Characters
Who is responsible for marrying Romeo and Juliet?
Friar Lawrence
Romeo
Why is Tybalt seeking Romeo at the beginning of Act 3?
He has sent an official challenge to Romeo for a duel for crashing the party, and wants to fight him.
Parse this statement from Friar Lawrence: "thou art wedded to calamity."
He means that Romeo and always linked with conflict and disaster.
Monologue
a long speech by one actor in a play or movie.
Who tells Juliet when to meet Romeo to get married?
Nurse
Who said, "Hang thee, young baggage, disobedient wretch!" in Act 3?
Lord Capulet
At the beginning of Act 3 Scene 1, What event does Benvolio foreshadow when he says, "And, if we meet, we shall not scape a brawl"?
The fight between Mercutio, Tybalt, and Romeo
Parse this statement: "I will be deaf to pleading and excuses. / Not tears nor prayers shall purchase out abuses. / Therefore use none."
Don't plead or excuse or cry because none will result in the removal of these crimes.
Figurative Language
Language (metaphor, simile, imagery, mood, comparisons etc.) that create meaning deeper than the literal meaning.
Who starts the fight that ends in Mercutio & Tybalt's death?
Mercutio
Who said, "Romeo, the love I bear thee can afford no better term than this: thou art a villain" in Act 3?
Why does Mercutio step in on the conflict between Tybalt and Romeo?
He hates Romeo's submissive attitude.
I love you so little that the best I can say is that you're a villain.
Extended Metaphor
A metaphorical comparison developed at length over multiple lines, sentences, or an entire work of literature.
Who tells the Prince what happened in the fight that ends in Mercutio & Tybalt's deaths?
Benvolio
Who said, "O deadly sin, O rude unthankfulness!/ Thy fault our law calls death," in Act 3?
Friar Lawrence
Who does Juliet think is dead when she gets the news of the fight?
Romeo
Parse this statement: "Mercutio's soul / is but a little way above our heads, / Staying for thine to keep him company. / Either thou or I, or both, must go with him."
Mercutio's soul, on his way to heaven, is waiting for yours to join him. You or I, or both of us, must die and join him.
Dramatic Irony
An instance in a film or play when the audience knows more important information than one or more of the central characters.
Who does Mercutio curse as he dies? (+100 if you know what he says!)
Both families. "A plague o' both your houses!"
Who said, "I think you are happy in this second match, / For it excels your first, or, if it did not, / your first is dead, or 'twere as good he were / As living here and you no use to him." in Act 3?
Nurse
When does Juliet first wish for death in the play?
When she hears of Romeo's banishment.
Parse this statement: "Yon light is not daylight, I know it, I. / It is some meteor that the sun exhaled / To be to thee this night a torchbearer"
It's not daylight outside, but a meteor from the sun that brightens the sky to guide your travels