Characters
The man who wishes to marry Juliet
Paris
This, by his voice, should be a Montague.-
(to his PAGE) Fetch me my rapier, boy.-
What, dares the slave
Come hither, covered with an antic face,
To fleer and scorn at our solemnity?
Now, by the stock and honor of my kin,
To strike him dead I hold it not a sin.
Tybalt
Who are the feuding families in R & J?
The Montagues vs. The Capulets
(External conflict!)
Fill-in-the-blank
We plant trees not for ourselves, but for __________, so that our grandchildren may enjoy their shade.
Posterity (noun) - lineage / future generations
What theme does this phrase relate to? Bonus points for where you can find this quote!
"star-cross'd lovers"
Fate / Destiny or Love
Prologue
Ruler of Verona, Italy
Prince Escalus
Give me a torch. I don't want to dance. I feel sad, so let me be the one who carries the light.
Romeo before Capulet feast not wanting to dance (still #sad)
Why is Romeo so sad?
Unrequited love - Rosaline does not love him and is set on becoming a nun
If you want to buy that expensive car, you will need to __________ your savings by taking on a second job.
Augment (verb) - to increase
Nurse about Paris
Lady, such a man
As all the world. Why, he's a man of wax.
Direct characterization & metaphor
Nurse sees Paris as superficial, narcissistic, only pretty, no substance
compared to "wax" - perfectly sculpted
Nun to be
Rosaline
Younger than she are happy mothers made.
Paris to Capulet about how there are girls younger that marry
Who gets angry when he sees Romeo and Benvolio at the Capulet feast?
Tybalt
Why did the theaters shut down during the Elizabethan era?
The Black Death / Bubonic Plague
Caused Shakespeare to write poetry (his sonnets!)
Doth add more grief to too much of mine own.
Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs;
Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes;
Being vexed, a sea nourished with loving tears.
What is it else? A madness most discreet,
A choking gall, and a preserving sweet.
Romeo about love
Extended metaphor "love is a smoke..."
Paradoxes - opposites "choking gall" to "preserving sweet"
Imagery
Best friend and cousin to Romeo
Benvolio
And private in his chamber pens himself,
Shuts up his windows, locks fair daylight out,
And makes himself an artificial night.
Black and portentous must this humor prove
Unless good counsel may the cause remove.
Montague about Romeo's sadness and behaviors of late
How would we characterize the nurse?
Maternal figure who cares for and loves Juliet; comic relief character - sexual, bawdy jokes
What is the name of the theater where Shakespeare's plays were performed?
The Globe Theater
If I profane with my unworthiest hand
This holy shrine, the gentle sin is this:
My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand
To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.
Romeo to Juliet - love @ first sight
meet and talk in a sonnet (this is quatrain 1)
Lips compared to "blushing pilgrims" - metaphor
Blazon - physical descriptions of beloved / subject
Best friend to Romeo and related to Prince Escalus / Count Paris
Mercutio
Nay, as they dare. I will bite my thumb at them, which is a disgrace to them, if they bear it. (bites his thumb)
Sampson (Capulet servant) to Abraham (Montague servant)
What happens at the end of Act 1, Scene 5?
Romeo and Juliet kiss. It is revealed that they belong to feuding families. This foreshadows the tragic, forbidden nature of their love.
What rhyme scheme does Shakespeare tend to use?
Iambic pentameter
Why then, O brawling love, O loving hate,
o anything of nothing first created!
o heavy lightness, serious vanity,
Misshapen chaos of well-seeming forms!
Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health,
Still-waking sleep, that is not what it is!
This love feel I, that feel no love in this.
Dost thou not laugh?
Oxymorons and paradox
Love (theme) is a paradox - supposed to be happy and light, but is oppressive and horrible for Romeo