) When Juliet wakes, she will run away with Romeo to Mantua
What is Paris' last request?
He requests to be buried beside Juliet.
This character is Romeo's servant and trusted friend.
soliloquy
If the potion doesn't work, what does Juliet say she will do?
She will kill herself.
Who does Friar Lawrence entrust the letter to Romeo to?
Friar John
This character rules the city of Verona and dislikes the constant fighting between the Capulets and Montagues.
Prince Escalus
monologue
How does Capulet change the wedding plans?
He moves the wedding up a day.
Why isn't the letter able to be delivered to Romeo?
Friar John is quarantined.
This character is Romeo's best friend and is tragically murdered at the hands of Tybalt.
Mercutio
A line only the audience hears is called an...
aside
How does Friar Lawrence comfort the Capulet family regarding Juliet's "death"?
He says heaven is better because it has Juliet.
What does Romeo dream?
This character is a cousin of Romeo and is known to be peaceful.
Benvolio
Romeo and Juliet's first meeting in Act 1 Scene 5 is an example of a...
sonnet
What does Paris say is the reason for the sudden haste in his marriage to Juliet?
He says that everyone's grief (especially Juliet's) over Tybalt is the reason they are rushing the marriage.
Name all the characters who have died in scene 3.
Paris, Lady Montague, Romeo, and Juliet.
This character accompanies Nurse when she goes to speak with Romeo.
Peter